Intel Iris Xe DG1 Graphics Card Review [Gamer Nexus]

So, is the BIOS allowing the motherboard to see the cpu and this card together as a standard APU, just with some more latency due to the fact that they don't reside on the same chip. In other words, is there no way for this set up to ever be used outside of connecting it to a computer with a rocket lake or comet lake cpu?
 
For a passively cooled 25W GPU that's saddled with DDR4-4266 bandwidth, putting up Radeon 7850-level numbers with early drivers is quite good. I'm a little sad that it's currently tied only to contemporary Intel CPUs... My plan to move most of my homelab jobs to a POWER9 machine could definitely take advantage of a low power card with open drivers. Time will tell, I guess, but this makes me a little more excited about Intel's prospects for DG2.
 
ChadD said:
Really oh lol fair enough. I did watch it I must have tuned it out for the first few min.

Nah I just went back and rewatch... no he really doesn't do that. :) He actually calls it a "prelude to what is coming up in the future" His own stupid words. lol As well as saying he tried to get it to work in other boards.
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maybe not in the word you want spouted but he does.
 
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kamikazi said:
So, is the BIOS allowing the motherboard to see the cpu and this card together as a standard APU, just with some more latency due to the fact that they don't reside on the same chip. In other words, is there no way for this set up to ever be used outside of connecting it to a computer with a rocket lake or comet lake cpu?
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How it works internally is anyones guess. Intel isn't going to say. They aren't going to release firmware to run it on anything other then those supported OEM boards. Hard to say if the lock down was just to ensure these stayed OEM... or because it has to be. I mean they put RAM on it... it goes into a standard slot even if it doesn't act like one. You would think they could treat it like a regular card if they wanted to.

Either way by the end of the year Intel will probably have DG2 out... and cut down versions of those they will be selling to the "business" market anyway.
 
pendragon1 said:
maybe not in the word you want spouted but he does.
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That is fair. He does allude to it. I just feels to me like he doesn't come right out and say it. (in general when he feels like AMD or Nvidia is spinning marketing BS he is one of the first to call it out) I know he understand exactly what this part is... he just tip toes around it. To give the guy credit though... ya Intel is marketing these to or for OEMs depending how you look at it. And they are saying many of the things Steve is pointing out about target markets ect. Its not like Intel has come out and said in marketing thanks for helping us out with this broken 10nm surplus problem. (and also to be fair Steve bought this in a machine with a low end broken 14nm reclaim part... so I guess its not only being sold with the 10nm cast offs)

The whole DG1 thing is odd.
 
FrgMstr said:
All signs currently point to DG2 launching in Q421. However it might not be the launch you are expecting in any way, shape, or form.
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So if I was say expecting Machine learning server parts for the first 6 months.... way off ? :) /jk
 
It seems like it could be a great card to just upgrade older systems with if you want a fairly low-power solution that will allow you to support higher-res video decoding, etc.
 
Well, TMK, DG1 is not coming to an open retail DIY market any time soon, if ever.
 
pendragon1 said:
lol you got high hopes for an igpu on a card...
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I mean, here's the original Crysis running on a low TDP quad core part with a UHD 630. With a desktop CPU that boosts to higher sustained clocks and probably has more cores, an IGP with higher IPC and more SPUs, and a pool of dedicated memory feeding it, I'd be surprised if Xe/DG1 couldn't pass muster for 1080p60 Crysis. As for whether it can run it with everything cranked all the way up, I've got no idea, I haven't played Crysis in a decade. But that video makes me think it's probably very doable.
 
Halon said:
I mean, here's the original Crysis running on a low TDP quad core part with a UHD 630. With a desktop CPU that boosts to higher sustained clocks and probably has more cores, an IGP with higher IPC and more SPUs, and a pool of dedicated memory feeding it, I'd be surprised if Xe/DG1 couldn't pass muster for 1080p60 Crysis. As for whether it can run it with everything cranked all the way up, I've got no idea, I haven't played Crysis in a decade. But that video makes me think it's probably very doable.
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sure i guess so, if you like 768p slideshows...
 
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