Sierra FEAR - DX9 (IGP vs. IGP) 1024x768 Maximum: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 36 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 19 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 33 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 24 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 36 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 32 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 9 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 11 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 56 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 57 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 57 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 12 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 10 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 13 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 12 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10

FEAR is a DX9 title that demonstrates just how far IGPs have come. The ECS H67H2-M test system scores 32 FPS here, compared to AMD's A8-3850 Fusion APU which wins hands down with a 57FPS result.

In the final round of IGP benchmarks we have Call of Juarez and Crysis....

Call of Juarez - DX10 (IGP vs. IGP) 1024x768 Low Settings: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 18.1 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 25.7 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 25.3 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 21.1 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 27.3 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 24.5 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 5.8 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 6.5 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 56.6 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 57.2 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 54.6 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 13.1 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 12.6 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 15.6 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 13.2 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 11.8 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 12.3 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 12.5 1600x1200 High Settings: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.9 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.9 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.8 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4.6 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6.1 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.5 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2.2 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2.4 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 15.5 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 15 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 15.6 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 3 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 2.6 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 3.1 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 2.3 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.4 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.6 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.4

Call of Juarez is a tough DX10 title for IGPs. The ECS H67H2-M motherboard's cores 24.5 FPS @ 1024x768, 5.5FPS @ 1600x1200. Moral of this story, buy a mainstream discreet graphics card.

Now for Crysis, on IGP!

Crysis 1.2 - DX10 (IGP vs. IGP) 1600x1200 HQ Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6.6 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6.6 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6.5 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.7 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 7.2 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6.4 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 1.7 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2.8 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 1.6 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 14.9 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 14.8 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 3.1 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 2.8 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 3.6 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 3.2 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.7 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.7 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.2

In Crysis the ECS H67H2-M motherboard and its HD 3000 Sandy Bridge integrated graphics achieve 6.4 FPS. The AMD A8-3850 APU platform nets 14.9FPS at best. Both results are too slow to actually play this game, at these resolutions.

In PCMark Vantage we can see how the CPU-based IGP impacts (or doesn't impact) office application performance. That's up next, then the conclusions.