Intel HD 4000 compared to AMD HD2600 iMac 24" 2007

[ChancyJohn]

The Integrated card on 13" MBA - How bad would it compare to a AMD HD2600 discreet 256GB card the one on iMac 24" 2007 ?

Lower resolution - would the games that run now on this 2007 iMac run on this? If so how much penalty? or m I wrong and the HD 4000 will be a wee bit better that the card on the iMac 2007

More specific - will want to play Mass Effect 3 - which comp will do better ... don't need high end settings - someday will get a PC nw can get only a notebook

Thanx in advance

 

[will waters]

Look at the benchmarks for the different computers, there are hundreds of different websites that compare that compare the graphics cards

HD 4000: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000-Benchmarked.73567.0.html

HD2600: http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-2600.3771.0.html

I realise the HD2600 is a notebook model, but i think the iMacs use mobile GPU's

Hope this helps

Will

 

[ChancyJohn]

Look at the benchmarks for the different computers, there are hundreds of different websites that compare that compare the graphics cards

HD 4000: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000-Benchmarked.73567.0.html

HD2600: http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-2600.3771.0.html

I realise the HD2600 is a notebook model, but i think the iMacs use mobile GPU's

Hope this helps

Will

Thanx ...
There are lots of threads stating many games do run on low - and cos its an ULV version can't go by the reviews of the card ... I am trying to gauge how much difference will I see

 

[Dangerous Theory]

More specific - will want to play Mass Effect 3 - which comp will do better ... don't need high end settings - someday will get a PC nw can get only a notebook :

What's the drawback? Obviously not price, since a PC cost far less than a MBA.

 

[lannisters4life]

I doubt it'd run this well on the MBA's ULV chips, but it might be some indication... Mass Effect 3 on HD4000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAgWJ0ciRQY