we've been through all the stages of GPU shortage grief and and now
we just don't feel anything anymore but
who's this sliding into my dms concrete news about dedicated Intel arc
gpus this could be our salvation
holy crap there's a whole bunch of other really good stuff in here
dang now what we know is Intel is shaking
things up in a big way but the question is can Intel deliver a competitive
product with enough supply to make 2022
a better year than 2021 i have got some
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the whole gaming industry has been waiting with baited breath for arc since
it was still called xcd2 and
we are going to have to wait a little longer but the big news today is that
it's close Intel is already shipping like now arc gpus to oems who are going
to be integrating them in both desktop and mobile designs and they're expecting
more than 50 new arc power desktops and laptops right out of the gate and before
you groan about not even wanting an Intel GPU it's worth remembering a
couple of things first is that this ain't your grandma's
Intel hd graphics over the last 10 years Intel has improved their GPU hardware
and drivers by leaps and bounds to the point where we are actually getting
i dare say kind of hopeful and second
is that arc ain't some reheated 14
nanometer plus plus plus it's based on tsmc's n6 process which is
currently only used by AMD's new mobile radeons and apus as far as GPU capacity
goes so we are tapping fresh supply of a
cutting edge node that is good news for GPU availability even if you don't care
about Intel's not only that but Intel showed off deep link a technology that
allows an Intel integrated GPU to work alongside arc dedicated graphics to
accelerate a task that would otherwise be limited to one GPU their example used
davinci resolve to encode a video stream using deep link hyperincode which
dramatically improves export times using what they're calling next generation
quick sync video technology deep link allows for power sharing too between the
CPU and GPU this is similar to AMD's smart shift max and NVIDIA's max q
dynamic boost but only AMD can match
Intel's platform scale control over the CPU GPU and chipset to fully optimize it
and that's not all the new gpus can do Intel has confirmed that death stranding
director's cut is going to be among the first titles to support their new xcss
ai upscaling algorithm in principle it works very similarly to how NVIDIA's
deep learning super sampling does by training a neural network with a data
set that is tailored to computer graphics then running the game on your
local computer at a lower resolution than upscaling it using the GPU's ai
accelerators which Intel is calling xmx or
xe matrix extensions
painful naming aside this means that while early indicators are that the
first arcgpu codename alchemist will be
a modest mid-range offering it may be
able to punch above its weight class especially compared to AMD's Radeon
products which are using a non-ai accelerated super sampling technique
called fidelity effects super resolution if that's true then it means we will
finally have some disruptive competition in the GPU space like we got with AMD's
ryzen family in the CPU space and speaking of cpus Intel's launching
some new ones of those too starting with the core i9 12900 ks now they didn't
spend much time talking about it but it is apparently shipping to oems by the
end of the quarter and supposedly will reach 5.5
gigahertz single threaded and over 5 gigahertz all core
on the surface this one's actually a bit of a head scratcher seeing as they just
launched the 12900k non-s
but if you think about it for a moment it's clear that Intel is releasing this
so soon specifically to respond to AMD's ryzen 7 5800x 3ds claim to be the
world's fastest gaming CPU competition
is great isn't it and from what we've seen of 12th gen core this
keep spending sku might actually be worth buying for enthusiasts this time
that is assuming you've got the cooling to handle it we're gonna have to see the
performance and cost for ourselves not to mention power consumption before
making a final judgment call and that's not the only desktop CPU that Intel's
launching non-k alder lake is finally
upon us with half the maximum base power at 65 watts or less so unlike the ks
these chips are expected to be a lot tamer on the heat output despite sharing
most of the same specs as their k counterparts it's worth mentioning too
that while 12th gen k-series cpus will turbo basically forever these non-ks
have the same turbo duration limits as previous generation cpus so there's even
more of a difference for k-chips compared to non-k chips now and it'll be
really interesting to see how these end up performing in the real world
particularly the core i5 whose k cousin
has already become a go-to for mid-range builders these new chips are coming
alongside new chipsets obviously h670
b660 and h610 all have wi-fi 6e and RAM
overclocking is supported on all but the h610 with the primary differentiator
between h670 and b660 being the amount
of available i o b660 has half the
number of dmi 4.0 lanes to connect to the CPU so consequently these boards
will have a lot fewer ports because of the overall lower bandwidth available to
the chipset PCIe raid support is also
not available on b660 but none of this is a major concern for small form factor
builds so i can see these being a popular way to reduce cost there given
that the other capabilities are on par for non-overclockers h670 looks like a
great alternative to z690 and it feels good to be able to say that so big props
to AMD for getting Intel back on the rails here big props to our merch team
too by the way look at this thing basically indestructible and comes in 14
freaking colors how awesome is that and you can get a water bottle while
you're at it it'll keep your drink cool now Intel thinks their new laminar CPU
coolers are going to be cool too with the rh1 bundled with core i9s featuring
RGB lighting of all things that is how you know Intel is under new
leadership when was the last time you saw Intel do anything with RGB that wasn't a skull canyon nook now these
things don't look super different from the typical Intel stock coolers that we
all know and hate but we're gonna withhold judgment until after we've
tested them and get subscribed because we will totally be doing that finally
Intel gave us the lowdown on 12th gen mobile which is broken out into three
product stacks with a total of 28 processors the enthusiast h series
the ultralight u series and the mid-range p series only the h series
will have core i9 skus but unlike the desktop chips you are capped at six
performance cores alongside the eight efficiency cores
making the core i9 the same as the core
i7 it even shares the same 45 watt maximum base power
is it pointless maybe not these higher core clocks could
result in real world performance differences only time and laptop manufacturers
integrations into their products will tell us the true story
dropping down to the new p series core i7 is similar in spec except for base
frequencies and the base power cap is a mere 28 watts with 64 watts available
for boost i'm really glad that Intel is providing these power limit numbers but
it's going to make things confusing when you're comparing laptops at best buy to
have such broad ranges of power consumption for these chips
thankfully the p-series skus only use four digits in their model numbers which
should help to distance them somewhat from their h-series higher-end
counterparts the u-series meanwhile is even further restrained and looks more
like a p-series core i3 to be honest with you these come in at just 15 watts
base and 55 watts boost on the 5 series
and a measly 9 watt space and 29 watts
boost on the further restricted zero series
this particular distinction is definitely going to cause confusion at
best buy and if you've wondered how a laptop with almost all efficiency cores
will run take a look at these pentium and celeron skus only a single p core
i'm actually pretty interested in these though Anthony i think they could be
pretty cool of course these u-series skus aren't
just i3s they're meant for the extreme end of thin and light and regardless of
which class of CPU you choose you're going to end up with Intel's new evo
platform which includes Thunderbolt 4 and a 1080p or better camera except
asterisk asterisk not always
gg Intel Intel says that these exemptions are
literally just for form factors that do not have enough physical room for a
1080p sensor which is fair enough i guess
but it's still confusing but hey at least you'll get what Intel is calling
gna uh gaussian and neural accelerator
which should help with image and audio noise reduction during calls
now one surprise that Intel didn't give us a heads up on is the fruits of their
acquisition of screenovate just last month promising to make mobile devices
more interconnected even across different platforms
not only can Intel evo powered laptops communicate with iphones to use imessage
on pc but they can also download health data
from smart watches extend the screen to Android tablets and cast photos and
videos to smart tvs the software they showed off looks
pretty early but they say it'll be available by holiday 2022 then we've got
some weirdo form factors that might catch on
Intel says that foldable display tech is coming to a laptop near you and while
some of these examples look absolutely atrocious to use like the dual angle
thing they've got going on here some like the table top or journal when
paired with a separate keyboard i could kind of get into that i'm
getting some big dell xps m2010 portable
desktop vibes here so Intel is firmly back in the game and we need to give
credit where it's due it's clear that they finally have a vision for the
future with pat gelsinger at the helm and they're getting so scrappy they're
even taking shots at apple's marketing look at that it's so pointless
what are we even seeing it doesn't matter Intel's on top
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