(11-24-2010, 04:30 AM)rodiabloalmeida Wrote: The IGP of Sandy Bridge is equivalent to a discret HD5450 ATI GPU (a little more, actually). It's low, but not that low, so it's not THAT obvious as you say. Sandy Bridge's IGP are not like the other IGPs we know.
That's what I read elsewhere too. SB will be released soon, I'm sure a demo will satisfy our curiosity.
I couldn't find any performance data of HD5450 running dolphin-emu in the forum. Is there some sort of a standardized benchmark so we can have a meaningful comparison of cpu and gpu? Maybe the devs can arrange something?
BTW, the higher end SB models don't have an IGP (edit: wrong info, all desktop SBs have IGP, except some of the Xeons) but they cost much more. I'd hate to upgrade to those! Driver quality is also questionable, especially for linux.
Whether we like it or not, IGPs are here to stay (expanding mobile market). Ivy Bridge IGPs have double EUs and will be released 18 months later.