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Which is better for playing games. The Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB or the AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB

Which graphics card is better for playing games such as Rome 2 Total War and War Thunder. I recently purchased Rome 2 with my computer with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB card. Would the graphics be improved on the other Intel graphics card. The computers are both Macbook Pros so I can't interchange the graphic cards.

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Jun 29, 2015 3:50 AM

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Posted on Jun 29, 2015 4:35 AM

The Intel HD Graphics 3000 is an integrated graphic card, and the AMD Radeon HD 6750M is a dedicated one. The difference between them is that integrated cards haven't got RAM exclusive for them, and it has to be shared with main RAM; also, they are less powerful, so an integrated card will give much poorer performance. This is the reason why you should choose always a dedicated card (in this case, the AMD Radeon) to play games.

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Jun 29, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Swanies

The Intel HD Graphics 3000 is an integrated graphic card, and the AMD Radeon HD 6750M is a dedicated one. The difference between them is that integrated cards haven't got RAM exclusive for them, and it has to be shared with main RAM; also, they are less powerful, so an integrated card will give much poorer performance. This is the reason why you should choose always a dedicated card (in this case, the AMD Radeon) to play games.

Which is better for playing games. The Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB or the AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB

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