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    Intel HD 4400 vs AMD Radeon HD 8650G

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by stonerhythms, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. stonerhythms

    stonerhythms Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I would like to know a few questions regarding these two different graphics.

    1) First off are these games considered casual gaming/low intensive or more medium to heavy. I play Sim City, The Sims 3, Minecraft and WoW.
    2) Can those above listed games be played on lower end graphics like Intel HD Graphics 4400 or AMD Radeon 8650G?
    3) What is better graphics between the two? On the Radeon graphics it says it comes with 6252mb total graphics memory where as I can't find the graphics memory for the Intel HD Graphics 4400.....does that mean it doesn't have any memory for the graphics?

    I really appreciate all the help and time from all the members of the community. You have been a great help. Thank you.
     
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    Ethrem Notebook Prophet

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    That's kind of a loaded question but here's my take on it.

    The 8650G is the faster of the two by a good bit but its still not sufficient over a dedicated GPU. It won't even run SimCity (2013) @ 1366x768 above 30FPS and that's a medium graphics intensity game in my opinion. Same story with WoW.

    Both the Intel and AMD chips share your computer's RAM - the "6252MB" is a share of your system memory.

    I see you made this thread here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/759882-amd-radeon-hd-8650-a.html

    Basically, if you want to game, you need a dedicated graphics card. Onboard video is good for casual things like browser-based games but its just not good enough for graphics intensive situations.

    On this page, about halfway down, you can see some benchmarks of the 8650G in various games: AMD Radeon HD 8650G - NotebookCheck.net Tech

    As you can see, it doesn't fare well in most games.
     
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    stonerhythms Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for the info it really helps. I just came across this laptop with a dedicated graphics card. What is your take on the graphics of this machine for the games I am interested in.
    Asus Q550LF-BBI7T07
    4th Gen Intel CoreTM i7-4500U mobile processor
    NVIDIA GT 745M graphics 2GB dedicated video Memory
     
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  4. Ethrem

    Ethrem Notebook Prophet

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    Better for most things but I don't know about the processor in that machine.

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M - NotebookCheck.net Tech

    Doesn't do as fantastic in SimCity as in WoW, which can run 1280x1024 high settings.

    Keep in mind that's still very poor in the world of graphics performance and in my opinion, 1280x1024 is a very low resolution for optimal play in WoW.
     
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