Laptop w/integrated x3100 graphics

[david714]

I'm thinking about getting a laptop with an integrated x3100 video controller. Has anyone played spring on this type of vid chip? If so how is it?

[LordMatt]

Integrated graphics is usually fail for spring. Get an nvidia card if at all possible.

[david714]

I played spring on an intel GMA900 laptop once and I had to turn all the settings down to get it to work smoothly. The GMAx3100 is supposed to be a lot better, but I have not actually tried it. I am looking at some ultra portable laptops and very few offer external graphics chips like Ge8400 or Ge8600. But spring playability is a must :)

[AF]

huh the x3100 is an ATI chipset right? the GMA chipsets are intel chips =s

[Vadi]

It's intels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_X3100

[imbaczek]

I played 1v1s on an 945, wasn't that bad. Don't expect to be able to play 6v6 DSD or speedmetal spamfests, tho.

[BlueTemplar]

It seems to me that the GMA x3100 should work great, since after a quick compare on wikipedia it's better on all fronts than the GeForce2 I had, and I used to play 6-16 players DSD & Tabula a lot.
I had a problem with SpeedMetal though, but I think that because Spring is really demanding on the processor - you might even be able to enable shadows!