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Intel HD 3000. Please clarify.

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Yellow 13

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Does it suck? I heard dat it sux. Many ppl say it's good tough.

I use MB with G-Force 9400. Hmm should i buy this version of the MBP? Or should i wait for another evolution?
 
Depends on what you're doing. If you're referring to game performance then yeah it's garbage, unless you're playing super mario bros you'll be disappointed
 
Yellow 13 said:
Does it suck? I heard dat it sux. Many ppl say it's good tough.

I use MB with G-Force 9400. Hmm should i buy this version of the MBP? Or should i wait for another evolution?
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Do you like your GF 9400? The HD3000 is far faster than that.
 
Ugh, it's awful, it can barely even display my blue background on the screen.

/sarcasm

It's about twice as powerful as the 9400m (if not more)
 
It played SCII demo and medium/high no problems. It would run high on smaller battles and medium when there's a lot of action.

I played a little World of Warcraft on it and it ran it at 30fps on medium settings ( I think there's low, medium, good, high, and ultra).

So no you won't be running games on high/ultra but it'll play basic games on low/medium fine. If you want gaming get the 15/17'' with the better 1gb graphics card or build a desktop for cheaper.
 
I have the base 13" MPB. While gaming is somewhat limited with any Mac OSX, I have not come across any real issues. Sure, it's not going to be screaming fast. You won't be playing recently released games on high settings. But you can game on Medium. You can stream 1080P video without a hiccup. In fact, I stream a couple 1080P videos from Justin.tv without a problem. I'm new to Mac, but I've been able to configure and play COD4 (Medium Settings), Bioshock 1 (High Settings) and Amnesia (Medium Settings) with adequate frame rates.
The 13" is not designed to be a gaming system. In fact, the 15" isn't really meant to game, either. But it does the job.

Here's a video I made of the performance of my 2011 13" MBP playing COD4 with high settings. And video capture software. You be the judge.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on 13" 2011 Macbook Pro
 
aCondor said:
I have the base 13" MPB. While gaming is somewhat limited with any Mac OSX, I have not come across any real issues. Sure, it's not going to be screaming fast. You won't be playing recently released games on high settings. But you can game on Medium. You can stream 1080P video without a hiccup. In fact, I stream a couple 1080P videos from Justin.tv without a problem. I'm new to Mac, but I've been able to configure and play COD4 (Medium Settings), Bioshock 1 (High Settings) and Amnesia (Medium Settings) with adequate frame rates.
The 13" is not designed to be a gaming system. In fact, the 15" isn't really meant to game, either. But it does the job.

Here's a video I made of the performance of my 2011 13" MBP playing COD4 with high settings. And video capture software. You be the judge.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on 13" 2011 Macbook Pro
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I just have a windows partition for gaming, i do everything in Mac but if i need to play a game i will boot into windows for the increased gaming performance and wider variety.
 
aCondor said:
I have the base 13" MPB. While gaming is somewhat limited with any Mac OSX, I have not come across any real issues. Sure, it's not going to be screaming fast. You won't be playing recently released games on high settings. But you can game on Medium. You can stream 1080P video without a hiccup. In fact, I stream a couple 1080P videos from Justin.tv without a problem. I'm new to Mac, but I've been able to configure and play COD4 (Medium Settings), Bioshock 1 (High Settings) and Amnesia (Medium Settings) with adequate frame rates.
The 13" is not designed to be a gaming system. In fact, the 15" isn't really meant to game, either. But it does the job.

Here's a video I made of the performance of my 2011 13" MBP playing COD4 with high settings. And video capture software. You be the judge.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on 13" 2011 Macbook Pro
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That was surprisingly impressive. I was expecting far less quality.
 
how about on the old alu MacBook?

i'm considering on the base 13" MBP, problem is i'm a poorfag, so i'll have to wait. :p

hmm, what graphic card fits my old alu MB? maybe the HD 3000 (i know, it's kinda silly)
 
Yellow 13 said:
how about on the old alu MacBook?

i'm considering on the base 13" MBP, problem is i'm a poorfag, so i'll have to wait. :p

hmm, what graphic card fits my old alu MB? maybe the HD 3000 (i know, it's kinda silly)
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You can't change the graphics chip on any Apple laptop, they're soldered onto the motherboard... Plus the HD3000 is actually on the processor chip, so you wouldn't be swapping the graphics card you'd be swapping the processor, which wouldn't work in your old motherboard either.
 
alFR said:
You can't change the graphics chip on any Apple laptop, they're soldered onto the motherboard... Plus the HD3000 is actually on the processor chip, so you wouldn't be swapping the graphics card you'd be swapping the processor, which wouldn't work in your old motherboard either.
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remove the soldering and put something else there?
 
Lordy. The pinouts won't be compatible, neither will the surrounding ancillary components. It can't be done.
 
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