How good is an Intel GMA 4500 video card for gaming?

I see your X3100 and I up you(or downgrade you in this case ) to a GMA950!!

AoE3 ran on that thing, but my Celeron bottlenecked performance with larger amount of units.

 

Awesome, thanks so much guys. That's probably the most demanding game I want to play. I think I'm done looking, finally. Thanks again.

 

No, the latest Intel GPU is actually named "Intel HD Graphics". Actually, the graphics panel calls it Graphics Media Accelerator HD, but on Intel's page its name is "HD Graphics".

4500HD is the last generation.

 

Oh okay. So is there a major difference between the 4500 and 4500HD? Because the asus I want has a 4500m or something.

 

The GMA4500 was released before the GMA4500HD, basically the "HD" version is supposedly better at handling HD content. The actual GPUs are supposed to be similar if not the same.

 

Man you guys are like GPU professors. Thanks again. I won't be doing much HD anything, I've lived 10 years on this computer without HD videos, I'll be fine for a little longer, haha.

 

4500M is a mobile version, you should look for 4500MHD, listen ive had a 4500 and i say it cant do games, i meanyou can play games but at really low quality which is not fun, trust me you will struggle, IVE had a 4500MHD, and its just tough, i like playing point and click games and old games too on my laptops just to pass time.

i think the HD version will do better watching HD videos online

 

I have a 4500MHD and gaming is tough. But you can play COD4 (FPS range ~20-80, average mid 20s while shooting). L4D also runs smooth ('cept during hordes in the finales or outdoor levels). You could play most (maybe all?) MMORPGs, and play ~3 year old games on low-med settings.

 

So if I bought the Asus with the 4500M, I'd be able to run AOE3 with what settings?
It has a 2.0+Ghz processor and 4GB of RAM

 

4500HD matters to me since it'll be included in M11x. If I can game on it, great! more battery =) PvZ I guess lol

 

doesnt matter even a 1.8ghz dual core and a 2gb ram can play something on max graphics, if i had a percentage

20% RAM 20% CPU 60% GPU. isnt there another option of a laptop for you? even a ATI 3200HD would do better.


maybe AOE3 on low

 

What about this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114789
I didn't want to get this one because someone said AMD in notebooks isn't that great. And the GPU in that one sucks too.

Everyone in this thread said they run AOE3 great with this crappy chip. You think they're all running on Low?

I've found other laptops around this price but the best chip any of them have are the 4500HD, so it's not a big difference and the rest of the specs are horrible in comparison.

Found another one:
http://www.team-electonics.com/product_info.php?products_id=1795&cPath=69#googlebase
Only thing I don't like about that one is that it has Vista, but I can always upgrade that later. Also going to suck paying tax AND shipping.

 

4500MHD: Mobile version supporting full HD acceleration
4500M: Mobile version with partial HD acceleration(the "partial" only matters for performance, not a big difference)

HD, or GMA HD: New one

 

AMD processors get hotter than intel and run slightly slower but not much of a performance difference, i had an AMD turion before. Whats important in a laptop is hardware first, software is interchangeable anyway,

 

Well I bought the Asus with the 4500M today and I have to say I don't regret it at all. I haven't bought AoE3 yet cause they were out, but I got Rise of Nations and I already had San Andreas. It runs both fine, but I have to put San Andreas on Medium, which isn't too bad. Hard to play on a laptop though, even with a wireless mouse. Much easier on a console, haha.

 

AoE3 runs fine with medium settings. Only time the fps drops a bit is when you have 6 ships (frigates) firing at once.

 

I just have to confirm melthd's post. I bought the computer and AOE3. AOE works really well on the computer. I'm on a high resolution (1366x768) and have a lot of the settings on High. Not most, but a lot. There's no medium option apparently. Just low or high.

 

Try custom settings get rid of the things you don't like and keep what you like

 

I do not know if I have already replied to this thread. but i play burnout paradise with this graphic card all the time! and at full 1280x800 resolution too! its quite playable! defragging hard drive added 10+ FPS to the performance i was already getting!
other than that, i have tried playing wolverine origins and it actually runs!! although not even close to as good as burnout. it runs at a barely playable 15-30 FPS. so...its ok i guess just to stress test your computer and marvel at the capabilities of this budget chip LOL.
need for speed shift doesn't work...it keeps crashing. i will try it sometime again when it gets updated to a newer version.