Intel HD 3000 / 4000

First off, anyone know when the new Intel 4000 cards are coming out? I thought they were coming with this years line of ultrabooks but I'm still seeing the HD 3000's listed.

Reason I ask is I need a new laptop and I'd like to get an ultraportable. I don't play games. But there is one game I'd like to try if / when it comes out. Diablo 3. I see Intel HD 3000 listed as one of the supported cards (on low settings), but I've read a few posts on their forums of a couple people saying the game not compatable on their HD 3000 (probably outdated drviers, who knows).

I've heard the HD 4000 are supposed to be a pretty big upgrade over the 3000 but I'm in need of a laptop sooner rather than later and I'm not going to wait until September to buy one.

I understand Intel graphic cards are hardly ideal for gaming but again this computer isn't really going to be used for that. Mainly school, web, music. I'm interested in the samsung series 9 lineup but not closed on it. I did recently purchase last years model but returned it as I'm undecided and like this years model better.

Thanks in advance for your time.

 

HD 4000 isn`t a card per se, it is some electronics that is part of the CPU. HD 4000 is inside the Ivy Bridge CPU, and the first notebook Ivy Bridge CPUs is coming out the first days in April this year.

 

Yeah, it should be better than HD3000. Like 50% they are telling us, but don't think it will run games like BF3, The witcher 2, crysis, etc, ...
I think on low BF3 is now running on 9FPS? so even with 50% upgrade you still stands nowhere.
It will run older games like HL2,TF2,L4D, etc.