Specs on Intel Skylake IGP leak

icedman

2014-10-21 01:09

I wish they would just cut these useless igps out of the i7's amd i5K's they should realise anyone buying these is going to have a real gpu anyways just cut the costs or something ide take an extra dollar off rather then have this garbage added in.

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tsunami231

2014-10-21 01:12

I wish they would just cut these useless igps out of the i7's amd i5K's they should realise anyone buying these is going to have a real gpu anyways just cut the costs or something ide take an extra dollar off rather then have this garbage added in.

True but like the idea of have back up GPU when I RMA my video cards so i dont have paper weight lying around for weeks. Even if they did have version without them, they might charge us more for them lol

#4941635

scatman839

2014-10-21 01:23

I wish they would just cut these useless igps out of the i7's amd i5K's they should realise anyone buying these is going to have a real gpu anyways just cut the costs or something ide take an extra dollar off rather then have this garbage added in.

Well that's just flat out not true. Laptops, tablets, entry level units and workstations. Power saving, cut out the real gpu when not in use and you will likely save money in the long run for the small added cost of this igpu.

#4941636

ScoobyDooby

2014-10-21 01:25

so is there any word on how these chips will stack up vs Haswell-e? I specifically held off of x99 due to the potential for Skylake to be the better way to go and elected to upgrade my graphics instead. Would be a shame for these to release and have nothing but x99 to upgrade to.

#4941646

-Tj-

2014-10-21 01:39

would like to see more from cpu architecture side, so far only this wiki spec. leak 🤓 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_%28microarchitecture%29 edit: there is more, Cannonlake @ 2016, will already use another chipset, 200 series haha 😀 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonlake

#4941759

icedman

2014-10-21 09:24

Well that's just flat out not true. Laptops, tablets, entry level units and workstations. Power saving, cut out the real gpu when not in use and you will likely save money in the long run for the small added cost of this igpu.

I agree with u on this but im talking high end for easier overclocking.

#4941765

isidore

2014-10-21 09:32

I wish they would just cut these useless igps out of the i7's amd i5K's they should realise anyone buying these is going to have a real gpu anyways just cut the costs or something ide take an extra dollar off rather then have this garbage added in.

What are you taking about, the it company that i work for has igp on all employees laptops, we don't need high -end gpu's for server administration. Actually i think every single business laptop out there that is not use for graphics purpose has igp from intel. So yeah, what you wish will never happen, because they come with the package, they are cheap and they are fast enough to run anything but games.

#4941836

k3vst3r

2014-10-21 12:32

I agree with u on this but im talking high end for easier overclocking.

high-end already exists without IGP, that's haswell-E if you want high-end it's X99...the Z87 is not classed as high end to Intel hence inclusion of IGP

#4941853

lucidus

2014-10-21 13:41

I don't mind the integrated GPU :P Great for emergencies and testing. Also makes me feel like I'm getting more for my money lol. I hope the CPU portion is equally impressive.

#4941891

BLEH!

2014-10-21 15:09

Handy thing to have when your GPU(s) break.

#4941901

Neo Cyrus

2014-10-21 15:30

if it appears the competition from AMD is strong.

We've known what the answer to this is since 2007. Personally I find the IGP to be price-inflating BS that cripples OC capability. They should only include it for mobile and low end variants, not high end desktop variants. Realistically who here doesn't have some backup GPU lying around to pop in? Most of us always have something just in case.

#4941933

xIcarus

2014-10-21 16:28

We've known what the answer to this is since 2007. Personally I find the IGP to be price-inflating BS that cripples OC capability. They should only include it for mobile and low end variants, not high end desktop variants. Realistically who here doesn't have some backup GPU lying around to pop in? Most of us always have something just in case.

I don't. Haven't switched video cards in 3 years since I moved and bought this pc. Although the igpu should be removed from the k variants imo.

#4941955

Fender178

2014-10-21 17:27

I agree that they should remove the IGP from the K series CPUs but I like the idea of having a back up plan in case that your graphics card decides it wants to die. In my troubleshooting quest of my r9 290 the IGP saved me by giving me the ability to use my PC until I figured out the issue with my Graphics card.

#4941998

-Tj-

2014-10-21 19:00

i would have to question, how good will intels driver support be for gaming if using this leaked info igpu for gaming ? what im saying is no one can say for sure until the hardware is released and put in practice. what intel should do is the same as AMD, offer a choice with or without IGPU. say i7-4770 with IGPU or i7-4770K without IGPU i would build the K's but charge a premium price(why premium price? because that's business) with out igpu for overclockers and keep the IGPU for the non K's and normal everyday use.

Then that K model should have had something extra to fill that empty space on chip, idk 1 more core or 4mb extra cache..

#4942011

k3vst3r

2014-10-21 19:32

Intel won't make different dies for same line cpu's, just isn't profitable for them. They have their haswell-e range dies shared with xeons too...can tell you now every haswell-e chip has 8 cores on the die, they just disable the naff/dud ones. Then they have their mobile range dies which 4770 etc all share too hence the IGP. I mean all they would do is disable the IGP an brand it as IGP less, but still be there taking up die space just blanked off.

#5045175

Stormyandcold

2015-04-07 06:54

iGPU is an important inclusion and intel should fully develop this tech. It's a great way for intel to refine and improve gfx tech without having to sell us a separate gpu.

#5045346

vbetts

Moderator

2015-04-07 14:22

I agree with u on this but im talking high end for easier overclocking.

I've known a few gents that built an i5 k machine using the igpu, oced the cpu and use it for cpu sensitive tasks. Heck, if you are building a dolphin rig you can just use the igpu in new Intel cpus just fine.