Review: NVIDIA hits back at Intel: new IGPs take aim at G45

by Tarinder Sandhu on 15 October 2008, 14:00 3.5

Tags: DG45ID, P7NGM Digital (GeForce 9300), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), MSI, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), PC

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3D performance

Company Of Heroes - IGP DX9 - 1,024 0xAA
MSI P7NGM Digital (GF 9300)Intel DG45ID (X4500HD)
40.8926.41


Company Of Heroes - IGP DX10 - 1,024 0xAA
MSI P7NGM Digital (GF 9300)Intel DG45ID (X4500HD)
18.285.26


Intel's X4500HD IGP doesn't do too badly with the DX9 codepath but performance nosedives as DX10 is activated.

NVIDIA has a rich heritage of GPU design and is able to correctly render the DX10 test, albeit at a slightly jerky framerate.

We tried running Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts with DX9 and 4xAA enabled. The MSI GeForce 9300 returned a score of 24.67fps. Intel's IGP failed to run the test.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - IGP - 1,024x768 - 0xAA
MSI P7NGM Digital (GF 9300)Intel DG45ID (X4500HD)
57.0311.2


Quake 4 v1.30 - IGP - 1,024x768 - 0xAA
MSI P7NGM Digital (GF 9300)Intel DG45ID (X4500HD)
60.5938.41


The GeForce 9300 is over 5x faster than the X4500HD in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars! Scary, huh?

Remember that this is the slower MCP7A SKU: the GeForce 9400 is, on paper, some 25 per cent faster.