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    Sandy Bridge Pentium graphics?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by abaddon4180, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. abaddon4180

    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Been trying to find information on this for a friend but I can't seem to find how many EU's the mobile variants have. I assume it is 6 like the desktop Pentiums, can anyone confirm?
     
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    No, I think it's 12 for all mobile parts.
     
    XX55XX, Aug 14, 2011
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    Yeah, all mobile use the HD3000 which as 12 EUs. But I would mention to your friend that even a mid end discrete GPU will be better. The HD3000 is still only playing games at the lowest settings and almost lowest resolution. It's not impressive.

    Most you can expect from an HD3000 is 1024*768 on low settings. It's great for general media, watching movies, flash games etc, maybe some old games.
     
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    Are you guys sure about this? Because the only places I could find any info was Wiki and it says,

    But it doesn't give any specifics for the Celerons and Pentiums.

    Edit - Ever mind. I just looked at the Wiki Pentium processor list ( link) and it says 6.
     
    abaddon4180, Aug 15, 2011
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