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    intel X4500

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by manoolchaudhary, Nov 16, 2008.

  1. manoolchaudhary

    manoolchaudhary Newbie

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    i have just bought a lenovo Y430 witih intel X4500 graphics can some one tell me about this card in comparison to other graphic card like nvidia
     
    manoolchaudhary, Nov 16, 2008
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    its like crap :D
     
    boypogi, Nov 16, 2008
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  3. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    It's weak, but gives awesome battery performance.
     
    chrixx, Nov 16, 2008
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    Llama R Notebook Enthusiast

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    It will run vista aero and can play movies and stuff just fine. It works great for everything but gaming.
     
    Llama R, Nov 16, 2008
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  5. ix9

    ix9 Notebook Enthusiast

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    it pwns. no more stupid nvidia/ati broken linux driver hell.

    compiz even worked out of the box
     
    ix9, Nov 17, 2008
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    We're in 2008. ATI and Nvidia graphics card have been working properly on popular Linux distros for quite some time.
     
    chrixx, Nov 17, 2008
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  7. visiom88

    visiom88 Notebook Evangelist

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    It's way better than those nvidia/ati crap since it gives you less chance of procrastinating with modern games while giving you more battery life :)
     
    visiom88, Nov 17, 2008
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    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    Its not bad. It runs Vista very well, accelerates video decoding (including 1080P AVC/Mpeg2/VC1), and can play low to mid range games (CIV4, Sins of a Solar Empire, et. al) and supports DX10 (at least in theory). It also provides much better battery life than an ATI or NVidia solution. Overall, it is far superior to earlier Intel solutions such as the GMA950.
     
    jonlumpkin, Nov 17, 2008
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  9. zeusmd

    zeusmd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well.. depends on which games... many of them run well enough... simple games of course (Crysis surely won't run :) )

    For example I play CS, it runs very good, and lap is absolutely cool, you can play on your feet. Many real time strategies also. So... it depends on your gaming expectations.
     
    zeusmd, Nov 17, 2008
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  10. ix9

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    ATI/AMD and Nvidia tend to release stuff every few months. then it has to be wrapped/fixed up for compiling by maintainers/distros.

    the end result is, if you want to use a new kernel, the ATIAMDNidia crap doesnt compile for it yet, because some symbol changed, or some slight ABI breakage, etc.

    and chances are you needed that new kernel for some other bit of hardware in your new laptop

    its certainly happened to me over and over so the fact that Lenovo uses X4500 and not Nvidia was a reason i decided against the MacBook Air...
     
    ix9, Nov 17, 2008
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  11. nxh

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    i played Civ 4 satisfactorily on 4500mhd
     
    nxh, Nov 21, 2008
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  12. Chonex

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    what about Warcraft 3 TFT?
     
    Chonex, Nov 21, 2008
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  13. Changturkey

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    I can run that on a 900/950, so I think the 4500 should have little problems. Anyone know about Sins of a Solar Empire?
     
    Changturkey, Nov 21, 2008
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