Star Wars: The Old Republic - Intel HD 3000

[idata]

After searching the internet high and low I could find nothing about how well the HD 3000 will run SWToR. So I took the risk and bought the game.

I am running :-

Intel i5 2410M

Intel HD3000 (driver .2509)

6GB Memory

Win 7 64bit

Native resof 1366x768

I am overall happy with the performance. At mid settings (with no shadow or bloom) I am getting an average of 30fps and 20fps in busy/very intense areas. If I bump the game down to low settings the average fps goes up to 40 with a low of 25fps. I was was pleasently suprised by this as I am not a big gamer (this is my most recent PC game other than Civilization V).

I do feel that new drivers wouldnt go a-miss however as there are some very minor rendering issues.

I hope my experience helps someone.

[DArce]

Hello,

Intel has not specifically tested the game on this controller, and is not aware of any issues.

In this case we appreciate your feedback on this matter. We will make sure your information reaches the proper department for future consideration.

Thank you for taking the time to communicate this to us.

[idata]

This is odd as I have a core i7 680um with 8gigs ram and a vertex 4 SSD and I am barely able to play SWTOR with all options turned off/low/verylow in a window at 1024/768! Running driver: 8.15.10.2189 on Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830t. The Intel GM control panel reports video bios as: 1994.0.

I had expected better performance from this system (even though it is not a gamer system).

Any ideas why it is running so slowly?

Cy

[idata]

The Intel GMA HD (which I think is the GPU for your laptop) is at the min requirements for the game so it will struggle.

The HD3000 was a big step from previous Intel graphics (and the 4000 kind of supercedes the entry graphics market).