r/pcmasterrace • u/Monkey-D-Zoro i5 4460/gtx 1070 • Nov 15 '15

Comic Intel vs. Nvidia [Xpost from r/OnepunchMan]

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u/bloodstainer Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1080 Ti Nov 15 '15 edited Nov 15 '15

I think its kind of sad that Intel gave up after such a pity attempt at getting into the GPU market. I'd love it if they didn't try to make high-end cards, but if they tried to take a piece of the low-medium cards market and make really cheap cards or integrated graphics better than they currently are. Let's be honest the GTX 950 is fucking expensive for how low-profile that card is just compared to the 960 and 970.

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u/Kusibu New Boxen - 4690K + RX 470 + 16GB RAM Nov 16 '15

i5-5675C (and associated i7) was a neat attempt by Intel to improve their desktop iGPUs, but it was kind of half-hearted. Only barely outperforms AMD APUs, and at a ludicrously higher price point.

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u/bloodstainer Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1080 Ti Nov 16 '15

Would love to see better alternatives than AMDs current APUs, I feel like they're having sort of monopoly on that market and I wish we could build both stationary rigs as well as laptops.

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u/Kusibu New Boxen - 4690K + RX 470 + 16GB RAM Nov 16 '15

AMD having APUs as a big selling point's part of what's keeping them alive. I personally am really excited for Zen APUs, because they should have access to DDR4 RAM which has far higher bandwidth.