Intel HD 4000 (aka. Ivy Bridge) vs Resolume Avenue

[gerely2]

In the past, integrated Intel video cards were OK for office use, but they weren't powerful enough for professional use.

Intel HD 3000 (aka. Sandy Bridge) was a step in a good direction, but still there were a few problems (at least according to this forum topic - I don't have personal experience).
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Now the Ivy Bridge chipset (including the the new Intel HD 4000 integrated card) is released and available in destops and laptops. Reviews and tests said it's a huge improvement over the HD 3000. It has lower power consumption, much more powerful, and it supports triple-head mode.
Even the mighty Apple MacBooks come with this video solution.
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It seems to be an idealistic video card for Resolume.
It is the case? Or not? Should I choose an Ivy Bridge laptop? Or a mobile ATI or nVidia is still better?
Does anyone have first-hand experince with this card and Avenue?

[HerrNieDa]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-G ... 168.0.html

seems really quiet fast... but don't know if Resolume is working on the new Intel Chipsets.

if it works, it should be enough for lower resolutions, i would say 1024x768 is the maximum you can get.
the new AMD APU's should be faster, and also the most dedicated chips (see benchmark).
If you want to use the Laptop with Resolume, i would suggest a dedicated GPU or at least an AMD APU!

[Joris]

As mentioned in another thread on this topic, the new Intel cards pack a serious punch. We actually have quite a few users who are running Resolume on them.

The only thing is that their drivers do not support all the OpenGL extensions that Resolume needs to run all its features. So in some cases, you can run into crashes or hangs (chormakey effect comes to mind, but also the advanced output becomes sketchy).

If you're just triggering clips, chances are you'll be fine. We can't guarantee anything though, that's why we are still recommending against them.

[gerely2]

So it's not only the perfomance, but there are features that still missing from these video cards.
Thanks for the quick answer!