Intel HD Graphics 3000

Does anybody know if the Intel HD Graphics 3000 will run FM2011 and the 3D Match Engine well?

Might buy the new Macbook Pro or can anybody suggest a good laptop?

My personal opinion is that I avoid intergrated graphics as they can often struggle to perform, you might find that providing the drivers are kept up to date it runs perfectly fine, or worse case scenario is that you have to view all games commentry only.

My personal opinion is that I avoid intergrated graphics as they can often struggle to perform, you might find that providing the drivers are kept up to date it runs perfectly fine, or worse case scenario is that you have to view all games commentry only.

Not really the case for the Sandy Bridge graphics processors though - these mean serious business for the low-end graphics card industry. The HD 3000 is roughly comparable to the Radeon HD 5450/5470 a solid entry-level video card that can play many of today's games at low quality at good speeds.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/intel-hd-graphics-2000-3000_7.html (and read the next few pages too for more benchmarks)

In addition, the i5-2500K (which gives you HD 3000 integrated graphics) is a very nice processor.

If possible, you may want to consider getting, say, an i3 plus a dedicated video card, which might give better gaming performance for other games, but if Football Manager is the main game you play, then it's a nice choice.

Examples of people running Football Manager on "low-end specs": http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/236707-Anyone-who-has-a-laptop-that-plays-fm-2011-in-3d-could-you-help-please