W3D 2.x and Intel HD

[micheus]

Yeah! It's always an Intel driver issue. Long time ago someone post an image with the text: "Intel is not for 3D" - that is still valid, even more.

I tested in my wife's notebook (Sony Vaio i5-2410M 2.30GHz 4GB Win7 64bit) with both integrated and dedicated video card and the result was the same as yours - very slow under Intel.

Vendor: Intel
Renderer: Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Version : 3.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2769

Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Renderer: AMD Radeon™ HD 6470M
Version: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile Context

No lag problem using the dedicated one, but for Intel...

...and really, using Intel, Wings3D 1.5.4 ran much better with a object with 90K vertices.
So, as the basic graphic difference between 1.5.4 and 2.0.2 is the change from VAO to VBO I think that Intel still don't care about the performance of its integrated video cards.

You will find some similar complain from Blender users too:
- blender slow in wireframe view
- Pefromance and reliability using intel HD 4000 graphics
and from Blender Artists forum: AMD vs nvidia vs Intel viewport comparison under linux

Code:

Benmchmark results:
Intel HD 4000:
wireframe.............20 fps
shaded................2.6 fps

AMD 7750:
wireframe.............50 fps
shaded................7.7 fps

nvidia 650Ti:
wireframe.............50 fps
shaded................6.7 fps