Intel HD Graphics 3000 - integrated graphics core, built into the central processor. Basically, this graphics chip is used in the older models of Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 of the Sandy Bridge generation (another generation of intel core i).

Technical characteristics

Characteristics of HD Graphics 3000 are three times higher, lower than that of its younger brother (HD Graphics 2000), but not much. But in general, the chip is not seen as anything special before.

The maximum operating frequency of the video adapter reaches the mark of 1350MHz (it is really important to use the processor, in a pair with which you will use a graphics chip). HD Graphics 3000 equips an inexhaustible number of universal processors (12).

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The amount of memory to be stored as seen for the graphics core of the RAM, even if the integration of the video card does not lead to the power of the video memory. Those who would like to see the operative memory themselves would need a graphics adapter, store it in the BIOS, but later on they could not see it, because they didn’t want to.

The speed of the work of the video card depends on the frequency and timing of the RAM strips, as they are victorious on the computer. This is the weak point of all integration solutions, Intel HD Graphics 3000 is not a culprit. The bus capacity should be set to 64 bits, which is notoriously small.

For the support of the API, everything is worth it, you can hack DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3 (in Windows, only OpenGL 3.1 is supported). At the current moment, these APIs are hopelessly outdated. In terms of editing possibilities, that robot with graphics is all bad, there are no Cuda or OpenCL supports here, you will be satisfied with Quick Sync, and far from all programs support this decoder. Although the possibilities of integrated graphics are not enough for complete video editing.

What are the problems with such a video card?

Working with office programs, using a computer to access the Internet, reviewing HD / FullHD videos, movies and cartoons, a basic robot with graphics or installation add-ons, running old games - about the entire list of what Intel HD Graphics 3000 can do.

For more, you can’t risk it, such chips of discrete video cards, like a split, here it’s more daily. The Turbo Boost technology can often replace the change, if you don’t want to put a lot of pressure on it, it won’t give you a significant increase in productivity.

Gaming capability of the video adapter

If the language is especially about the novelties of the gaming industry, then you can forget about it for the most part. Even few games are played on Intel HD Graphics 3000 due to the lack of support of the current API and weak productivity.

With old games, the situation is significantly better, most of them will run and work without problems. But here there are some culprits, which seem to work on weak and old discrete solutions, but they also run normally on Intel HD Graphics.

What's with the drivers?

Insufficient yakіsnyy driver - the reason for the yakіy vіdmovlyаєєєєєєєєє little part of the old іgor on danіy video card. As for the remaining versions of HD Graphics, Intel tried to correct the situation, but they already forgot about this video card.

If you want to install the driver, it's easy enough to go to the intel website and get the necessary software security. Updating drivers also does not mean problems, everything is intuitively understood. To install a new version of the driver, you can download updates from Intel or manually download updates from the official website.

For Linux, the current driver is a vibrator, the replacement of the new victor is a free solution that goes along with the Mesa3D libraries. Updates are automatically updated, or if you want to update manually, you may have to install the latest Mesa3D version and the Linux kernel.

Comparison with discrete analogues

If we compare video cards, then they are approximately equal in productivity to budget models 4 or 5 generations of Nvidia, as well as budget models Radeon HD 5 or 6 generations. Given the Intel HD Graphics 3000 video adapters, they are in parity, the greater the speed and the more difficult it is not to deprive the least chance of an integrated chip, but the video cards will be fine.

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Intel HD Graphics 3000 is a good choice, as you need an office working computer, but there is no need to buy a good video card. If you don't want to get involved in new items or other great projects, a computer with an integrated graphics chip will delight you for a long time.

For hardcore gamers and other gamers who like to get into the new stuff, it's not safe to see HD Graphics 3000, the video card can't satisfy your needs.

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The epoch of modern graphical solutions for ATI has begun even more so, if the company announces the overpopular set of system logic Radeon Xpress 200 for AMD processors. Obviously, a few years before that, the Canadian company received a lot of hype with the announcement of the Radeon 9100 IGP with the introduced Radeon 9200, however, at that time, the set of system logic was assigned exclusively to Intel Pentium 4 and later processors.

Radeon Xpress 200 is three times different solutions, even though it is not only supported by PCI-E on motherboards, but it was previously assigned to AMD processors, and not Intel, as it was earlier. Debuting in 2004, Xpress 200 registered in a huge number of motherboards, being actively used both in desktop computers and in laptops. Taking into account the most advanced graphics core of the Radeon X300 class, (like, to the point, it was nothing like the "most popular" Radeon 9600, albeit PCI-E), the shortest time is not bad to spare on the cards for a future upgrade, the first hour is satisfying "embedding".

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Let the video core be lightly cut down in sequence by its discrete analog in clock frequencies, and the video memory was scooped from the operational, and the back was torn apart. One of the ways to improve the productivity of the Radeon Xpress 200 solution was to solder 16 or 32 MB GDDR video memory chips on the motherboard. For their variability, such polypshennia were copied, but the overall productivity of the stench was increased significantly, even in skin tone such "tuning" was played by the FPS.

The Radeon Xpress 200 chipset lived to live for a long time, and until 2007, with some changes, actively victorious in various laptops and on motherboards as the main videoopidsystem. True, the engineer managed to change the name of the built-in video core on the Radeon X1100, and then on the Radeon X1200 \ X1250, the productivity of this solution was only about the same as in the beginning of 2004.

It became clear that the integrated graphics of ATi/AMD required cardinal changes, but at that time DirectX 10 and shader number 4.0 were already actively winning in the majority of mid-range and cheap solutions.

Radeon HD integration

The unending evolution of the Radeon X200 finally ended in a revolution, when in 2008 AMD introduced a line of absolutely new AMD 780G chipsets with the integration of the Radeon HD 3200 video core. The chip took 40 scalar processors, 4 texture units and 4 ROP "s blocks - such a hard hardware stuffing was done in order to take the level of productivity of the Radeon X1600 and play in more modern games, easily digesting the game on the Unreal Engine 3 engine.

It is important to call the motherboard a novelty, and the foundations for this are the ideas on the cob of 2009 for the production of AMD 760G. Change the AMD 740G on a budget model for the Socket AM2 / AM2 + platform, and later adaptations for the upcoming Socket AM3 / AM3 + roses. Головною відмінною рисою AMD 760G є наявність інтегрованого графічного ядра AMD Radeon HD 3000, що працює на частоті 350 МГц і сумісного з DirectX 10. Воно підтримує максимальний дозвіл 1920 х 1200 і призначений скоріше для мультимедійних потреб, оскільки забезпечити хоч скільки-небудь прийнятну продуктивність в today's games are out of place.

As for the GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 without interruption, it will act as an affordable and compact model for assembling corn row systems. At the time of writing, I look around for a price close to $70.

Let's take a look at the reported characteristics of the GIGABYTE solution.

GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard Specification:

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	GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev 6.0)
Microcircuits of pivnichny and pivdenny bridges	AMD 760G + AMD SB710
processor rose	AMD Socket AM3/AM3+
Support processors	AMD Phenom II / AMD Athlon II / AMD Sempron / AMD FX
Memory frequency	1600*/1333/1066MHz
reminder of memory	4 x DDR3 DIMM slots with support for up to 32 GB of memory
expansion slots	1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1
disk subsystem	AMD SB710 supports: 6 x SATA 3Gb/s 1 x IDE with support for two attachments ATA 133/100/66/33 RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, JBOD
	1 x Realtek 8111F (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Sound subsystem	Realtek ALC892 codec 2/4 / 5.1 / 7.1 channel audio
	24-pin ATX live socket 8-pin power socket ATX12V
Fans	1 x CPU fan female (4-pin) 1 x system fan connector (4-pin)
refrigeration	Aluminum heatsink on the elements of the processor subsystem Alyumіnієvy radiator pіvnіchny bridge Aluminum radiator of the pvden bridge
Zovnishni porti I / O	3 x audioporti 1 x PS / 2 (for connecting a bear or a keyboard)
Internal ports I / O	1 x USB 3.0 with pluggable dual USB 3.0 (19-pin) 2 x USB 2.0 6 x SATA 3Gb/s 1 x COM socket 1 x LPT socket 1 x front panel audio output connector 1 x front panel connector block 1 x CMOS jumper
	2 x 32 Mbit AWARD BIOS ACPI 1.0b, SM BIOS 2.4, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0
Complete set	koristuvach's ceramics brochure with warranty description disk with drivers and utilities 2 x SATA cables 1 x IDE cable 1 x interface panel blank
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ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX - Base Motherboard for Socket AM3 + Processors

The ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX motherboard is a compact microATX solution of the first class, which allows you to create a system based on the AMD FX processor line, Phenom II or Athlon II. Basically, there are a couple of well-known microcircuits - AMD 760G / SB710.

The RAM subsystem of the ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX model consists of two 240-pin DIMM slots, which support the dual-channel operation of 8-gigabyte modules in the DDR3-1866 MHz standard. And for the connection of storage devices and optical disks, there are several ports of SATA 3 Gb / s.

The video card system of the ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX board has its own integrated graphics core from the AMD Radeon HD 3000 series, and also allows you to install discrete video cards with a PCI Express 2.0 x16 interface. And in the set of new interfaces there are ports USB 2.0, D-Sub, PS / 2, RJ45 and audio output.

Among the other features of the ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX model are:

switching on and off solid-state capacitors in the system for stabilizing the voltage of the processor;

availability of 5.1-channel audio system;

support of one gigabit twill controller;

support for automatic processor optimization technology - ASRock X-Boost;

the ability to save optimizing system settings in an okremium file and 1st switch in another system using the overclocking method (OC DNA technology);

support for a number of core technologies: ASRock XFast 555, App Charger, OC Tuner and others;

total confusion with the Windows 8 operating system.

Detailed technical specification table of ASRock 960GM-VGS3 FX motherboard:

ASRock 960GM / U3S3 FX - New Motherboard for AMD "Scorpius" Platform

A new motherboard has been announced, based on a pair of microcircuits AMD 760G / SB710. The novelty is equipped with an AMD AM3 + processor socket, which allows you to create on the basis of budgetary systems with different solutions of the AMD "FX", "Phenom II" or "Athlon II" lines.

Among the other key components of the model, we can see:

the presence of two 240-pin slots in the RAM, which supports the work in the dual-channel mode of eight-gigabyte modules in the DDR3-1866 MHz standard;

support for two high-capacity SATA 6.0 Gb / s ports, four SATA 3.0 Gb / s interfaces and one ATA133 IDE socket, which can be used to connect storage devices and optical drives;

the presence of an integrated graphics core AMD Radeon 3000;

presence of one PCI Express x16 slot, which allows mounting a discrete video card;

subtrim of 6-channel audio system, as implemented on the basis of Realtek ALC662 codec;

availability of two high-width external USB 3.0 ports.

Krym tsgogo solution may have low dodatkovyh advantages, yakі effectively see it on aphids of competitive analogues. The head middles are є:

vikoristannya solid-state capacitors in the knots of eating key components;

support for XFast RAM technology, which ensures the optimization of the working memory;

support of XFast LAN technology, which allows to increase the efficiency of the transmission of the tether channel;

support for XFast USB technology, which will speed up the transfer of files behind an additional USB 3.0 interface;

Wickboard of the unique module C.C.R. (Combo Cooler Retention), which improves the efficiency of the processor cooling and ensures the smartness of the new rose with AM3 / AM2 + coolers;

support of OC Tuner technology, which allows for further optimization and monitoring of key parameters.

The table of technical specifications of the new mother's board is shown, looking like an approaching rank:

Announcement of the new motherboard ASUS M5A78L-M LX3

The model range of motherboards of the ASUS company, popovnivshis with a hell of a novelty, yak took away the name M5A78L-M LX3. It is based on the Micro-ATX form factor based on AMD 760G (780L) / SB710 chips and is equipped with an AM3 + processor socket. Thus, the new product can be effectively paired with AMD FX, Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron 100 line processors, the thermal package of which does not exceed 95 watts.

The operative memory system of the model is stored in two 240 contact slots. The stench supports the dual-channel mode of robotic modules installed to the DDR3 standard, which is not guilty of overclocking 16 GB, and the clock frequency is 1866 MHz.

The solution's disk system is serviced by an exclusive air bridge chip (AMD SB710) and includes a couple of SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports. The new video system is based on two components: the integrated graphics core of ATI Radeon HD 3000 (DirectX 10 instruction manual) and one PCI Express 2.0 x16 socket, which allows you to install an additional discrete video card.

The set of known interfaces in the motherboard is characterized by the presence of only the most necessary interfaces: USB 2.0, PS / 2, D-Sub, RJ-45, COM and channels.

Among the additional achievements of the novelty, it is significant to support a number of core technologies:

ASUS EPU - ensures the optimization of power savings;

ASUS Anti-Surge Protection - guarantees the protection of internal components from overhead voltage;

EMI - protection of the coristuvacha from the slippery electromagnetic vibration of the system components;

ESD - safe protection of internal components from static discharge;

ASUS Core Unlocker - will simplify the procedure for unlocking additional processor cores;

FAN X-pert - allows you to control the parameters of internal fans.

The table of technical specifications of the new motherboard may look like this.

The release of graphic processors Radeon HD 3850 and 3870, which happened in the fall of 2007, at once plunged into the balance of power in all AMD video cards. The Radeon HD 3870, which is not the worst in terms of performance (but in a number of performances, I’ll improve), in comparison with the Radeon HD 2900XT, became the most productive card, while the Radeon HD 3850 actually demonstrated that a gaming video card can really be used, productivity (the number of cards equal to the "lower" 2900XT (from the Radeon HD 2600 family) did not quite reach the current highs). But two cards, beyond the modern worlds, can’t become a lineup, that’s why the development of a line of video cards based on chips, which are prepared according to 55 nm technical process, didn’t bother the check, moreover, in both directions, as there are more cheap cards, so a new flagship.

Because of this, without a doubt, a significant honor, a press conference was held in the Moscow restaurant "Dacha on Pokrovtsi", for the first time not only local journalists were requested, but also colleagues from the Soviet Union of Europe. Giuseppe Amato, technical director of AMD sales and marketing in the EMEAI region, spoke as the main additional message. Let's move on to the point.

Among the strengths, as in 2008 AMD plans to win in the competitive edge of its graphics processors, include:

• The support for DirectX 10.1, which first appeared in the Radeon HD 3850/3870, will be extended to all video cards (although NVIDIA does not plan to extend DirectX 10 yet);
• Possibility of integration of video cards in CrossFire, including modes with a number of cards more than three, it will also be possible to use practically all cards, meanwhile, the most cheap ones will traditionally be implemented in software, without using hardware;
• Support for the digital DisplayPort interface and further development of a specialized UVD unit for hardware decoding of video compressed in H.264 and VC1 formats, encoded on Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs;
• The most progressive, among the most advanced for the development of graphic processors, technical process (55 nm) and PowerPlay technology, dynamically turning on and off the functional blocks in the chip, which allows to reduce the energy reduction in the modes of frequent irradiation of the graphic strain;
• Additional advantages in installing AMD graphics on the platform are also expected on the components (chipset and processor) of AMD. About those who are a platform for enthusiasts, released in the fall of the last year, and mobile, the release of such plans for a streaming river, we already rozpovidali. The basis of the platform for office and "home-media center" PCs called Cartwheel will be system boards based on a chipset with integrated AMD 780G graphics, with DirectX 10 support, which will appear in the next hour, and sales are due no sooner. "Additional advantage" in this case is due to the Hybrid CrossFire technology, which allows, when a video card is installed, to combine the resources of both the graphics core in the chipset.

This is how the Radeon HD 3000 line will look now. As the leader, the dual-processor Radeon HD 3870 X2 video card, is now in our laboratory, and in the next hour, if practical material is to be released, we will not be proud of it. It’s a good thing, the success of such a card, without intermediary, to lie in productivity, in parity with the equal amount of competitors in powerful 3D games. And while we look at it, we can bring new inexpensive video cards from the segment of less than $ 100-150 (before speech, the most massive), but not everything is so simple. I wish that no one buys such cards, so that they can use the maximum capacity and high distribution capacity, and most of the time, the owners of such cards are not interested in such cards until the mountains (as a rule, dynamic "shooters"), they are everywhere victorious , in view of the greater calm genres and іnshі rozvagi, zokrema, marvel at cinema.

У функціональних характеристиках Radeon HD 3650 немає жодних усікань щодо HD 3850/3870, наявна і підтримка CrossFire, і декодера UVD, серед підтримуваних інтерфейсів є як Dual Link DVI, так і HDMI, і найбільш сучасний DisplayPort, що відрізняється подвоєною пропускною здатністю і не вимагає license approvals for HDMI access, which can speed up the implementation.

There are a surprising number of possible options, in which cards based on the Radeon HD 3650 can be launched, hackers can install both GDDR3 and DDR2, moreover, in both modes (which is not correctly indicated on the slide) you can have different memory settings (256 512MB GDDR3 or 256, 512 or 1024MB DDR2). Obviously, the relevance of cards with a gigabyte of DDR2-memory is not great, but otherwise you should know your soulmate.

Understandably, for the sake of understanding the relative prices, we recommend that the chips in such a situation are correctly aligned with the Radeon HD 2600 Pro from the front line, for which the 3650 wins. The paired GeForce 8600 GT also has a lot of success everywhere, like in Crysis and others, due to the high demand for shader blocks.

Although in the description of cards from the Radeon HD 3400 family and є higher (for its price) productivity in 3D, the price itself is liable to add up less than $ 50, for the official position, these cards are no longer guaranteed for fans of modern 3D games. Vіrnіshe, in pershu cherga, razahovanі on spozhivachіv HD-video content.

In AMD, the versatility of such a card with a pair of HD-DVD discs is considered, so it looks like it's suitable for card inserts. With the fact that such cards can be loaded a lot, media centers and home cinemas in a compact case can be selected from these congestions. Looking at the extremely low heat output, more pickers will be equipped with passive cooling cards. And in line with the early implementations of the integrated HDMI support, now it’s also complementary, like a support for transmitting 5.1-channel audio in Dolby Digital and DTS formats through the same interface.

The Radeon HD 3470 is still confused about the upcoming 1440p HD-video format.

Reference cards are allowed to be more actively cooled for the help of cheap small-sized colors, while, as it was already planned, such cards will store more (maybe, if not found), more and more passive radiators. At the same time, it means that the reference version of the HD 3450 can have a low-profile format and provide HDMI output, an adapter will be required to connect the monitor via DVI. These cards will be the first to support the Hybrid CrossFire technology, about which a few words can be said.

The main recognition is that, regardless of such a low variance in general for the platform (even system boards on chipsets with video integration, especially in the mATX format, they are also traditionally charged with additional prices), still ensure that the players can play with the opportunity to play. From a practical point of view, there are no visible results in tests with maximum graphics adjustments and piece-by-piece adjustments of anisotropic filtering, and all-screen smoothing, the movie does not work. Another advantage is the availability of two graphics cores in the computer in the possibility of an automatic transition to a more economical graphics core, which is integrated into the chipset, if the video card functions can be accelerated 3D or video content is not required. Nareshti, multi-monitor, although not connected to Hybrid CrossFire technology without intermediary (but on the other hand, it is implemented when it is turned on), it is possible, as if with cards on the AMD 690G chipset, to connect to an inexpensive computer to several monitors. While in the world price reductions on RK-monitors are gaining more and more practical value, oscillators can be embarrassing in the most different situations, to improve comfort and productivity of practice, even if the old fashioned bagatma is accepted by few people as exotic.

How efficient will it be to see the capabilities of the integrated video and graphics core on the video card? To get ready for the release of the AMD 780G chipset, which will be the mother of its own distributed support for the Hybrid CrossFire, and the Radeon HD 3470 cards will show such significant values, and the productivity itself is to blame for the greater chipsets. In absolute terms, in a number of popular games, there can be evidence of a difference between the “non-robable” mode and the “robable” one. It sounds tempting, the shards were based on the needs of the game and the feasibility of graphical cores (navigate the most in the distance) in chipsets, as well as in the found ones, critically, zagalnovidomo, and it would be bad for the situation to be full. We, zrozumіlo, as soon as the possibility appears, we will conduct a test and, as a matter of fact, far away, the idea has been implemented.