Correct. I agree to that.
Intel HD 3000 specs:
DirectX*
| OpenGL*
| OpenCL*
| Shader Model Support
| Intel® Quick Sync Video
| Intel® Wireless Display
| Intel® Insider™ technology
| Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology
| Intel® Clear Video HD Technology
|
10.1
| 3.1
| No
| 4.1
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
Advantages:
Using the wddm version of the operating system
Using the DirectX version of the operating system
Hardware wise no obstacles, runs all games and applications
Has openGL support higher than 3.1
Has Cuda support
Has openCL 1.2/2.0 hardware support
Supports shader model > 4.1
Has PhysX hardware support
Better/Faster
Disadvantages:
Portability
Cost
Power Consumption
Space
Appearance
WiDi support is lost I think but I am not 100% sure.
Best low power graphics card with only 25 Watts consumption and 16lanes (most GT730 are 8 lanes).
Asus GT 730 PCI 2.0 16 lane 64bit GDDR5 2GB though only 2 wires go to the fan (no fan speed control, should have been 3).
I am using the AMD RADEON 7750 with windows 10 in a mini itx PC which does also better bitcoin mining (for amateur purposes and for performance testing), because it is a RADEON and we all know that Nvidia Geforce is not optimized for bitcoins. Choosing the openCL guiminer option the cpu does not do any work so cpu stays cool, and the score is the same with or without the P9600 cpu even though when choosing the normal way the CPU is working at 50%. I had some direct2D performance issues with windows 8.1 but with windows 10 the problems are gone (31 score vs 6). Tested NVidia GT 220 and GT 240. GT 240 is supposed to be as good as Radeon 7750 in all other tests, but bitcoin score is only 20 MH/s whereas Radeon 7750 HD is 120MH/S (GT220 is 6MH/s).
I will be using the ASUS GT 730 2GB GDDR5 PCI-e 2.0 with Lenovo T420 4236, as I will want to improve the graphics performance of intel hd 3000, which is also low powered at 25Watt therefore a 6Amps cheap AC/DC power adapter will suffice, we need 50% more power than the graphics card power consumption in order to properly size the AC/DC 12V power adaptor.
This way we have a low powered T420 Lenovo laptop with excellent graphics card properties/performance, nothing to be jealous from any newer integrated graphics card cpu intel processor.
Total Cost
Asus GT 730 2GB GDDR5 64bit 25 Watt: 90
Adaptor: 10
PCI express graphics card x16 Dock: 60
2x4GB Memory Ballistix: 70
CPU i7-2640M: 80
Total: 90+10+60+70+80=310. With this price you can get another laptop such as an i3 or wait for an i5 with a higher price which will still underperform in 3D.
DONT DO IT unless you want a low power beast, which in the long term will save you in WATT/COST compared to desktop computers because we are now getting out of the laptop specifications as the laptop becomes a hybrid.
I wonder how much more the Passmark performance test increases above the current passmark of 2000, with the GT730 upgrade. I hope I don't loose performance in 2D score.
I will finish my review with the new passmark performance test using the Nvidia Geforce GT 730 as a graphics card for Lenovo T420.