Why would oems shy away from iris? The ark intel prices are not that much more, but does intel give better discounts on non iris cpus? Just seems too bad that iris is only available in a few high end super expensive devices.
Why would oems shy away from iris? The ark intel prices are not that much more, but does intel give better discounts on non iris cpus? Just seems too bad that iris is only available in a few high end super expensive devices.
OEMs hate Iris Pro. Maybe the upcoming Macbook Pro will use it.
Talking about graphics, new 15.40.22.4424 driver out.
Thanks Shintai! I'm going to try those right away, on my i3-6100.
Edit: Can't find those? Newest I see, after going to downloadcenter.intel.com , and searching for "HD 530", and clicking on "HD 530 for 6th-generation Core Microprocessors", I get 4404 at the top of the list, no 4424.
It looks like there are power management issues for mobile Skylake under Linux: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html
Thanks Shintai! I'm going to try those right away, on my i3-6100.
Edit: Can't find those? Newest I see, after going to downloadcenter.intel.com , and searching for "HD 530", and clicking on "HD 530 for 6th-generation Core Microprocessors", I get 4404 at the top of the list, no 4424.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...ows-7-8-1-and-Windows-10-64-bit-for-Intel-NUC
I searched for that version string, and found the download, but they say "for NUC". Will they install OK on a desktop SKL i3? And are they different than 4404?
Edit: I tried both 4404 and 4424, still issues with the HDMI handshake with my 24" HDTV monitor. Neither driver, will successfully "wake up" the monitor, WITH audio still playing. Sometimes I have to manually then turn the monitor off and then on again, and sometimes, the HDMI audio driver gets in a state, where it thinks it has hand-shaked, but it hasn't. The Volume control VU meter shows moving green, like there's audio playing, but nothing is heard over the monitor. Have to reboot the entire PC to get audio back.
Why can't Intel get this right? Is there some inherent defect in SKL CPUs? Both my NV and AMD video cards have NO ISSUE with my monitor. (They did, initially, when I first got them, but both AMD and NV fixed whatever issues there were within the first month of new drivers for both brands.)
Edit: When I woke it up this last time, it didn't have audio, but had the VU meter going. Attempting to change playback devices, and set the "Realtek Digital Output" (onboard SPDIF) as output, showed the VU meter, but then changing back to the HDMI output, the VU meter stopped. And stopping and re-starting my internet radio stream, just showed "buffering" (not a network problem). Like data wasn't able to flow over the HDMI audio device.
So I was able to fix it this time, without rebooting the whole system, by going into Device Manager to "Disable" the "Intel Display Audio" device, wait 10s, and then re-enable it, and re-start the stream. Why does Intel's HDMI Audio output driver "hang", and not pass data to the display?
Edit: HDMI audio handshake issue / problem / defect , EWM24F1Y1 , Intel i3-6100 Skylake
...The BIOS has grown from previous generations, and MSI fixed my one major issue surrounding the load-line calibration overclock setting. It’s also been made easier to use, and there are a few interesting things MSI could do with the interface in the future if they have the same ideas I do. On the software side, Live Update 6 continues to be the best driver/vendor software update package available for motherboards to date. MSI is slowly deciding what to do with certain features (M-Cloud, RAM Disk) but for the most part, they’re easy to use. Just be careful with that CPU voltage dial saying 1.55 volts.
CPU and GPU performance is ball-park for a motherboard, and the system benchmarks showed the lowest load power we’ve currently tested from Z170 as well as above average showings in DPC Latency, audio, POST time and USB performance.
At this point in time, there’s no one area I can point at and say there’s a critical flaw. MSI has engineered a great motherboard that’s cheap, easy to use, comes with a few extra features, looks good and performs well. It’s not the best out of everything, but at $130 it strikes me as a potential best seller for MSI. $130 for something like this, and how easy it was to use, makes it more special than most. It also makes incredible value for gaming, despite not being part of the gaming range. It’s a new standard, and any motherboard up to $180 should easily be worried about what extra is being offered.
Is kabylake going to be on the same socket as Skylake??Was going to go X99 but think I might go Skylake if Kabylake is going to be a drop in upgrade for this socket.
Was eyeing up the i3 6300 to replace a AMD x4 760K@4.7Ghz.Is this a good choice and would it be an upgrade or more of a side grade?
Was eyeing up the i3 6300 to replace a AMD x4 760K@4.7Ghz.Is this a good choice and would it be an upgrade or more of a side grade?
Is kabylake going to be on the same socket as Skylake??Was going to go X99 but think I might go Skylake if Kabylake is going to be a drop in upgrade for this socket.
Was eyeing up the i3 6300 to replace a AMD x4 760K@4.7Ghz.Is this a good choice and would it be an upgrade or more of a side grade?
If it does turn out that Kaby Lake motherboards will be able to support Cannonlake, that would be a pretty long lived system. Just my 2c...
Save your money then, buy zen or kabulake.I still didn't pull the trigger.Its all still sitting in my cart but for some reason I just haven't been able to bring myself to complete the transaction. I dont wanna buy into a dead end platform even though it just came out.$350.00 bucks is a ton of money to me right now just to blow on a cpu,mobo,and ram just to have to buy another socket mobo 6 months later for Kabylake support.