They demonstrated a real desire to make their integrated graphics competitive with the parts from ATI and nVidia, and to raise the bar for gaming developers so that the “lowest common denominator” they had to code for would be a good one. They were very excited by their GMA X3000 series, which the X3100 is a part of, and why wouldn’t they be? Here’s the first graphics core they’ve made that’s actually designed to do something other than put an image on your screen or run Aero Glass. When I went to the Game Developers Conference in February of 2007, I was pleasantly surprised by what appeared to be a renewed interest in gaming from Intel. If you’re buying Intel, odds are pretty good you’re buying a GMA X3100. And why shouldn’t people be curious? The GMA X3100 is ubiquitous in retail stores, where it’s next to impossible to find a notebook with dedicated graphics for under a grand and a half. The performance of Intel’s GMA X3100 is a question on a lot of peoples’ minds, at least if our forums here are any indication.
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