The g33 chipset is no slouch. The only thing that intel is really missing right now that DAAMITs has is a board with nice hdmi 1.3.
The moment Intel has that then its perfect. But the g33 is way better then expected. We just sent out 3 qx6800s on p35 boards. Talk about rock stable solid performance. Sent via BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Hayes Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:51:15 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Integrated Intel graphics has come a long way... 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. _________________________________________________________________ Who's that on the Red Carpet? Play & win glamorous prizes. http://club.live.com/red_carpet_reveal.aspx?icid=REDCARPET_hotmailtextlink3
