Haswell processor Will Strikes for Games

Towards the emergence of "Haswell" next June, Intel revealed a lot more information about the new flagship processor family is.

As quoted from PCWorld, the chip giant last week introduced the graphics processor (GPU) named "Iris" is integrated in the packaging Haswell.

Iris is claimed if Intel is able to provide 3D ​​graphics performance two times higher than previous GPU on chip (Ivy Bridge).

Iris GPU performance in Intel Haswell could match even called GeForce GT 650m GPU from Nvidia which is used as a discrete graphics card in a number of notebook models, including Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

That is, apabla Intel claims is true, then the PC with Haswell processor should be used to play games with relatively seamlessly without the need for an additional graphics card.

Power consumption can be reduced, while Haswell has promised lower power consumption than its predecessor.

Complementing the high performance and low power consumption of Iris, Intel graphics processor also equip it with the latest API support, including DirectX 11.1, OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 4.0. Then there is also the ability to stream video 4K (3840x2160) to three screens at once.

However, it seems not all users can enjoy the ability Iris because of the built-in GPU is referred to only be available for a notebook (not an Ultrabook) and a desktop PC all-in-one.

Iris itself is divided into two brands: Iris 5100 and Iris Pro. Another difference between the inclusion of dedicated RAM of 128 MB on Iris Pro.