Is the game playable with Intel HD graphics?

[spacegoat]

Anybody out there playing this game on a laptop with Intel HD 520 (or similar) graphics? If so, how is the performance? I'm in the market for a backup laptop, and I'm kind of wondering if I can avoid paying extra money for dedicated graphics.

[Alex1905]

i just tried it for test and can say its playable but dont know what exactly intel HD i have

[Razielhell]

Anybody out there playing this game on a laptop with Intel HD 520 (or similar) graphics? If so, how is the performance? I'm in the market for a backup laptop, and I'm kind of wondering if I can avoid paying extra money for dedicated graphics.

Nope ...Even at the fastest frame-rate and with effects only on yourself...you will lag really hard(Unplayable) when you activate Morales or when there are many people on your screen :/
Use a dedicated GPU...even if its an entry level one!

[Azarael]

You will also experience drawing errors with transparency. Integrated graphics are not designed for game use and this is not a fact that will change.

[Tiggo]

i have a notebook with hd520 gpu i will test it for you, when my win7 install is finished

[Razielhell]

i have a notebook with hd520 gpu i will test it for you, when my win7 install is finished

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[n00tch]

You can run the game at a decent frame rate with modern integrated graphics. You will definitely have transparency issues (although it's great for finding magic walls). My girlfriend plays on her entry-level laptop just fine.

[psylock81]

My back up laptop is a HP630 and the game is playable up until 48 players on screen (2 full warbands is ok and SCs is ok). Above 48 players on screen are talking about constant 15-5fps, so i would suggest you buy a laptop with a dedicated card (even the lowest dedicated card will handle the game better) if you want to oRVR during prime time in T4.

If you don't want to spend any money then i suggest you use your back up laptop with Intel HD graphics for SCs & Farming only.

[blaqwar]

Granted, I'm using a shiny new 6700k (using Intel® HD Graphics 530 while waiting for the new 10 series from nVidia to drop in price a bit) but I've had 0 problems with it so far. No rendering errors and the framerate is stable (although it seems to be locked at 60) even in large fights. I am using fastest framerate settings with a few settings turned up (play ability effect on all). The only time the framerate drops is if I zoom in close to the character with a lot of spell effects flying about, it's a bit unsual and I don't know why it happens.

You should be fine for casual gameplay without a dedicated GPU as long as you have a newer CPU. But as said, you should get a dedicated graphics card for stable gameplay.

[StormX2]

My Son's and Wife's laptop run it just fine, don;t think they have dedicated GPU's