What games can I play on Intel HD 4600?

I have played the following games using the Intel HD 4400 (less powerful than the Intel HD 4600) on my laptop. I disabled the dedicated Radeon HD 8850m graphics chip. All games are played at 1600x900 resolution.

Mass Effect 3
Star Trek Online
Skyrim (with lots of tweaks to the SkyrimPrefs.ini file like disabling shadows)

Of the 3 games Skyrim runs the worst. Running around in Whiterun performance ranged between 30 FPS - 46 FPS. Running around in the open world ranges between 25 FPS - 34 FPS.

Star Trek Online does have performance drops, but much of that has to do with server lags and missions with an overwhelming number of enemies (in space or on ground).


Fallout 3 should be playable as well since I played that game for around 8 hours to test the performance of the older Intel HD 3000 graphics core before switching over to the dedicated nVidia GT 550m in my Lenovo IdeaPad Y470. But you will need the following file to get the game up and running.

http/www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/20371/?


The following Youtube channel, SurfaceProGamer, has a lot of gameplay footage of games (including current games) being played on Surface Pro 2 with a Core i5-4200u and the Intel HD 4400 (there are other Surface devices as well). All videos are recorded with an external capture device (no software like FRAPS) so you are seeing the actual performance. You should get better performance.

https/www.youtube.com/user/microsoftsurfaceproG