Confused about laptop graphics

roro_utd

I recently bought a Lenovo ideapad z570 and was trying to figure out if modern games would work on it for example fifa 12. I'm clueless in this department so this will probably seem a stupid question..how come when I run a test at systemrequirementslabs.com it says my video card isn't good enough, (Intel HD graphics family) it says this only has 64MB memory, but it gives more information and actually says that I have 1.7GB of video card memory? I checked the online specs of my laptop and I think it comes with a graphics card installed (Nvidia GeForce GT 520M) so why when I do a test does it fail and why does the card not show up on device manager/dxdiag?

KillianS

roro_utd wrote: »

I recently bought a Lenovo ideapad z570 and was trying to figure out if modern games would work on it for example fifa 12. I'm clueless in this department so this will probably seem a stupid question..how come when I run a test at systemrequirementslabs.com it says my video card isn't good enough, (Intel HD graphics family) it says this only has 64MB memory, but it gives more information and actually says that I have 1.7GB of video card memory? I checked the online specs of my laptop and I think it comes with a graphics card installed (Nvidia GeForce GT 520M) so why when I do a test does it fail and why does the card not show up on device manager/dxdiag?

hi can you post all specs and try using this site :

http://www.game-debate.com/ as well as systemrequirements lab

roro_utd

KillianS wrote: »

hi can you post all specs and try using this site :

http://www.game-debate.com/ as well as systemrequirements lab

hi, yeah here are the specs:

Dimensions 377 x 248 x 37mm (WDH)
Weight 2.630kg
Travelling weight 3.1kg
Processor and memory
Processor Intel Core i3
Motherboard chipset Intel HM65
RAM capacity 4.00GB
Memory type DDR3
SODIMM sockets free 0
SODIMM sockets total 2
Screen and video
Screen size 15.6in
Resolution screen horizontal 1,366
Resolution screen vertical 768
Resolution 1366 x 768
Graphics chipset Nvidia GeForce GT 520M/Intel HD Graphics 3000
Graphics card RAM 1,000MB
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 1
S-Video outputs 0
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Drives
Capacity 500GB
Spindle speed 5,400RPM
Hard disk Western Digital Scorpion Blue
Optical disc technology Blu-ray reader/DVD writer combo
Battery capacity 4,400mAh
Bluetooth support
Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch
Modem
ExpressCard34 slots 0
ExpressCard54 slots 0
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 4
FireWire ports 0
eSATA ports 1
PS/2 mouse port
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
SD card reader
Memory Stick reader
MMC (multimedia card) reader
Compact Flash reader
Camera megapixel rating 1.3mp
Operating system and software
Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
OS family Windows 7
Recovery method Revovery partition

Overheal

520 isnt that powerful but anyway most laptops now do switchable graphics. Some require you to do a hard-switch on the laptop itself. Others will switch from one to the next based on what you're running. SRL probably only saw the HD3000 because thats what mode it was running in.