17. 3D Performance

Although you will more likely find notebooks in the thin and light category in an office rather than at a LAN party, there are also managers who now and then push their business machines a little harder.

A 3D benchmark also provides the opportunity to show whether Intel's expanded UMA concept (DVMT) delivers on Intel's promises.

Direct 3D Performance: 3D Mark 2001 SE

As the results show, modern, integrated graphic solutions are better than their reputations. Although they are still clearly inferior to current dedicated GPUs as far as power is concerned, performance is still adequate for a bit of gaming fun now and then. The results provide clear proof that the dynamic allocation of video memory as implemented by Intel is superior to the classic UMA technology, which allocates a specific, constant portion of the main memory to the graphics card as video memory.