Cyberbeer Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 Would this computer with integrated graphics be good enough for my grandmother to play her facebook games? She plays Cafe World and Farmville mostly. This seems like a silly question but I've never used a computer with integrated graphics. She is currently using my pretty high end lap top since her old one died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 I would think it should but it is now sold out hope you did get one as its not a bad deal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohldboy Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 B960 CPU. l like this one better, I3 2330 hd3000 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230569 Or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230579 new B960 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230265 Picked up a Samsung NP300E5A-A02UB I3 2350M HD3000 I would expct it tp do fine on Farmville, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaX Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 it will be completely good because fb games don't use and not requires much power Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 was there a thread about farmville taking a lot of power to play on high settings? I swear there is one on this website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90sgamer Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) was there a thread about farmville taking a lot of power to play on high settings? I swear there is one on this website. LOL, I remember that one. That guy was running an X58 setup with a GTX 480 IIRC and thought he needed to upgrade to get better performance in farmville. I think the consensus was that he needed to get faster internet service or something, no one agreed it was hardware related. Edited September 28, 2012 by 90sgamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberbeer Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 I went ahead and spent the extra money on an Acer Aspire. Its an A8 versus i3 or i5 but it has dedicated graphics and its brand new. She shouldnt have any problems with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) I went ahead and spent the extra money on an Acer Aspire. Its an A8 versus i3 or i5 but it has dedicated graphics and its brand new. She shouldnt have any problems with it. The A8 is an APU not a CPU, meaning it has the graphics chip on the same die as the processor. Having said that, there would not be any major disadvantage to using an APU...unless someone invents a Facebook version of MW3 Anyway, I digress. I agree, the APU should be more than powerful enough to run FarmVille. Edited September 29, 2012 by EuroFight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 The A8 is an APU not a CPU, meaning it has the graphics chip on the same die as the processor. Having said that, there would not be any major disadvantage to using an APU...unless someone invents a Facebook version of MW3 Anyway, I digress. I agree, the APU should be more than powerful enough to run FarmVille. The APU would be noticeably better than any of Intel's integrated graphics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 The APU would be noticeably better than any of Intel's integrated graphics Thought Intel 3rd gen were APUs too...maybe I'm wrong...I know AMD Trinity HD6/7000 series are better than Intel though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohldboy Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Sandy Bridge I3/I5 laptops come with HD3000 on CPU graphics, not for serious gaming. Ivy Bridge I3/I5 laptops come with HD4000 on CPU graphics, equivalent to Lano graphic. Both the above have much better CPU performance than than A6 or A8. Trinity offers better graphics than HD4000, better CPU performance than Llano, not sure it matches (or comes close to) either I3 in CPU performance. For games the APU chosen should do well as long as CPU needs are moderate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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