CGTalk - Intel GMA X3100

miurajiro

10-29-2007, 04:59 AM

For you tekkies, what is your opinion of the Intel GMA X3100 chipset?
I know its not at the top, but will it do a good enough job for basic
animation and modeling? Rumors that it will be on the new macbooks.

Srek

10-29-2007, 07:23 AM

The Intel chipset graphics adapter are very ok for office apps and even some smaller games, i wouldn't use them for any serious modelling work though.

Cheers
Björn

BoostAbuse

10-29-2007, 12:10 PM

I've got the Intel GMA chip (last gen) in my Macbook C2D and while it's certainly no workhorse I wouldn't call it a slouch either. I use it for photoshop, aperture, lightroom, maya, mudbox and coding etc without much of a hiccup. Albeit it's not built to handle extremely high poly detail I'm able to model, animate and rig on my Macbook without so much of a hiccup and it's just a 2ghz C2D with 2gb of ram.

For the sake of portability and travel, I swear by my Macbook as my 17" laptop is just a pain in the ass to lug anywhere.

Randybob

10-29-2007, 05:32 PM

I would personally relegate it to render-only nodes. They only need minimal graphics.

miurajiro

10-29-2007, 07:43 PM

Thanks guys. I found this interesting.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-X3100.2176.0.html

wim

10-31-2007, 05:04 PM

Does someone know if "Enhanched OpenGL" works in Cinema 4d with this X3100? I noticed it doesn't work with the GMA950. Curious if they improved on that.

miurajiro

11-01-2007, 04:22 PM

Updated Macbooks have been shipped. Up to 4Gb of Ram and
X3100 now. http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html

-Bump on the Cinema4D question.
I think i would like to go with this Macbook for Cinema4D.

Srek

11-01-2007, 08:20 PM

I haven't tested this graphics chip with CINEMA 4D so i don't know, but from comments in german magazines the GMA X3100 is practicaly identical performance wise to its forebearer the 950. Don'T expect it to be usefull for heavy 3D stuff.
Cheers
Björn

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