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I don't get it...
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Not everyone wants or needs to have a discrete graphic card. The largest segment of CPU user is the OEM system builders. These guys account for 80 percent of the total number of CPU's produced I think. And for the most part all you need to work on a spread sheet or do some internet stuff integrated graphics is perfectly fine. SandyBridge is a huge step up. HD media content is playable at a very acceptable rate. Most games are doable with reasonable settings - remember not every one has a 27" monitor - and the biggest reason of course is because AMD have a very large segment of the integrated graphics market. That is pretty much all the motivation Intel need to produce SB. 
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hi there , ive never understood intels reasons for inbuilt graphics in the cpu......why not just leave it for motherboard manafacturers?
It's one less thing to worry about in terms of cooling I guess.
It's great for laptops, as already mentioned, and htpcs if the hd playback is smooth enough.
Not everyone wants or needs to have a discrete graphic card. The largest segment of CPU user is the OEM system builders. These guys account for 80 percent of the total number of CPU's produced I think. And for the most part all you need to work on a spread sheet or do some internet stuff integrated graphics is perfectly fine. SandyBridge is a huge step up. HD media content is playable at a very acceptable rate. Most games are doable with reasonable settings - remember not every one has a 27" monitor - and the biggest reason of course is because AMD have a very large segment of the integrated graphics market. That is pretty much all the motivation Intel need to produce SB.
Most games using SBs on-board had to be run at 1024x768 with everything minimum and they still only generated an average of around 30-40.
Not quite decent. Not quite 27"
Your point about AMD having large sector of on-board it completely true though.
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Good for laptops. Also, for rendering machines since the in-built GPU allows faster video encoding.
Performance and price.
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Also does having GFX on the CPU allow for higher bandwidth between the CPU and GPU? So there's No PCI-E bottlenecking?
Since even on a GTX580 the difference between PCI express 4x and 16x is practically non existant im sure that intel integrated graphics wont be saturating it
You will always find the GFX near where the memory controller is to improve performance G45 -> H57 -> H67.
If you had separated the GFX core from the mem controller then it would kill your performance. Then again having the memory controller off cpu hurts every one elses performance.
Since the GFX core will be power gated it wont be generating any extra power loses. So while it makes the chip slightly more expensive more people want it than not so that might reduce costs in a wierd way.
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building a custom pc without a graphics card should be illegal!!! What would be nice in a desktop (I know some laptops can do similar) would be if you could use the embedded GPU for normal task and turn off the dedicated GFX and then when gaming switch. It would certainly help with leci bills!
Saying that this 5770 isn't nearly as bad as my old 8800GTX.
Saying that this 5770 isn't nearly as bad as my old 8800GTX.