Re: Don't tell Intel. but the bar has already been raised 35% with the 790GX.
The 790GX is an interesting animal. AMD is basically encouraging gamers to buy a high end board, and then burden them with integrated graphics. I'm willing to bet that most people pair a 790GX with discrete cards, which makes the performance of this solution rather moot when comparing what a consumer might want if they really did want to get "good enough" graphics while avoiding a discrete video card purchase. Or in other words, Most people probably wouldn't pay $50 more for a 790GX based motherboard, when they can get a 780G with a 3450, and run it in Hybrid mode. If they wanted to avoid the $50 discrete card purchase, they'd only buy the 780G by itself - not spend $50 more for 790GX.
Re: Also I noted that that review used a MB without Sideport memory which would have boosted the 780G scores
Sideport memory costs money, and therefore not many boards support it. It's the same thing I said above. If consumers are going to pay a premium, they will get the discrete card, not the more expensive integrated graphics solution. So if Intel can perform as well at entry power and price points, that should be compelling to most casual gaming consumers who want to avoid the discrete card purchase.
Re: Trouble is that Intel's newest IGP is compared to a long available AMD IGP. Look for the RV710 boost late this year, the 880G or 890GX, with Radeon 4450/70 like performance.
Too bad, Pete. AMD is not shipping any new IGP graphics this year, and I don't believe in using your fantasies to judge future performance. |
