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- Similar performance to AMD and Nvidia in optimized games (tier 1 games) - Similar performance to AMD and Nvidia in Vulkan and DX12 games (tier 2 games) - In

by zathan 4y ago

- Similar performance to AMD and Nvidia in optimized games (tier 1 games) - Similar performance to AMD and Nvidia in Vulkan and DX12 games (tier 2 games) - Inferior performance to AMD and Nvidia in DX11 and below games (tier 3 games) - Positioning and pricing will be based on tier 3 games Intel GPUs can be a real bang for the buck for Linux gamers due to DXVK being used with most games. It will also be interesting to see if DXVK can also improve Intel's performance on Windows games.

ceeplusplus 4y ago
Intel's not the only one who has had inferior performance in DX11. AMD's DX11 driver suffers in drawcall heavy scenarios, particularly in dense open world games like Witcher 3 [1]. In the old days they used to underperform even more. It surprisingly is quite hard to develop a performant DX11 driver. [1] https://www-purepc-pl.translate.goog/test-ryzen-7-5800x-i-radeon-rx-6800-xt-w-miejscach-procesorowych?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US https://www-purepc-pl.translate.goog/test-ryzen-7-5800x-i-ra...
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LordNibbler 4y ago
Long-term this great news for the consumer that there is a third competitor in the discrete GPU space. If the tier 1 games have competitive/same performance then I'm optimistic that the HW is solid and the gap needs to be closed via updates on driver software.
ThatPlayer 4y ago
Zink (OpenGL on Vulkan) could be interesting, since OpenGL isn't brought up at all, but probably falls under "DX11 and below".
kllrnohj 4y ago
> Similar performance to AMD and Nvidia in optimized games (tier 1 games) Similar performance to AMD & Nvidia's lower midrange cards fwiw. Intel's top tier sku isn't aiming very high, only seems to be targeting something like the RTX 3060 (non-ti). Fine enough place to start, but not exactly the most exciting thing even if the price turns out to be great.

by zathan 4y ago

ceeplusplus 4y ago

Intel's not the only one who has had inferior performance in DX11. AMD's DX11 driver suffers in drawcall heavy scenarios, particularly in dense open world games like Witcher 3 [1]. In the old days they used to underperform even more. It surprisingly is quite hard to develop a performant DX11 driver. [1] https://www-purepc-pl.translate.goog/test-ryzen-7-5800x-i-radeon-rx-6800-xt-w-miejscach-procesorowych?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US https://www-purepc-pl.translate.goog/test-ryzen-7-5800x-i-ra...

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LordNibbler 4y ago

Long-term this great news for the consumer that there is a third competitor in the discrete GPU space. If the tier 1 games have competitive/same performance then I'm optimistic that the HW is solid and the gap needs to be closed via updates on driver software.

ThatPlayer 4y ago

Zink (OpenGL on Vulkan) could be interesting, since OpenGL isn't brought up at all, but probably falls under "DX11 and below".

kllrnohj 4y ago

> Similar performance to AMD and Nvidia in optimized games (tier 1 games) Similar performance to AMD & Nvidia's lower midrange cards fwiw. Intel's top tier sku isn't aiming very high, only seems to be targeting something like the RTX 3060 (non-ti). Fine enough place to start, but not exactly the most exciting thing even if the price turns out to be great.