Photoshop and Lightroom are CPU-intensive programs, and as such, I saw no difference in performance when using either program with and without the Nvidia GPU. In GeekBench 5 Compute, a test of a GPU’s raw processing ability, we see Iris Plus taking a notable lead over Nvidia’s MX230 (8,000 points vs 6,000).
Unigene Heaven with Intel graphics: 20 fps Frame-rates didn’t improve any that I could see, but at least there was no throttling and the game ran at a steady, if barely playable frame-rate.Īlso, for the heck of it, here are the scores thrown up by Unigene Heaven (1600x900, moderate tessellation, no AA) Switching exclusively to the Iris Plus graphics was a vast improvement. The throttling meant that there were massive lag spikes during gameplay, where one second I’m seeing a slideshow and the next, some barely playable FPS. And I’m talking about throttling on one of the most low-power, entry-level GPUs you can think of.
Nvidia’s MX230 easily got so hot when running CS: GO that it would start throttling. Frame-rate was already a problem, but it was the heat that made things worse. Worse still, gaming with the Nvidia GPU enabled was torture. Basically, unless you’re playing Solitaire, you’re not going to be playing many games on this machine.Ī measly 55% sRGB gamut coverage is unacceptable in a device that costs Rs 90,000. Hell, even CS: GO, that aging game from Valve that will likely never die, couldn’t run at anything more than about 25 fps on average with either the Nvidia or the Iris graphics. The game can barely run at even 20 fps at the lowest settings. If anything, the MX230 holds this laptop back, eating away at the power saving and battery life advantages inherent in using a 10 th Gen Ice Lake-based CPU.Īllow me to demonstrate: Exhibit A: Gaming performance, or lack thereof If this was a Comet Lake CPU, I wouldn't mind an MX230. In real-world usage, and I’ve used this laptop for several weeks now, there’s no noticeable performance difference between using integrated graphics and the MX230.
The MX230 isn’t capable of much more than entry-level gaming and accelerating regular Windows work, tasks that the Iris Plus graphics on the i7 can also manage very well. It’s so powerful, in fact, that it makes entry-level graphics cards, such as the Nvidia MX230, completely redundant. All hail the SD card slot! Image: Anirudh RegidiĬoming back to the GPU, the Iris Plus graphics is a significant upgrade over what Intel has offered thus far.
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