01-12-2013, 04:17 AM
Black wrote:You are comparing a slightly less anemic than average onboard GPU with an ancient discrete card.
That said, this chart:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_...HD+2600+XT
Suggests that the Intel HD 3000 graphics in the current Mini wallops the Radeon HD 2600 XT card in the 2.8 8-core Mac Pro.
This is the GPU in my now dead 6 year old upper mid range Dell laptop, which is 1% below the HD 3000.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_...ce+6800+Go
I would say their rating looks to be laughable when trying to compare different generations of video chips. In general,anything with a rating of under 1250 is pitiful for a recent computer that listed for over $700.