Intel GMA X3100

[Eidorian]

It looks like the GMA X3000 is now the X3100 for the Santa Rosa platform.

http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/21313.jpg

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3666

 

[iPhil]

Wahoo !! more stuff to confuse the Sales people and consumers on Computer buying decisions ..


They (Computer Manufacturers) would include more detail on the computers that they produce for sale via retail pipeline ..

 

[diamond.g]

Hehe, the problem is most people don't know the difference even if you gave them more info. While the X3100 may be fine for most tasks I would imagine anyone even remotely serious about OGL 2.0+/DX10+ would run far far away from it.

 

[Manic Mouse]

Bigger numbers means it's better!!!!!!!!

 

[mkrishnan]

One of the blogs about this leaked Vestel notebook running on Santa Rosa (2.4 GHz) with the X3100 pegged its WinSAT at 2.7. Has anyone successfully gotten the Macbook to run the WinSAT yet?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=112565

 

[Eidorian]

I remember the GMA950 on my Mac mini (1.25 GB RAM) getting somewhere around a 2.4-2.9.

I've heard of some people getting a 3.0 with a GMA950 as well.

 

[mkrishnan]

I remember the GMA950 on my Mac mini (1.25 GB RAM) getting somewhere around a 2.4-2.9.

I've heard of some people getting a 3.0 with a GMA950 as well.

Thanks, Eldorian!

In other words, unless the drivers for SR are highly underoptimized, there's no evidence that the GMA950 is a bottleneck for the WinSAT test.... I guess, though, that DirectX 10 or OpenGL benchmarks would be more useful for the gamers.

 

[Eidorian]

Thanks, Eldorian!

In other words, unless the drivers for SR are highly underoptimized, there's no evidence that the GMA950 is a bottleneck for the WinSAT test.... I guess, though, that DirectX 10 or OpenGL benchmarks would be more useful for the gamers.

I do not think the GMA X3000/3100 will support Direct X 10. Intel has mentioned that it isn't powerful for it even with the programable features it has. I have been getting conflicting reports on the X3000 Series supporting Direct X 10 though. I would like to see the hardware T&L turned on at least.

http://laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=2320

http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2007/04/17/Intel-Santa-Rosa-Revealed/p4