Remove iGPU?

[Smoblikat]

Im looking at the die space and the iGPU is huge, anyone who buys a K model CPU shouldnt use that stupid thing anyway so why couldnt intel take out the Igpu and slap two more cores iinto the CPU and sell it for 50$ more. Certainly it wouldnt be about money, and I dont think they care about encroaching on their 2011 socket since they sell a 3930K for like 500$, but a 3960X with the only difference being 3mb L3 cache for more than double. Clearly they dont know what theyre doing with that market anyway.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Not another thread about this...

Stop beating the dead horse. Its already explained several times in other threads.

 

[chimaxi83]

Clearly they dont know what theyre doing with that market anyway.

Lol

 

[PlasmaBomb]

The people that want a 6 core CPU can buy a 3930k, without a crappy iGPU and be happy, and Intel are happy that they make a decent profit on them. Win, Win.

 

[jhu]

The horse... it has come back to life seemingly. It is our duty to continue beating it.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Why? Most CPU cores end up parked in Windows 7 and the remainder running at 2%

 

[SunnyD]

Out of curiosity, does Intel have working OpenCL drivers that interface with their on-die GPU's yet?

 

[Ferzerp]

I think this guy just posts trollish questions if you look at his list of started threads, a pattern emerges.

 

[Smoblikat]

I think this guy just posts trollish questions if you look at his list of started threads, a pattern emerges.

Says the troll who posts somthing like that.

Maybe my questions are too simple for someone with your EXTREME intellect, so why dont you simply not view them if my ASCII text is too offensive for you.

 

[BenchPress]

Out of curiosity, does Intel have working OpenCL drivers that interface with their on-die GPU's yet?

"The Intel® SDK for OpenCL* Applications now supports the OpenCL* 1.1 full-profile on 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® HD Graphics 4000/2500. For the first time, OpenCL* developers using Intel® architecture can utilize compute resources across both Intel® Processor and Intel HD Graphics. OpenCL* is seamlessly supported by the Intel® Graphics Drivers."

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/vcsource-tools-opencl-sdk/

First link that popped up when typing "Intel OpenCL" into Google...

Anyway, there's no reason to keep the iGPU for its OpenCL capabilities. With AVX2 you'd be better off with a homogeneous CPU where the iGPU is replaced by more cores.

 

[SunnyD]

Anyway, there's no reason to keep the iGPU for its OpenCL capabilities. With AVX2 you'd be better off with a homogeneous CPU where the iGPU is replaced by more cores.

Wake me with this reply when AVX2 capable CPU's are availble, k?

 

[Nemesis 1]

Im looking at the die space and the iGPU is huge, anyone who buys a K model CPU shouldnt use that stupid thing anyway so why couldnt intel take out the Igpu and slap two more cores iinto the CPU and sell it for 50$ more. Certainly it wouldnt be about money, and I dont think they care about encroaching on their 2011 socket since they sell a 3930K for like 500$, but a 3960X with the only difference being 3mb L3 cache for more than double. Clearly they dont know what theyre doing with that market anyway.

I have read this type of thing many times here . I have an NV card but its only used when gaming watching moves and such I like Intels IGP better than NV 560Ti. Better picture and colors seem more vivid. Thats my take on it .

 

[pantsaregood]

I have read this type of thing many times here . I have an NV card but its only used when gaming watching moves and such I like Intels IGP better than NV 560Ti. Better picture and colors seem more vivid. Thats my take on it .

this is so fanboyish i don't know where to begin

Unless you are using hardware acceleration, your GPU doesn't even affect picture/color quality. Unless your 560 Ti has a damaged DVI/VGA/HDMI port, you're experiencing a placebo effect. Something like an image, for example, shouldn't display differently on the same monitor given the same settings on those two GPUs. There's nothing for the GPU to render.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

this is so fanboyish i don't know where to begin

Unless you are using hardware acceleration, your GPU doesn't even affect picture/color quality. Unless your 560 Ti has a damaged DVI/VGA/HDMI port, you're experiencing a placebo effect. Something like an image, for example, shouldn't display differently on the same monitor given the same settings on those two GPUs. There's nothing for the GPU to render.

Component quality will effect signal if you're using VGA. (Analog video.) Which manufacturer and/or OEM had the better image quality used to be a thing people worried about. Not so much any more. (You can't get away with selling total crap for very long.)

If the motherboard has a better VGA connector than the video card, you may notice a difference. Especially if the video card were damaged in some way.

For digital (HDMI and/or DVI) it's all the same. OP didn't say though.

 

[HondaCop]

 

[LoneNinja]

Intel already sells 6 core processors, you're simply asking for Intel to give you more for less, they've got no practical reason for doing so.

Let this horse die, I for one am losing my interest in this website because everyone asks the same 3 questions repeatedly.

 

[HondaCop]

The way I see it is, having that iGPU is like having a nice backup video in the event my GTX680 hits the shitter for some reason. Nice to have something to continue using your PC until a replacement videocard arrives.

- Grammar *censored*, this was sent from my phone.