Been using a 965 board with the GMA x3000 IGD. Even though Quake 3 Arena is
8 years old, the fact I can play it at 1280x1024 32bpp at 82fps is amazing.
Of course it sucks for anything current but that is leaps and bounds better
than anything prior.
Intel just released a "pre-beta" XP driver for the x3000 that enables
*hardware* T&L. Its performance is about the same but you can now play games
that you could not play prior on the IGD because they check for T&L.
Something modest like Temple of elemental evil plays great. They claim
Oblivion runs on it, but I am not that brave...
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?&DwnldID=13515
Though I'm now on greener pastures (8800 Ultra), it was a fun experiment for
me, and the GMA stuff will only get better. The upcoming G35 chipset
partnered with the GMA x3500 is supposed to be a very capable hardware DX10
part. I have no doubt with the money Intel is pouring into their Larrabee
project that this nextgen GPU with 32(?!?!) cores will make NVIDIA and
DAAMIT sweat bullets.
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