Intel HD Graphics 4000 thread.

Haven't seen any of these yet, and since all Ivy Bridge laptops will feature this graphics chip, why not?

Recently, I got my hands on a Lenovo Thinkpad T430s, which features the latest Ivy Bridge processor, a Core i5-3320M.

I am impressed by the performance that this little chip can pump out. I've only tried one game (Battlefield 3) on it, but on a hectic game of 24 vs. 24 on Caspian Border at 1280x720 on the lowest possible settings, I'm getting 25-35FPS. This is even better than what many low-end discrete cards of last generation can do. Can't wait to see what Haswell integrated graphics are capable of. The menus are a little glitchy, but I can forgive a few driver foibles.

When I get a tripod from Amazon in a few days, I'll shoot a video of it in action. This is far more impressive than Sandy Bridge, which was all but unplayable for Battlefield 3.

I'm going to try some more games in the future, but the HD Graphics 4000 gets a thumbs up from me. If Intel can double performance for Haswell, the better.

 

Hopefully Intel will continue to support this with frequent driver updates, so we continue to see increased performance. I have no doubt if you were willing to drop down to 1024x600, you would see 40 fps easily.

Does the HD4000 support DX11? If so, you might want to try enabling the DX11 WorldRender trick, if you haven't already, to pick up an extra 5+ FPS.

I wonder how long before a dedicated GPU is no longer necessary on low-mid range "gaming" laptops.

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Can some one test a game for me on Intel HD 4000 would love to know what the fps is of Minecraft 1.2.5 on fancy and far render distance
Test it underground and then one that is in a vary populated area of trees

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Yeah intel HD 4000 is quite decent. I remember i could already play BBC2 at 720p on DX9 with HD 3000 at 20-40fps. It was pretty playable. This game benefits well of powerfull intel quad cores though. Should run to a even more playable state on Ivy HD 4000.

 

It's a HUGE step up from the last time I owned an Intel GPU (the GMA 4500MHD).

 

posted this in the levono forums, but for those who are interested:

System specs:
X230: i5 3320M 2.6 Ghz, 8GB 1866mhz, 120GB 320 intel SSD,Win 7 Pro 64bit.

Did not adjust any settings. Turbo Boost+ disabled by default.

Benchmarks:
3Dmark06: 6909 Results
3Dmark Vantage: P4054 Results
3Dmark11 Performance: P723 Results
PCMark 7: 5289 Results

Diablo 3:
Playing through nightmare Act for 1hr
1366x768 fullscreen. Default settings set by game:Textures high, shadow med, physics high, cluster medium, checkboxes were not selected.
With ingame FPS enabled: averageing 35fps. Generally 40+ with no action. lowest around 30 with lots of mobs. No complaints here so far.

 

Count me in as impressed with the HD 4000. I'm running Diablo 3 smoothly at 1080P, although I do disable shadows. 30+ FPS.

Other games that run smoothly
Rage on lowered textured settings.
Fallout 3 and Skyrim both run beautifully
BF3 runs acceptably well in a pinch!

I can do some HD video recordings tonight if anyone is interested. I have 125+ games on my steam account, so I could test some others as well.

 

Haswell is comming and it will be marvelous at the igpu level.

 

@Qwaarjet

If you have time I would really like to see BF3.

 

how does it run Shogun 2? ive got an ivy bridge setup (in my sig) and it had optimus i believe, and when i take my laptop to school, im gonna have to probably run on the 4000, so can i get some info on Shogun 2 and Civilization 5 without AA on? cause all these benchmark places run with AA on and it just can kill your FPS sometimes.

 

I have Shogun 2 I can install and test out. I'll record a 720P video of a BF3 session tonight.

 

cool. Thanks, its much appreciated

 

I know this is a stupid request but does anyone have minecraft also some one test skyrim at 1080p with what settings it takes to get on average 40 fps? Thanks

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I know everyone has a different definition of smooth, but as I originally stated, in a pinch, BF3 is doable It's not as smooth as Diablo 3, Skyrim and some others but hell, for Intel IGP I think it's amazing compared to IGP of yesteryear!

BF3 on HD 4000 IGP - YouTube

 

+Rep, thanks that is pretty unbelievable. What resolution was that at?

Since the bf3 update earlier this month my setup has issues and is getting about the same fps and I have a 5870M.

 

how is Shogun 2 running?

 

it was a 25gb download, lol. Left it d/l overnight on Steam. I'll try it out here in a few minutes. Slow day at work

 

haha. yeah Shogun is big DL. i bought physical versions of that and FoTS and its like 42 GB total download lol

 

If there are any LoL players here, it'd be great if you could test that too . Like what FPS do you get in 1080p with maxed graphics?

 

BF3 was run at 1366x768


Shogun at 1366x768 with default low settings, ran the built in benchmark at got 78fps

Shogun at 1600x900 with default low settings, ran the built in benchmark at got 67fps

 

Shogun at 1366x768 with default low but medium textures, ran the built in benchmark at got 78fps, exactly the same

Shogun at 1600x900 with default low but medium textures, high terrain detail and medium unit detail in game, very playable 30+fps usually closer to 40+ fps avg.

 

ok so i could get medium with maybe a few high settings at 1366x768 without too much trouble?

 

without a doubt

 

bf3 console version runs it in low or medium ? i would gather that whatever the console does the igpu is able to as well.

 

YAY. im so happeh!

 

No one got my request ?

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Still downloading Skyrim. Will get some results back on Sunday.

Also: Portal 2 runs really well. On the highest settings, at 1600x900, no AA, I get 30 to 40 FPS.

 

OK sounds good: D

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one last request to anyone willing to fill it, if not no biggie. How does Civ 5 run on the 4000? another game i love so much but cant play cause my old computer cant handle it and my new computer is sitting in Anchorage, Alaska being checked by the really slow U.S. Customs Team.

 

So any of y'all play mmos? I'm curious how my favorite Lord of the Rings Online fares with the new HD 4000. Its free to play though kind of a long download. I'd any I'd y'all wouldn't m minds trying it out I'd appreciate it!

 

Skyrim at 1080P on low settings gets you around mid-30 fps in large open areas, 50+ fps indoorsfor me. With medium details i got mid 20's to low 30's outdoors.

at 1600x900 and medium details, you get mid 30 to low 40 ourdoors and 60 indoors.

 

Looks like I will be able yo play at school and thanks man

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for what it's worth, the Intel drivers on my Vaio Z are kind of outdated I've just realized. Sony has an ATI/Intel combo driver because of the PMD dock, and Sony isn't known for their driver support
2712 are install, 2761 are the latest
I'm going to uninstall since I'm not using the PMD at the moment and install the latest Intel drivers. I don't expect much of a change but if there is, i'll update.

 

anyone check Civ 5 yet?

 

Wow, the driver update made a bigger difference than expected. So far Skyrim and BF3 have about a 20% performance update. In the BF3 video I posted, I believe it looked like at avg'd around the mid 20's, now it avg's around 30 fps. Some dips into the mid 20's and some jumps close to 50 but the avg i would say is about 30-32.

 

This is great news. Has Intel given it's estimate on the performance bump from Ivy to Haswell?

 

Rumors are sketchy, but Haswell's top of the line GPU is said to use 40 execution units, compared with the 16 we currently have now. So, 2.5x performance might be possible.

 

So what is the ATI or Nvidia equivalent of HD4000?

 

ithink the nvidia equivalent is the gt 525. (gt 610 ?)

 

I occasionally play Minecraft as well so I'd like to see this too. Thanks!