Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel 865G | Radeon 8500 Series 64MB |
| Hitman 3 | 25689% | 7719% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 19725% | 5911% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 18032% | 5397% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 19725% | 5911% |
| FIFA 21 | 9900% | 2932% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 27795% | 8357% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 17444% | 5219% |
| Genshin Impact | 19725% | 5911% |
| Far Cry 6 | 28584% | 8597% |
| The Medium | 24637% | 7400% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon 8500 Series 64MB are massively better than the Intel 865G.
The 865G was released over a year more recently than the 8500 Series, and so the 865G is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the 8500 Series.
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 48 MB more video memory than the 865G, so is likely to be slightly better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the 8500 Series also has superior memory performance overall.
The 8500 Series has 8.8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the 865G, which means that the memory performance of the 8500 Series is marginally better than the 865G.
The 8500 Series has 4 Shader Processing Units but the 865G does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The 865G requires 13 Watts to run but there is no entry for the Radeon 8500 Series 64MB.
| Core Speed | 200 MHz | vs |  | 275 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Springdale | R200 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 May 2003 |  | 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 | 64 Bit | vs | | 128 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR | | 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) | 1280x1024 | vs | | 2048x1536 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 1 | | vs | - | |
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 13 Watts | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 7.0 | vs | | 8.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | - | vs | | 1.4 | |
| Open GL | 1.3 | 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 865G comes embedded on the Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium Extreme Edition, Celeron, Celeron D CPUS and features an Integrated GPU called Intel Extreme Graphics 2. It only supports DirectX up to 7.0 so even DirectX 8/9 games aren't (hardware) supported. The performance is ridiculous and even very old games (before 2003) might require reduced settings. Today's games are, obviously, unplayable. | 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 | - | - | |||