Possible to game on Intel 520?

[FearoftheNight]

Hey guys just got the base Dell XPS 13 w/ the i3/4gb ram/intel 520. Is it possible to game at all on this this? I'm not familiar at all with how much the gpu on this in particular has for gaming. I was thinking League of Legends.

Thoughts?

 

[khon]

Hey guys just got the base Dell XPS 13 w/ the i3/4gb ram/intel 520. Is it possible to game at all on this this? I'm not familiar at all with how much the gpu on this in particular has for gaming. I was thinking League of Legends.

Thoughts?

League of legends will be easily playable on your system. You won't be able to play the newest very demanding games, but slightly older games will work just fine.

 

[FearoftheNight]

League of legends will be easily playable on your system. You won't be able to play the newest very demanding games, but slightly older games will work just fine.

any idea what kind of settings?

 

[Blue_Max]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-520.149940.0.html

As you can see, it's a little below a geforce GT 430 desktop video card, but pretty darned good for onboard graphics. At 768 resolution, it'll play fine for certain.

 

[FearoftheNight]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-520.149940.0.html

As you can see, it's a little below a geforce GT 430 desktop video card, but pretty darned good for onboard graphics. At 768 resolution, it'll play fine for certain.

so i guess 1080p on low is too optimistic?

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-520.149940.0.html

As you can see, it's a little below a geforce GT 430 desktop video card, but pretty darned good for onboard graphics. At 768 resolution, it'll play fine for certain.

Wow, that's not too bad, for an Intel IGP. I put a 128-bit DDR3 GT430 video card into my slimline OEM rig, that came with a Sandy Bridge G630 Pentium, primarily to improve my Skype video display in Win7 64-bit. (Intel's HD IGP was pretty pathetic, performance-wise, and I was getting severe window tearing while on Skype.)

 

[Blue_Max]

Wow, that's not too bad, for an Intel IGP. I put a 128-bit DDR3 GT430 video card into my slimline OEM rig, that came with a Sandy Bridge G630 Pentium, primarily to improve my Skype video display in Win7 64-bit. (Intel's HD IGP was pretty pathetic, performance-wise, and I was getting severe window tearing while on Skype.)

As you can see, it's improved by leaps and bounds. The HD 2000 of the i3 in the G630's generation would've been enough for you, but the Celly/Penty cut those graphics in half. The new Intel HD 520/ Iris 540/550 is looking mighty tasty!