Your Graphics Research
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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel Q43 Express Chipset | Radeon 8500 Series 64MB |
| Resident Evil 8 | 6769% | 7719% |
| New World | 4573% | 5219% |
| Battlefield 2042 | 6769% | 7719% |
| Far Cry 6 | 7540% | 8597% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 7330% | 8357% |
| FIFA 22 | 2564% | 2932% |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 4059% | 4634% |
| Star Citizen | 4536% | 5177% |
| Dying Light 2 | 7073% | 8065% |
| Battlefield 6 | 6769% | 7719% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel Q43 Express Chipset are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon 8500 Series 64MB.
The Q43 Express Chipset was released over three years more recently than the 8500 Series, and so the Q43 Express Chipset is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the 8500 Series when running the latest games.
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 8500 Series has 64 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 8500 Series has 4 Shader Processing Units but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
| Core Speed | 533 MHz |  | vs | 275 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Eaglelake | R200 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Aug 2008 |  | vs | 02 Jan 2001 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | N/A | vs | | 64 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | - | vs | | 550 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | - | vs | | 128 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | DDR | |
| Memory Bandwidth | - | vs | | 8.8GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | - | vs | | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | - | vs | | 0% | |
| Technology | - | vs | - | ||
| Texture Mapping Units | - | vs | - | ||
| Texture Rate | - | vs | - | ||
| Render Output Units | - | vs | - | ||
| Pixel Rate | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | vs | | 2048x1536 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 10 | | vs | 8.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 4.0 | | vs | 1.4 | |
| Open GL | 2.1 | | vs | 1.4 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | no | vs | | yes | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | - | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | - | - | |||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | 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. | The Radeon R200 is the second generation of Radeon graphics chips from ATI Technologies. The architecture features 3D acceleration based upon Microsoft Direct3D 8.0 and OpenGL 1.3, a major improvement in features and performance compared to the preceding Radeon R100 design. The GPU also includes 2D GUI acceleration, video acceleration, and multiple display outputs. 'R200' refers to the development codename of the initially released GPU of the generation. It is the basis for a variety of other succeeding products. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||