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Frankly the updates to the GPUs have been very minor, over the past few generations. And for some reason, they don't put anything close to Iris or Iris Pro on
by clarry 10y ago
Frankly the updates to the GPUs have been very minor, over the past few generations. And for some reason, they don't put anything close to Iris or Iris Pro on the desktop CPUs.
I've been waiting for a few generations now to get an Intel CPU with decent iGPU but it's really been stagnant. I gave up the wait and pre-ordered a Ryzen last week.
I do still think it makes sense for Intel to ship CPUs with those integrated CPUs, although maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to offer a chip with more cores and no GPU for the enthusiasts.
- Retric 10y ago> I do still think it makes sense for Intel to ship CPUs with those integrated CPUs Why? iGPU's increase production costs AND reduce both CPU and GPU performance. If Intel wants to produce a separate GPU then more power to them, but that's not what they are doing they are a monopoly extending their dominance to another market at the cost of consumers aka us. Remember, resistance increases with heat, so even it there where zero manufacturing or performance costs it still increases power consumption.
- clarry 10y agoMost people don't really need discrete GPUs, that's why. It's mostly a concern for gamers and enthusiasts. Furthermore, these iGPUs are incredibly energy efficient, and obviously small. That's great for battery life and PC size.
- Retric 10y agoOn motherboard integrated graphics is still a thing. They can still use main memory ect, but now the CPU is smaller increasing yield and lower temperature.