8400gs vs H61 on-board graphics

[navneetagarwal]

I upgraded an old computer for my 10 year old nephew. The config I put was:

MOBO: MSI H61M-P20 (G3)
PROC: Intel® Pentium® Processor G620
RAM : 2GB DDR3

At this point, the windows experience index showed: (mentioning only the graphics score)
Desktop performance for Aero: 4.2
Gaming Graphics: 5.6

But it didn't play games like Arkham Asylum, which I think require PhysX. I had an old Nvidia 8400gs 512 Mb. So I added the graphics card. The power supply is 450 W.

Now it runs Arkham Asylum (although on low), but the WEI score now is:

Desktop performance for Aero: 3.6
Gaming Graphics: 5.3

My Question: Is the onboard display adapter on the H61 better than the 8400gs? I know the 8400gs is quite old.

 

[skeletor]

Both are equal in performance, but Intel has screwed up drivers. That's why the game didnt run.

 

[navneetagarwal]

Both are equal in performance, but Intel has screwed up drivers. That's why the game didnt run.

If they are equal, why the difference in windows experience index?

 

[skeletor]

If they are equal, why the difference in windows experience index?

Windows Experience Index is not how you judge graphic cards. It is not to be used as a benchmark, which sadly many people do.

 

[funskar]

If they are equal, why the difference in windows experience index?

F**k windows experience index
It's not gonna give u 10/10 even if your config has gtx690 in quad sli

 

[sharang.d]

^Yes because 7.9 is max.

 

[navneetagarwal]

F**k windows experience index
It's not gonna give u 10/10 even if your config has gtx690 in quad sli

Windows Experience Index is not how you judge graphic cards. It is not to be used as a benchmark, which sadly many people do.

Yeah, I know WEI is not much useful, but its gotta use some algorithm to calculate the effectiveness of the hardware.. and 4.2 to 3.6 is a huge drop!

 

[skeletor]

Yeah, I know WEI is not much useful, but its gotta use some algorithm to calculate the effectiveness of the hardware.. and 4.2 to 3.6 is a huge drop!

Ignore it.

"not much useful"? It is useless.

 

[d6bmg]

If they are equal, why the difference in windows experience index?

WEI is not a way to measure performance of PC. TO measure graphics card processing power you need to run software like 3dmark vantage.

 

[topgear]

@ OP - if you want to run the game using Intel HD gfx install nvidia physx - it will install and wrk even without a nvidia gfx card on our system - some games just needs nvidia physx to run - remove the 8400GS -install latest drivers from Intel website and latest version of DX and see if the game works.