> You're actually about two to four years late on this. I posted some interesting benchmarks with a now-older laptop using HLSL a long time back.
I'll admit I was a bit surprised at how effective the HD3000/4000 line were, but at this point they should be able to handle up to 1080p just fine. The only place you'll start to hit issues is when you get into 4k resolutions, where the calculations will tax even more modern video cards.
Oh. Well I might well be. But WAIT....I recall now, I did a MW search before posting and didn't find anything. Mm-mmm-mmm.