Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | Intel Q43 Express Chipset |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3667% | 5180% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 3345% | 4729% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 3233% | 4573% |
| Hitman 3 | 4800% | 6769% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 5200% | 7330% |
| FIFA 21 | 1800% | 2564% |
| Far Cry 6 | 5350% | 7540% |
| Genshin Impact | 3667% | 5180% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 5300% | 7470% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 3533% | 4993% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 are significantly better than the Intel Q43 Express Chipset.
The 8400 GS was released over a year more recently than the Q43 Express Chipset, and so the 8400 GS is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Q43 Express Chipset.
Both GPUs exhibit very poor performance, so rather than upgrading from one to the other you should consider looking at more powerful GPUs. Neither of these will be able to run the latest games in any playable way.
The 8400 GS has 512 MB video memory, but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The 8400 GS has 16 Shader Processing Units but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 requires 25 Watts to run but there is no entry for the Q43 Express Chipset.
| Core Speed | 520 MHz | vs |  | 533 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Tesla GT218 | Eaglelake | |||
| OC Potential | Poor |
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| Driver Support | Poor |
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| Release Date | 12 Jul 2010 | | vs | 01 Aug 2008 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | - | |
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| 1600x900 | 2
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| 1920x1080 | 1.3
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| 2560x1440 | 0.8
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| 3840x2160 | 0.4
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| Memory | 512 MB | | vs | N/A | |
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| Memory Speed | 400 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Memory Bus | 64 Bit | | vs | - | |
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | | DDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 6.4GB/sec | | vs | - | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | |
vs | - | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 16 | | vs | - | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 1% | | vs | - | |
| Technology | 40nm | | vs | - | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 8 | | vs | - | |
| Texture Rate | 4.2 GTexel/s | | vs | - | |
| Render Output Units | 4 | | vs | - | |
| Pixel Rate | 2.1 GPixel/s | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 2560x1600 | | vs | - | |
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| VGA Connections | 1 | | vs | 0 | |
| DVI Connections | 1 | | vs | 0 | |
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 25 Watts | - | |||
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 10.1 | | vs | 10 | |
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| Shader Model | 4.1 | | vs | 4.0 | |
| Open GL | 3.3 | | vs | 2.1 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | no | |
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| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 3 GB | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1024x768 | | - | ||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 is the third revision of the entry-level GeForce 8400 GS. Based on the 40nm GT218 Core (against the 80nm G86 of the first revision), it offers 16 Shader Processing Units which are not comparable to those of the first revision due to being from different architectures. It also features a 512MB frame buffer against the 256MB of the first revision which will prove useful on most 3D applications. Its performance is significantly higher than the first and second revisions, it consumes less power and runs cooler due to the smaller die size. | Intel Q43 Express Chipset comes embedded on the Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo CPUS and features an Integrated GPU called Intel GMA X4500. Various Intel Chipsets come with the Intel GMA X4500 but this one (and the Q45) seem to deliver the best performance. However, due to its characteristics (e.g. Shared Memory) the performance is still very limited but might be enough to play today's games at low or medium settings excluding, however, very demanding games like Metro 2033 or The Witcher II, that are probably unplayable, even at the lowest settings. Note 1: Intel GMA X4500 does support DirectX 10 but even the most forgiving games might be unplayable due to the demand level. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||