The (nearly) Ultimate Intel HD Graphics 3000 gaming performance sheet

Hi everyone,
I am compiling my personally tested list of about 200 Mac & PC games that can be played on the new (lame ) Intel HD 3000 chip coming
with the new 2011 Macbooks 13" (and presumably in the new Mini and Air, too).
I hope this provides some additional useful infos for people that consider buying a 13" MBP+ and are not sure about the games working with this chip
or about the the performance at all.
Testing System is a MBP i5 2.3GHz with separate Native 10.6.7 , Win7x 64 Pro SP1, and Crossover and Paralles on OS X tests.
10.7 Lion test will also be incorporated, once available.
of course ther is this the Notebookcheck Site Test here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-H...0.37948.0.html
But if you are looking for more specific games, my chart might help further.
I am currently working and optimzing on this, while I have the time, so it will take time until it´s complete:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...de&pli=1#gid=1
peace,
if some one feel inclined t contribute to this list feel free to contact me.

Very informative.
Could you include a ranking for games on the lowest settings that get more than 50 fps?
As you know 30 fps is fluid motion, but during gameplay it's not always consistant, it fluxuates up and down depending upon what's going on.
In your ranking for "Playable" the 30fps bar is set a bit too low and stuttering and frame loss occurs if it drops down below that which it will.
So it's kind of hard to determine by just "greater than 30 fps" if the game is worthy of purchase, a "greater than 50 fps" would be more accurate assessment.
This of course may reduce the amount of "Playable" games on the Intel HD 3000, but it's more fair.
Thanks
Also if you could run Cinebench on the 13" MBP and state those scores it woud be very nice. Then one can compare it to te list below.
Here's a list of the fastest GPU's ranked on their OpenGL tests. If one does a search for "6750M" they will see what the 2.2 Ghz 15" MacBook Pro (and higher) with the 1GB Radeon 6750M video card scores. Very impressive for a laptop.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
Edit: Oh, someone did submit sorry.
The HD 3000 on the 2011 MBP gets a maximum 11.32 and the 6750 gets 36.27, about 3 1/4 times faster.
Pays to get the 2.2 Ghz 15" MBP or better if your into 3D games.

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