Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | GeForce 3 Ti 500 | Intel G43 Express Chipset |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6109% | 5550% |
| Hitman 3 | 7977% | 7250% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 5579% | 5068% |
| The Medium | 7647% | 6950% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 6109% | 5550% |
| FIFA 21 | 3032% | 2750% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 5395% | 4900% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 8636% | 7850% |
| Genshin Impact | 6109% | 5550% |
| Far Cry 6 | 8884% | 8075% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel G43 Express Chipset are very slightly better than the Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti 500.
The G43 Express Chipset was released over three years more recently than the 3 Ti, 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 3 Ti 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 3 Ti 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 3 Ti has 4 Shader Processing Units 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 requires 24 Watts to run but there is no entry for the 3 Ti.
| Core Speed | 240 MHz | vs |  | 800 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | NV20 | Eaglelake | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Oct 2001 | vs |  | 01 Aug 2008 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | 128 MB | | vs | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 250 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | - | |
| Memory Type | DDR | vs | | DDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 4GB/sec | | vs | - | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 4 | | vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 0% | | vs | - | |
| Technology | - | vs | - | ||
| Texture Mapping Units | - | vs | - | ||
| Texture Rate | - | vs | - | ||
| Render Output Units | - | vs | - | ||
| Pixel Rate | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | vs | - | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | - | 24 Watts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 8.1 | vs | | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 1.1 | vs | | 4.0 | |
| Open GL | 1.3 | vs | | 2.1 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | no | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | - | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | - | - | |||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | GeForce 3 Ti 500 is a very old GPU part of the GeForce 3 Series released by NVIDIA in 2001. It only supports DirectX up to 8.1 so even DirectX 9 games are most likely unplayable. That being said, the 128MB video memory and very low core clock doom its performance from the start. Therefore, almost all today's games are unplayable, even at the lowest settings. | 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. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||