Intel GMA X3100 vs GMA 4500MHD?

The GMA 4500MHD will be designed for the R61 next-generation series, so I just want to know if there's any significant different between those two integrated graphic cards.

BTW, are GMA 4500MHD and GMA X4500 the same?

Thank you.

 

I've seen the difference mentioned twice, both times were from OEM's and supposed to be representative of information directly from Intel. One stated 4x the performance of previous solutions (could be referring to the GMA965 for all we know there) and the other stated a 50% improvement over current options. I'd be more inclined to expect the latter.

Don't know if they MHD is the same as the X.

 

Thanks Rich.Carpenter.

Anyone else can help me answer this? or there's the same topic somewhere?

 

You can call me Rich.

 

Also - the new chip will have DisplayPort output.

 

also, if i'm not mistaken, the 4500 will support hardware decoding for blu-ray movies

 

According to the "Notebookcheck's Aristo Slim S100 review", newest Intel GMA (GM45 chip) sucks noodles.
The reviewer was highly disappointed not only by Intels stretching the 3DMark'06 points (double - 1880 vs ~980 x3100's) but the performance overall which was really pathetic (taking under consideration Intels latest news). After all "next-generation GM45" hardly beaten the "old-generation".

 

In terms of features, the 4500MHD is the same as the desktop version, the X4500HD.

The difference between the GMA X4500 and the GMA X4500HD (or 4500MHD) is that the GMA X4500HD is capable of "full 1080p high-definition video playback, including Blu-ray disc movies".

So,
4500MHD = X4500HD: plays 1080p
X4500 = no 1080p

 

That is weird that the X4500 has such low numbers in that review, it seems unlikely that there would be no performance gain at all (Intel did originally claim that it was 3x faster than the X3100, but now only claim 2x). Is the X3100 really on par with the 8600GT? I thought it was lower.

Maybe the X4500 is calibrated for HD media, rather than games? Any other thoughts?

 

The X4500 is supposedly perfectly capable of playing 1080p media. I don't know what else people would want in an integrated graphics card. It seems that Intel has released the first integrated card that will please every user EXCEPT for gamers. For non-gamers, like myself, I don't know what else to ask for in an integrated card.

If one is really going to play games, why on earth would one get a notebook with integrated graphics? It isn't going to perform anywhere near as well as a machine inteded for gaming.

 

Well, I even play some light-weight games like Civilization 4 and some online Halo on my old single-core Pentium M 1.86Ghz and Intel GMA900 integrated graphics!

I've never considered getting discrete graphics because I prefer the battery life on the integrated chipsets, but I like having an integrated chipset that lets me do some light gaming

 

i think not...
i read it somewhere - HD is more powerfull

 

switchable graphics would be the solution for you then?