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Recently, I got a new computer, replacing my laptop. I noticed that when installing Silent Hunter 5, it said that my PC did not meet the minimum system requirements, however it still ran at high quality (it still lagged a bit though). This led me to wonder if integrated cards are worse, and if so, why? Because I do not see any difference when playing any game, including Minecraft (in fact, Minecraft ran FASTER on my PC then on my laptop). One other difference that may be the reason for this is tat the previous laptop ran on AMD Vision E2 and this PC uses Intel Core i5.
My guess is that dedicated cards are more dedicated to their job than integrated cards. – 3ventic – 2014-01-02T18:20:30.120
It's not true that all integrated GPUs are worse than all dedicated GPUs. – ChrisInEdmonton – 2014-01-02T18:23:06.077
I am not sure where the question is. The integrated graphics on your laptop is older then your standalone graphics card on your newer computer. Most integrated grapics will be made absolete very quickly because of how quickly Nvidia and ATI release new products. – Ramhound – 2014-01-02T18:29:58.947
Do you have a dedicated graphics card in your new PC, or are you just using the i5's integrated graphics core? – rob – 2014-01-02T18:39:07.633
Some integrated graphics chips are finally competitive with discrete graphics cards, most notably the Iris Pro 5200. – yjwong – 2014-01-02T19:09:52.580
@rob I'm using the dedicated i5 chip, that's why it said I did not meet the minimum requirements – figgycity50 – 2014-01-10T20:40:26.150
@user2758631 That's what I gathered, but not everyone caught that detail. (e.g., Ramhound assumed that you were using a discrete graphics card in your newer computer) – rob – 2014-01-10T22:55:04.657