The driver support is still not as good as for Nvidia and AMD graphics cards. On average it should be as fast as the HD 3200 / 4200 by ATI and therefore allow the user to play older and less demanding games in low settings. In some games, the GMA HD is even as fast as a GeForce 9400M / ION chipset. The performance of the new Graphics Media Accelerator HD graphics card is noticable better than the old GMA 4500MHD (due to the increased number of shaders and in some cases also clock rate). The identically called Intel HD Graphics in entry level Sandy Bridge processors is the successor of this graphics card and offers an improved architecture and therefore faster speeds. 500-766 MHz). Compared, the the CPU die, the GPU and memory controller are produced in 45nm and not 32nm.Ĭompared to the current GMA 4500MHD graphics adapter, the Graphics Media Accelerator HD got two more shaders leading in 12 execution units (or unified shader cores). Depending on the CPU model, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 500 MHz (with Turbo Boost max.

The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, or GMA HD (or GMA5700MHD) is an onboard / shared memory graphics card for laptops that is bundled in the package of the new Arrandale dual core CPUs (upcoming in Q1 2010). Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics

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