Intel UMA shared Graphics??

I'm thinking of getting this little laptop for my study

HP Pavilion 11-N008TU X360

SCREEN: 11.6-inch diagonal HD LED-backlit Display (1366x768) Touchscreen
PROCESSOR: Intel® Celeron® N2820 Processor (2.13GHz, 1M L2 Cache)
RAM: 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 DIMM)
STORAGE: 320GB (5400RPM) hard drive
GRAPHICS: Intel UMA shared graphics
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 8.1 Standard Edition
CONNECTION: WiFi 802.11 (b,g,n) / BT 4.0 / 1 x USB3.0 / 2 x USB2.0 / HDMI / RJ45 / 3.5mm
DIMENSIONS: 308 (W) x 219 (D) x 21.9mm (H), 1.4 Kg
WARRANTY: 1 Year Parts / 1 Year Labour / Not Onsite (Return to Base)
WEBCAM: Integrated HD Webcam and built-in Microphone

I want to be play games on it too, i'm not expecting it too play anything really heavy like far cry 3 or skyrim.

Will it be able to run older games like call of duty 4, hitman blood money, gta san andreas, halo 2? etc

 

most probably not as even some of the older games need a dedicated graphics card even though nothing like the much more powerful ones you get today.

COD4 minimum spec: 128MB 3d Hardware Accelerated card required-100% DirectX 9.0c compatible and latest drivers (NVIDIA GeForce 6600+ / ATI Radeon 9800 Pro+)

blood money minimum: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible video card which supports Hardware TnL and Pixel Shader 2.0 (GeForce FX / Radeon 9500 or higher)

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So the card is pretty much crap? So it wouldn't even be able to play very old games like max payne 1 and 2, halo ce, simpsons hit and run???

 

honestly i have no idea about intel UMA so cant help on that one.

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edit

too late. ive seen youve already posted

 

Probably. You can make anything run if you sacrifice enough detail and resolution. Here's the Asus Transformer with Intel Atom playing Tomb Raider. Would I like to play it with this detail and resolution through the whole game? Not really. But for 20-30 minute stretch it's ok time and again.

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If your looking for a "cheap" gaming laptop try AMD APU based laptop.
They will be a bit better for gaming.

 

COD4 is quite old, circa 2008 graphics requirements. I've also run Source games okay at 720p on 4500M. The newest UMA shouldn't have a major issue with older titles.

 

CoD4 is quite a bit more demanding than Source games of that era.

 

I ran COD4 on an old 8600M GT at low resolution with no hassles, and the Intel HD3000 benchmarks better than an old 8600M GT. My point is that OP is realistic about the performance of the HD4600 and I don't think he'll run into issues running older titles.