Posted on Friday, October 29 2010 @ 21:36 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
FUD Zilla
claims Intel's future 22nm Ivy Bridge processor will have 24 shaders, double as much as the integrated graphics of the 32nm Sandy Bridge. Ivy Bridge is expected to arrive by late 2011.
This is a huge increase and will boost the gaming performance across Intel's Ivy Bridge range of products. However, there is one big catch, the drivers. Intel's biggest issues take years to fix, and we don't expect that Intel's integrated graphics will satisfy anyone who is at least a bit serious about proper graphics, but casual gamers might enjoy playing some undemanding games on their notebooks.
Of course desktop Ivy bridge will have the same shader number, but as you can iamgine, Intel is selling more and more laptops and in 2012, when Ivy Bridge ships in serious volume, there will be even more notebooks and demand for new ones.
