Valve: New Intel Microprocessor Will Bring 'Console-Like' Experience To PC

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drkohler said:

Soleron said:

a) Finally, next year Intel is putting the VRAM on the CPU package, stacked up. Problem solved.

b) btw Llano performance ~= HD 56xx

a) cost? TDP?
b) not even close. A Radeon HD5550 DDR3/1333 has a memory bandwidth of 25.6GB/s, Llano (if really using DDR3/1833) has a bandwidth of 29.9GB/s .. for BOTH units... go figure

DDR4 is coming next year and the xbox 360 for example has 22.4GB/s for both CPU and GPU so console like performance isn't to hard to imagine, especially when the GPU and CPU can communicate directly etc...

The system ain't perfect but it's still a step foreword...