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| AMD' 690G vs Intel's 965G Revolte of the Integrated Graphics | |
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(Joe Freund, September 4, 2007) |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is supposed to have one of the most advanced lighting systems in any game so far. Unfortunately, neither platform could show it. Choosing anything other than the low end “Static Lighting” option dropped framerates into “seconds per frame” territory. Unfortunately with Intel’s official 14.29 driver, static lighting caused strange texturing anomalies as shown below. The 14.31 beta driver did not exhibit this problem. Using dynamic lighting fixed the texturing at the cost of slideshow framerates.
14.29 driver
14.31 beta driver
Results
The impact of image quality (max / min)
Results
The surprise here is that at 800x600 the AMD 690G produces a nearly playable framerate. The Intel G965 has no hope; even the beta drivers do nothing to increase performance. To paraphrase Chris Rock, playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on the 690G is like driving a car with your feet. You can do it, but it’s not a good idea. It’s no surprise, but if you want to play the latest games with any kind of graphics options turned on, you should have a discrete video card. Older, less demanding titles should be playable, but not with the eye candy cranked up.
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