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AsGryffynn on 07 April 2016
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Darc Requiem said:
AsGryffynn said:

When they own the cash cow known as x86? Of course it will look like bread crumbs, especially since they don't have a good reputation on the dedicated GPU market, but that doesn't means they cannot because it worked and it was powerful. If they wanted, they could land a contract with MS for the next Xbox and create an enhanced version of Larrabee and nobody would care because console gamers don't look at the manufacturer and PC gamers go with what they know... 

And I contributed. Next time think twice before you post something. If you can't say anything nice, keep it out... 

There's also the Xbox One GPU and the new HD Graphics that is close when it comes to performance, so yeah, since the PS4's GPU is the most powerful AMD has created, nothing tells me Intel can't play that game as well... 

I just know I dislike AMD and I'd rather not deal with them... 

Larrabee doesn't help your argument. It was expensive and still could not match Nvidia and AMDs(ATI at the time) offerings. Intel scrapped the project. Ironically the APU's that AMD makes are essentially what Intel promised Larrabee to be. Also the bolded statement is completely false. The PS4's GPU wasn't even the most powerful AMD has created at the time of its release.  It's more or less an AMD Radeon 7850 from specifications standpoint and the 7850 launched in March of 2012. That's approximately 18months before th PS4 released. The 7870 which also launched in March of 2012 pushes 2.56 TFLOPS. The PS4 GPU pushes 1.84 TFLOPS. Bear in the 7870 is over 4 years old at this point.

Given that Larrabee was more than just a GPU, that might be the reason... And it was AMD that said that, not me... 

If Skylake is any indication, they can make powerful and efficient GPUs... They will still be more expensive than AMD though, but if MS buys AMD, they will be the only option left...