How Good is this GPU?

[airhendrix13]

I can't find any info about it. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[airhendrix13]

Nothing?

 

[Schadenfroh]

You will not be able to play any modern 3D game with it (based on the rule of thumb with laptop chipset model numbers).

 

[SunnyD]

Define good? What are you trying to do with it? It's a low end Radeon. It's got DX10 support, but don't expect it to do magic. You can probably play WoW at 1280x768 without too much problems.

 

[heyheybooboo]

If you mean the mobility ATI FireGL V3100 it's almost five year old tech ...

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
If you mean the mobility ATI FireGL V3100 it's almost five year old tech ...

No, I'm pretty sure he means "Radeon 3100" as it says in the title. It's part of the 780V chipset. It's a low end Radeon 2-series GPU - the 2400 I think?

 

[airhendrix13]

Yep, I mean the Radeon 3100. Really I just want to be able to play Source games, guild wars, AoE3 at 1280 x 800 resolution. I don't expect to play anything that fancy on it, that's what my desktop is for, but it would be nice to have a little horse power for the game on the go.

 

[SunnyD]

Shouldn't have any problems with Source or Guild Wars. It would probably fare well with AoE3 at that resolution too. Just make sure the laptop has a good amount of RAM as I don't think the laptop versions have dedicated frame buffers (I could be wrong).

 

[airhendrix13]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Shouldn't have any problems with Source or Guild Wars. It would probably fare well with AoE3 at that resolution too. Just make sure the laptop has a good amount of RAM as I don't think the laptop versions have dedicated frame buffers (I could be wrong).

It has 4GBs of RAM so that should be enough.

Thanks for your help

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: airhendrix13

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Shouldn't have any problems with Source or Guild Wars. It would probably fare well with AoE3 at that resolution too. Just make sure the laptop has a good amount of RAM as I don't think the laptop versions have dedicated frame buffers (I could be wrong).

It has 4GBs of RAM so that should be enough.

Thanks for your help

Yeah, the GPU will probably only ask for 256MB or 512MB at most. The key is it shares the system RAM, so if you start with only 1GB then the games are going to be slower just for that reason. Besides, RAM is cheap enough...

 

[imported_Kiwi]

The correct name is probably something with "Xpress" in it somewhere, and when AMD released the Xpress2400, it was the first time any IGP ever got the full set of silicon that was in a discrete card a few months previously, in the form of the HD 2400 (and I think it may have been the first time an AMD / ATI onboard chip got the name "Radeon"). That one was such a large jump in performance from the Xpress1050/ 1100 / 1200 / 1250 that nVIDIA took notice and ended up adding the tForce8200 to their competing chipsets (and that one is a quantum leap better than their nForce 6100 / 6150 had been).

(I assume, for lack of having read any specific article, that the AMD 3000 / 3100 / 3200 are variations of the HD 3*** bottom end silicon, probabably based on the 3450.)

EDITED: That was a bad assumption on my part. Those 3*** IGPs are all based on the same HD 2400 silicon.

 

[airhendrix13]

Originally posted by: Kiwi
The correct name is probably something with "Xpress" in it somewhere, and when AMD released the Xpress2400, it was the first time any IGP ever got the full set of silicon that was in a discrete card a few months previously, in the form of the HD 2400 (and I think it may have been the first time an AMD / ATI onboard chip got the name "Radeon"). That one was such a large jump in performance from the Xpress1050/ 1100 / 1200 / 1250 that nVIDIA took notice and ended up adding the tForce8200 to their competing chipsets (and that one is a quantum leap better than their nForce 6100 / 6150 had been).

I assume, for lack of having read any specific article, that the AMD 3000 / 3100 / 3200 are variations of the HD 3*** bottom end silicon, probabably based on the 3450.

Well at least it sounds decent. I wonder why ATI doesn't provide any info about it at their website...

 

[ajaidevsingh]

I was playing HULK on that IGP and also 71xx chipset the other day "Have to buy a new laptop"

The game played much better than on 71xx


I also tried a sony laptop which was more expensive with a 8400 GS or GT GPU which was again much better that the 3100..

So:- 71xx<3100<8400

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Not to pick too hard at too small of a nit, but . . Because they are DIFFERENT 3100 IGPs, and Intel's version (the GMA 3100) is basically, typically, awful Intel video, referring to either without a clarifying addition should be avoided (IMO). We have non-readers, or I should say, members with poor reading habits, who will skip data they should not have skipped.

Incidentally, since adding my previous comments above here in the thread, I did some Google searches and learned that the Radeon Xpress3100 is in fact still the same HD 2400 core as has always been in the 780G chipset.

 

[airhendrix13]

Originally posted by: Kiwi
Not to pick too hard at too small of a nit, but . . Because they are DIFFERENT 3100 IGPs, and Intel's version (the GMA 3100) is basically, typically, awful Intel video, referring to either without a clarifying addition should be avoided (IMO). We have non-readers, or I should say, members with poor reading habits, who will skip data they should not have skipped.

Incidentally, since adding my previous comments above here in the thread, I did some Google searches and learned that the Radeon Xpress3100 is in fact still the same HD 2400 core as has always been in the 780G chipset.

That's good info to know! I'll do a little research on the HD 2400 I guess. Thanks for your help!

 

[airhendrix13]

FYI I did the video stress test in HL2:LC with my new laptop, I average at 40FPS with settings maxed, but with no AA. Good enough for me.