Don't laugh - how good is Intel Extreme video 2?

[bluemax]

I'm just curious how the new version of Intel embedded video performs....
We may be surprised... maybe not.

If it's rather close to my Radeon 8500LE I can sell it with the rest of the system.

 

[bluemax]

whoops. According to VR-Zone, it sucks as bad as the original. I'm-a-keepin' my Radeon 8500LE.

 

[Duvie]

It is geared for the word processing, interent surfing world of pc users...Which however is the largest segment...LOL.

If I was uilding a system for my MOM I wouldn't hesistate to get it, if the price was right.....I used the onboard video of my i845g mobo and it looked fie playing dvds, doing some 2d cadd, etc...

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Duvie
It is geared for the word processing, interent surfing world of pc users...Which however is the largest segment...LOL.

If I was uilding a system for my MOM I wouldn't hesistate to get it, if the price was right.....I used the onboard video of my i845g mobo and it looked fie playing dvds, doing some 2d cadd, etc...

I wouldn't even use it for my mom's pc. I think she is using a Ati 7000.

 

[xSauronx]

my bro in law has a sony vaio with a p4 2.4ghz...and intel extreme video

my brother put a GF2 gts in it for when he goes over there so he can game on it, thats how bad it is.

 

[Slaimus]

It is only a Mhz bump(I think from 200 to 250).

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Regs

Originally posted by: Duvie
It is geared for the word processing, interent surfing world of pc users...Which however is the largest segment...LOL.

If I was uilding a system for my MOM I wouldn't hesistate to get it, if the price was right.....I used the onboard video of my i845g mobo and it looked fie playing dvds, doing some 2d cadd, etc...

I wouldn't even use it for my mom's pc. I think she is using a Ati 7000.

Considering what my mom-in-law and other relatives do with a PC, a Celeron and X2 IGP is more than enough to handle it

 

[Richdog]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
my bro in law has a sony vaio with a p4 2.4ghz...and intel extreme video

my brother put a GF2 gts in it for when he goes over there so he can game on it, thats how bad it is.

LMAO, that says it all...:beer:

 

[Falloutboy]

isn't intel graphics still based on the i740 core from years ago. (albeit overlcocked)

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: RadioActiveMan666
isn't intel graphics still based on the i740 core from years ago. (albeit overlcocked)

Nope. They actually did some reworking for the i845, and again for the i855/865 series. Apparently it performs about on par with a gF4MX with SDRAM. Nothing stunning, but it'll get by the basic gaming tasks.

- M4H

 

[InlineFive]

:disgust::frown::|

:Q

-Por

EDIT: That means bad.

 

[WobbleWobble]

It'll play Counter-Strike fine.

Our school at i845G boards so that's what we played on

 

[Regs]

If Intel Extreme video 2 on par with a GF MX4 , that actually isnt that bad in a sense for integrated graphics.

 

[techwanabe]

It seems when any product is labeled "EXTREME", it is usually pretty far from extreme. It is a marketing tactic for the last few years which is getting pretty old. I guess they are trying to lure the young "hip" crowd.

Just remember, if you see the word exteme, it probably is the opposite.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: techwanabe
It seems when any product is labeled "EXTREME", it is usually pretty far from extreme. It is a marketing tactic for the last few years which is getting pretty old. I guess they are trying to lure the young "hip" crowd.

Just remember, if you see the word exteme, it probably is the opposite.

That's humorously ironic since the Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition is the fastest desktop CPU Intel has *almost * released to date

 

[Regs]

It's still a marketing tactic none the less. Like the p4 EE is just a P4 with extra cache. But they are not going to call it "A P4 With JUST EXTRA CACHE!" .

 

[InlineFive]

It's limited by physical memory bandwidth however, it has to share with the system.

-Por

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Regs
It's still a marketing tactic none the less. Like the p4 EE is just a P4 with extra cache. But they are not going to call it "A P4 With JUST EXTRA CACHE!".

Click here Seriously though, my point is that sometimes the label extreme, marketing term or not, does indicate that a product is pushing the current envelope, so there is no good "rule of thumb" in such matters

 

[VIAN]

It's Intel.

 

[kt]

Intel is actually pushing to get their video chipset to be in compliance and supported by new releasing PC games.

 

[BFG10K]

Let's put it this way: I'd rather have a Radeon 7000.