Rudimentary gaming
Appreciating that the CPU needs a core-logic, preferably with integrated graphics if budget is key, we've run some rudimentary benchmarks at 1,024x768 with low-detail settings.| CPU test - CoH - IGP DX9 - 1,024 0xAA | |
|---|---|
| AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.6GHz, 2MB L2) | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz, 4MB L2) |
| 38.69 | 24.3 |
Company of Heroes (DX9) runs smoothly enough on the AMD 785G chipset, enabling decent gameplay, but is visually slower on the Intel GMA 4500
| CPU test - CoH - IGP DX10 - 1,024 0xAA | |
|---|---|
| AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.6GHz, 2MB L2) | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz, 4MB L2) |
| 15.61 | 2.61 |
Neither chipset is able to do low-detail DX10 justice; Intel's performance is pitiful. The integrated graphics cannot run any form of AA in the game, either.
| CPU test - ET:QW - 1,024x768 - IGP | |
|---|---|
| AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.6GHz, 2MB L2) | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz, 4MB L2) |
| 38.7 | 12.1 |
One is playable, one is not. Can you guess which?
| CPU test - CoD 4 - 1,024x768 - IGP | |
|---|---|
| AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.6GHz, 2MB L2) | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 (2.33GHz, 4MB L2) |
| 32.4 | 24.6 |
A clean sweep for the 785G. Performance isn't stellar by any means, absolutely, yet it's a far more compelling casual gamer's solution than the G43's GMA 4500.
