Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel G43 Express Chipset | FireGL 8800 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5550% | 5847% |
| Hitman 3 | 7250% | 7637% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 5068% | 5339% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 5550% | 5847% |
| FIFA 21 | 2750% | 2900% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 7850% | 8268% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 4900% | 5163% |
| The Medium | 6950% | 7321% |
| Genshin Impact | 5550% | 5847% |
| Far Cry 6 | 8075% | 8505% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel G43 Express Chipset are marginally better than the AMD FireGL 8800.
The G43 Express Chipset was released over three years more recently than the FireGL 8800, and so the G43 Express Chipset is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the FireGL 8800 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 FireGL 8800 has 128 MB video memory, but the G43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The G43 Express Chipset has 0 Shader Processing Units and the FireGL 8800 has 2. The two GPUs are based on different architectures, but deliver an equivalent shader performance. To compare, we must continue to look at the memory bandwidth, Texture and Pixel Rates. In this case, we sadly do not have enough data in this area to complete the comparison.
The G43 Express Chipset requires 24 Watts to run but there is no entry for the FireGL 8800. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the FireGL 8800, but we do not have a recommended PSU wattage for the G43 Express Chipset.
| Core Speed | 800 MHz |  | vs | 300 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Eaglelake | - | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Aug 2008 |  | vs | 01 Jan 2001 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | N/A | vs | | 128 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | - | vs | | 290 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | - | vs | | 64 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | DDR | |
| Memory Bandwidth | - | vs | | 2.3GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | - | vs | | 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | - | vs | - | ||
| 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 | 1 | | vs | - | |
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 24 Watts | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | 300 Watts | |||
| 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 G43 Express Chipset comes embedded on the Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo CPUS and features an Integrated GPU called Intel GMA X4500. Due to its characteristics (e.g. Shared Memory) the performance is very limited but might be enough to play today's games at low settings excluding, however, very demanding games like Metro 2033 or The Witcher II, that are unplayable, even at the lowest settings. | The ATI FireGL range of video cards, renamed to FirePro 3D in late 2008, is the series specifically for CAD (Computer Aided Design) and DCC (Digital Content Creation) software, usually found in workstations. The FireGL line is designed for multimedia content creation programs, such as 3DS Max, and mechanical engineering design software such as Solidworks, whereas Radeon counterparts are suited towards video games. FireGL drivers were built with maximum image quality and pixel precision, with CAD specific functionalities such as the recently introduced AutoDetection Technology to tune the parameters inside the driver to achieve maximum performance for predefined list of software. However, because the drivers are also based on the Catalyst drivers made for the Radeon line, it makes them suitable for gaming, at the expense of probable compatibility issues with the very latest games due to the age of the drivers, with FireGL cards in theory pushing more data than their Radeon gaming counterparts. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||