HD4000 for game development (Unity 3D, Blender)

[TetheredHeart]

Is the new Intel chip workable for 3D game development with Unity, which includes modeling and animating in Blender? By workable I don't mean for creating AAA titles, but simple iOS games.

Are there any driver issues with Intel chips and modeling/CAD tools? Do they tend to favor discrete graphics and chips from NVIDIA/ATI? How would it compare to my current NVIDIA GeForce 6800?

 

[fig]

I don't know for sure, but I don't see why it wouldn't be.

 

[Jig3n]

Absolutely.
The intel HD 3000 on the base mac mini 2011 works great with unity and blender so I'm sure HD 4000 will perform even better.

HD 3000 apparently lacks the gpu instructions to do occlusion culling but HD 4000 is said to have them.🙂

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/101428-iOS-dev-Intel-HD-3000-graphics-sufficient