Intel announces DDR333 Chipsets: 3-way 845PE shootout

845GE Graphics Performance

Just to give you an idea of the graphics performance of the 845GE we ran a handful of gaming benchmarks:

Gaming Performance Quake III Arena - 1024x768 High Quality NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 Intel 845GE (266MHz core clock) Intel 845G (200MHz core clock) 281.1 68.4 41.0 31.8 | 0 | 56 | 112 | 169 | 225 | 281 | 34

Gaming Performance Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo - Flyby 1024x768 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 Intel 845GE (266MHz core clock) Intel 845G (200MHz core clock) 153.24 31.86 21.20 17.26 | 0 | 31 | 61 | 92 | 123 | 153 | 18

Gaming Performance Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo - Botmatch 1024x768 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 Intel 845GE (266MHz core clock) Intel 845G (200MHz core clock) 60.89 23.04 13.43 10.97 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 73

Gaming Performance Jedi Knight 2: Outcast - 1024x768 High Quality, AF Disabled NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 Intel 845GE (266MHz core clock) Intel 845G (200MHz core clock) 113.6 57.4 43.8 17.0 | 0 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 91 | 114 | 136

Aside from the fact that the 845G/GE failed UT2003 on several occasions, the 845GE's integrated graphics has trouble keeping up with the GeForce2 MX400 in 3D games. The higher core clock of the 845GE's graphics combined with DDR333 support gives it a noticeable advantage over the 845G but not quite enough to be a gamer-friendly solution.

As a 2D-only solution however, the 845GE's integrated graphics are adequate.