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 Biostar TH67XE test system scores 36 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 Biostar TH67XE motherboard's cores 27.3 FPS @ 1024x768, 6.1FPS @ 1600x1200. Moral of this story, buy a mainstream discreet graphics card if you're a serious gamer.

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 Biostar TH67XE motherboard and its HD 3000 Sandy Bridge integrated graphics achieve 7.2 FPS. The AMD A8-3850 APU platform on the other hand 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.