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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel Q43 Express Chipset | Radeon X550 Series |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5180% | 9641% |
| Hitman 3 | 6769% | 12572% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 4729% | 8809% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 5180% | 9641% |
| FIFA 21 | 2564% | 4814% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 7330% | 13607% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 4573% | 8521% |
| The Medium | 6489% | 12055% |
| Genshin Impact | 5180% | 9641% |
| Far Cry 6 | 7540% | 13995% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel Q43 Express Chipset are significantly better than the AMD Radeon X550 Series.
The Q43 Express Chipset was released over three years more recently than the Radeon X550 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 Radeon X550 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 Radeon X550 Series has 256 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 Radeon X550 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 | 400 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Eaglelake | RV370 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Aug 2008 |  | vs | 21 Jun 2005 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | N/A | vs | | 256 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | - | vs | | 500 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | - | vs | | 128 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | DDR | |
| Memory Bandwidth | - | vs | | 8GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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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 | | 1 | |
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 10 | | vs | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 4.0 | | vs | 2.0 | |
| Open GL | 2.1 | | vs | 2.0 | |
| 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 R300 (introduced August 2002) is the third generation of Radeon graphics chips from ATI Technologies. The line features 3D acceleration based upon Direct3D 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0, a major improvement in features and performance compared to the preceding Radeon R200 design. R300 was the first fully Direct3D 9-capable consumer graphics chip. The processors also include 2D GUI acceleration, video acceleration, and multiple display outputs. R300 refers to the development codename of the initially released GPU of the generation. R300 and its derivatives would form the basis for ATI's consumer and professional product lines for over 3 years. The integrated graphics processor based upon R300 is called Xpress 200. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||