Quote from: NikoB on May 05, 2024, 12:08:09I don't understand young people who are really concerned about games. If you want to play - only 4080+. Everything else is half measures and a drop in the quality of gameplay or graphics quality.
You're right. But:
1) I only play games from like 10 years ago anyway. Nothing modern from micro transaction era.
2) Some of these older games are quite demanding and unoptimized in certain areas. You basically need an RTX 4080 to run them consistently at 4k@120 but I'd be fine running them at 1080p@90, which strix halo igpu / RX 6600 / RTX 2070 Super tier level hardware should be good enough for.
Small sidenote:
I do think strix halo is widely overhyped in media and article coverage if you think about what it achieves. You're basically getting ps5 current gen performance 5 years later. But what did ivy bridge achieve back in 2012? 332 gflops which is roughly ps3/xbox360 tier but 5 years later on. And unlike arc, intel hd graphics drivers were fairly stable / solid even if they were abit slow.
But unlike ivy bridge laptops which you could find $1000, you can bet strix halo will be in $3000+ ultra premium laptops.
So AMD isn't any better than intel in this respect. And it really isn't surprising, considering the conflict of interest. We're never going to get AMD's biggest and most powerful APU's in the pc consumer market aslong as they've console contracts with Sony. The only reason we getting strix halo next year is because ps5 pro is coming by the end of this year.
Maybe you're right NikoB, I should just stick to consoles and wait for the switch 2. (Since this seems the only way to avoid buying expensive RTX 4080s and still being able to game) Or just quit gaming and find another hobby..
Another possible option is if snapdragon x elite laptops allow eGPU that could be very interesting as x86 on arm emulation ecosystem is maturing very quickly.