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AnandTech: HD 3000 worse than 320M
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Mar 11, 2011, 01:35 PM
 
Read and Weep. I knew it would be true, and it is.

Of course, I've abandoned gaming with Windows, and it seems the OS X game performance with the 3000 is a bit better than the 320M. See here. Could it be that Apple's drivers for the 320M were subpar and their drivers for the 3000 are stellar?
     
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Mar 11, 2011, 03:54 PM
 
Note that the test resolution at medium is higher than what the internal display can handle.

It is slightly surprising that the values are so much worse than the preview numbers, but I guess it's down to Intel's infamously terrible drivers. It's not really fair to say that the HD 3000 is consistently worse than the 320M. In fact, it's about even - it wins on tests dependent on memory bandwidth and loses on those dependent on shader power.
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Mar 11, 2011, 04:00 PM
 
Doesn't Apple write the drivers (with Intel's help)?
     
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Mar 12, 2011, 06:54 AM
 
Yes, but that test is done in Windows. The tests under OS X are better.
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