Thread by @IanCutress

Xe and esports gaming on Tiger Lake Thread. Comments welcome.

I'm seeing a lot of reviews saying that Tiger Lake with Xe will be a boon for esports gamers, and then comments that integrated graphics is still high on the steam survey, so win win. /1

Everything that Intel has said about TGL, with it being on the premium 10SF process, with the leading generation CPU/GPU and TB4 and Athena/Evo, these ultra premium systems will not be priced for that 'casual gaming' market that plays on integrated graphics. /2

Those that game are more likely to spend that $1200+ on a gaming laptop with a 1660 Ti or something. The ultra portable is more for the worker and the road warrior. /3

If you wanted to take a lead in IGP gaming, you'd need to have 96 XeLP EUs in a Core i3 or Atom. Those Core i3 parts have half the EUs to the 1185G7 tested today at lower freq, and thus much reduced perf /4

When the TGL devices come to market, depending on how many and in what form factors, match up something like a $600 TGL with a $600 Renoir. Acer and others really like that price point. /5

That being said, I did see an Ice Lake i7-1065G7 in a terrible 15 inch HP 1366x768 TN single channel system once, for under $600. 🤪 /6

Imagine if Intel built a Core i7 but with lower clocks and 96 EUs just for gaming for that $600 market. They could call it the Core i7-1185GG. GGWP /7