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    zenbook prime UX32VD: which graphics card is better, NVIDIA or intel?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by chroma_cg, Aug 24, 2012.

  1. chroma_cg

    chroma_cg Notebook Consultant

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    i know it may not be the best way to gauge this, but i tried running the WEI scores using both graphics card, both using the latest and most recent beta drivers if available:

    intel gets 6.5 for aero and 6.5 for gaming
    nvidia gets 5.0 for aero and 6.3 for gaming

    so......the intel 4000 performs better even for gaming?
     
    chroma_cg, Aug 24, 2012
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  2. serp46

    serp46 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can u post the drivers installed? Running WEI I have 6,3 for aero and 6,3 for gaming...
     
    serp46, Aug 24, 2012
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    Try actual games instead of the almost totally meaningless WEI.
     
    tijo, Aug 24, 2012
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  4. chroma_cg

    chroma_cg Notebook Consultant

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    the thing is i dont have any intensive games to try with.....i have games from like years ago which the intergrated graphics card ran really well with so i cant really tell.....

    or is there a good gaming benchmark that i can use to test?

    drivers:
    intel 4000: 9.17.10.2792 (get it manually from intel website, auto update utility didnt pick it up)
    nvidia 620M: 9.18.13.479 beta (get it manually from nvidia website; actually the beta driver knocked the aero WEI down for some reason)
     
    chroma_cg, Aug 24, 2012
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  5. kpopsaranghaex3

    kpopsaranghaex3 Notebook Geek

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    Lol my Windows Aero score is like 5.5... but who cares? After OCing my GT620M, I get GT640M LE performance :D
    To answer your question, the Nvidia GPU is definitely better than the Intel one.
     
    kpopsaranghaex3, Aug 24, 2012
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  6. SmiTech

    SmiTech Notebook Guru

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    I would recommend using Cinebench 11.5 and bench both GPU's individually, to get a more realistic indication of the difference in gaming performance.
     
    SmiTech, Aug 24, 2012
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    serp46 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't understand where u find the 9.17 intel drivers, or you're using that for win 8? Anyway is strange that with the same pc you have different results... I have the same score of many review and videos that I saw in internet.
     
    serp46, Aug 24, 2012
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  8. chroma_cg

    chroma_cg Notebook Consultant

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    now that you mentioned it, ya i somehow missed the windows 8 thing and just installed it anyways lol
     
    chroma_cg, Aug 24, 2012
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    serp46 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok than it' s compatible also with win7. Have you seen some improvement or advantage from it?
     
    serp46, Aug 24, 2012
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    chroma_cg Notebook Consultant

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    the only thing i know is that the installer didnt stop me from proceeding because i have win7, and my wei score went up from 6.3 to 6.5

    actual improvement....the only thing i tried is cinebench 11.5 openGL test.....not sure if set everything correctly but my score for the openGL test is anywhere between 15.5 to 16.96. i have 10gb ram fyi

    maybe you can run cinebench against yours and see what you got; i dont really wanna roll back my driver version

    another *psychological* improvement, meaning i am not 100% sure because i may have done other tweaks as well, is that it *seems* like im using less power on battery. before my drain rate is 6-8Wh, but today i was able to get down to the 5Wh range for some reason
     
    chroma_cg, Aug 24, 2012
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  11. luckyknight

    luckyknight Notebook Geek

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    You could just look at the review on this very site :)

    Review Asus Zenbook UX32VD Ultrabook - Notebookcheck.net Reviews

    Diablo 3:

    1920x1080 High AA :eek:n 21.12 fps (on nVidia)
    1920x1080 High AA :eek:n 10.84 fps (Intel)

    Not exactly earth shattering, but that is max details, but at native res. It's a shame ASUS didn't put a 640LE in this - would have made the best ultrabook.
     
    luckyknight, Aug 25, 2012
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