Intel 5000 HD

[nlr]

Hello,

I was wondering if the new intel 5000hd would be able to play DayZ/arma 2 smoothly?

How good would gaming in general be on the new MBA?

 

[BigYellow]

Hello,

I was wondering if the new intel 5000hd would be able to play DayZ/arma 2 smoothly?

How good would gaming in general be on the new MBA?

Intel HD4000 you mean? I use my 2012 MBA 13" (128GB/4GB) for casual gaming, including War Z and Borderlands 2, which on reduced graphics settings and lower-than-native resolutions does the job. It's definitely not a "gaming machine" though.


Hope that helps!

 

[B...]

I think you mean HD 4000, or maybe the Haswell 5000 which I guess you think will be on the 2013 machines. In that case, we have to wait in see. In the former case, ok at low settings and resolution.

 

[nlr]

Yeah I meant the haswell one. Do you think it will run DayZ @ 1080p?

Thanks

 

[Verix]

Yeah I meant the haswell one. Do you think it will run DayZ @ 1080p?

Only time will tell. There's not even leaked performance benchmarks out yet, so nothing's certain. With settings on "Medium/Low" rather than "High", it might be able to run 1080p at playable rates, but it remains an ultraportable so you definitely shouldn't expect it to be ultra-smooth.

As a matter of fact it's speculated that for the ultrabooks performance would be +50%. Good, but not incredible. 1080p might be a no-go. Also, I suppose you are talking about running games on Windows through Boot Camp? Performance for games is better through DirectX on Windows than on OS X.

 

[leman]

Yeah I meant the haswell one. Do you think it will run DayZ @ 1080p?

There is no technical reason why it wouldn't, besides DayZ being one of the most poorly coded games known to the industry. Even a desktop GTX 680 has trouble delivering 60 fps at 1080p, I don't think you will be happy at how an IGP will perform.