IDF 2012: Haswell GT3 Running Skyrim

Publish date: 2024-05-19
Never say never. The reality is that if the rumors of little real progress on the home console front are true, then PC's might already far outstrip consoles this year and last year already.

If that is the case (and traditionally consoles enjoy a six month-year advantage over PC's at launch), then how long do you think it will take Intel with its constant updates to GPU's before they catch up to "acceptable" levels of performance? And how long before there are advantages to using that integrated GPU over a discrete GPU? Directly shared memory space, CPU-to-GPU direct access, etc.

I just don't think "never" is a great argument to make. I expect 10 years from now you'll wonder why you ever thought discrete GPU's were essential to gaming, much as many a gamer today questions why they thought audio cards were essential.

Sure, there are many who still use them, but there are also quite a few who see them as superfluous. Emperor voice: "So will it be with zee video card."

Luke voice: "You're wrong! That's impossible!"

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