Ivy Bridge and Windows 8: The early 2012 next generation multi-display PC

[siopao1984]

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Ivy Bridge and Windows 8: The early 2012 next generation multi-display PC by VR-Zone.com

Ivy Bridge and Windows 8 will likely share the same launch window... and it seems their graphics capabilities will match too - from Stereo 3-D to multi-display support and an updated DirectX!

While there were complaints that the integrated graphics in the Sandy Bridge mainstream processor family didn’t match up to its powerful CPU cores, Intel is, as it was shown at their IDF presentations in September, committed to radically improve the situation with the Ivy Bridge family this coming spring.



As we covered before exclusively before anyone else, the Ivy Bridge GPU core will not just be over twice the performance of the Sandy Bridge one, but also support many other new features, like 4K display resolution and native triple-display resolution – the kind of capabilities that only higher end of the discrete GPU range would support until now.

Now, Microsoft’s Windows 8, with its “love it or hate it” Metro GUI – I personally stick with the ‘mildly dislike’ followed by ‘switch back to the old one’ – will also bring some improvements into its graphics capabilities, like DirectX 11.1 update, Stereo 3D native support and further DirectCompute enhancements for greater GPU use in more apps.



Windows 8 and Ivy Bridge announcement dates are expected to be very close to one another, so we checked with our sources how’s the Intel driver support for those new Windows 8 capabilities at launch. And, guess what, all the new stuff is supported right away, as you can see:

This includes more things, like OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL 1.1 for the non Microsoft user base, and even 3 protected HDCP streams for invididual HD video displays across 3 independent monitors that the Ivy Bridge platform will support.

Overall, the impact of these step by step improvements is that Intel’s graphics capabilities are going up one notch further compared to the discrete GPU makers, and essentially making it really ‘good enough’ for an even larger portion of the mainstream user community not to bother with adding discrete GPUs.

With Ivy Bridge likely enabling playable 3-D games with medium settings even up to FullHD resolution – not in all games, mind you, but many nevertheless – the entry level discrete GPU market will really feel great extinction pressure, unless the GPU vendors find a way to further double or triple the performance of the cards in the $50-$100 range at the same time. That, of course, depends on the success of the impending 28 nm GPU rollout by both AMD and Nvidia.

[jOnyx]

sus..another gastuhan nasad..

[akomao]

haha, gastuhan jd dayon?

btw nice kau naa nsd new nga bridge.. mubarato na ang sandy

[aoshi11]

naa bai ivy bridge na moilis sa core i7 2600k? ky i read na taas jd price ana since wla ka compete ug tarong ang bulldozer. hehe

hai ma.millionair ko matang, sus eye infinity jd ko ug dgahnun nko akong pc lain2 ug case, liquid cooling, matang. haha

[gamemailxxx]

kapoya ug gukod ani oi kung bag-o pa kay makalipong ang presyo.

[bytebandit02]

yaw lang ninyo gukda.. paabota lang ma release si ivy para mo barato si sandy..

sandy 2600k is already more than enough for me.. so deadma lang sa nko si ivy.. hehehe..

[PagkahomotSAimongUTOToi]

looks promising! the question will always be "whats next?". lol. louy kaau ang nvidia ani with their "physx" slowly becoming xtinct.

[mister00incredible]

si "sandy bridge e" nlng inyo gukda. hehehehehe, nindut kaayo ug performance

[aoshi11]

as in ma.extinct na tawun ila physx? sayanga ui wla pko katilaw ug physix ug sa mga few games na mosupport ky g.ati pko, muna mobalik npd ko ug geforce next year para kasulay lang gd. hehe

[zhrike]

hahaha wala pa gani ta kapalit bisag i3 naa napud hehehe...

huwat nalang kos Mactan Bridge ani hehehe