Shaders running slower than Fixed Pipeline

[Hippogriff]

Asked him what he used exactly.
512MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6530D

And yep by the look of the 7870 I will gladly take that ;)

[S G H]

Just don't dive into the 7870 developing slowly-performing applications - Try to stay within the perform range for an 4350.

I personally use a 5450, but have a friend who's got an Intel notebook who tells me if there's any perf issues.