Intel GMA/3000

[craga2010]

Hey there

I'm new here and was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on my confusion?

I'm looking to buy this laptop ... http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=K53E-SX123V-8GB

And was just curious about what the graphic card is? As far as I know the 2nd-gen cpus have the HD 3000 but that site says the intel GMA HD which I thought was the card even before the 1st gen "I" cpus :S

So does anyone know if this is just a wording error or the actual card? Any help appreciated

 

[voyagerfan99]

It's just what it is; an integrated Intel GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) HD Chipset. It's not going to be very powerful.

 

[craga2010]

Yer I'm not looking for a super duper laptop or anything. Only some mild gaming, mostly browsing and stuff. Was just wondering what version of the card it actually was. Would be cool to have the 3000 I guess, it's meant to be better than the older cards which is what I'm thinking this is xD

 

[voyagerfan99]

Well here is more info on the chipset of the machine:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/value-chipsets/mobile-chipset-hm65.html

 

[craga2010]

ah thanks for that, that helps clear things up

Looking around that site it says that the processor on that laptop actually does come with the hd 3000 http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-2410M-Notebook-Processor.45317.0.html

So maybe it will have it after all. But not a big deal either way, not very powerful as you said.

Thanks for your help

 

[jonnyp11]

GMA HD 2000 and plain HD 2000 are the same thing, the GMA part is just normally left out, some sites will say GMA HD and others not, but they are the same thing.