Vrmithrax;988596
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...."Doesn't matter if it really matters, only matters if it sounds like it matters." We buy products all the time that have cool little bells and whistles that, in reality, never get used. Perception is king.
Indeed! It actually goes a bit beyond that as well. Repetition is a primary form of propaganda. So that after a while, people will believe that DX-11 is needed even for a netbook or a home theater. And since nobody likes to be told what their machine can't do, DX-11 will then be mandatory.
Although, there are so many gamers here that understand this, it gives one pause to wonder why we even bother to mention it , over and over.
"Well, integrated graphics won't play the top tier games, even with DX-11"! No kidding, really?
I have my personal expectations about SB's IGP blunted to more reasonable levels. Here's how that stacks up. I'm hoping that I would be able to run my TV, at full 1080p, along with a standard monitor of the same resolution, without the computer blowing up warnings, about damaging the onboard graphics, and insisting that I run dual screens @ nothing more than the equivalent of 720p.
If the on chip graphics do that, I would think that would be considered a rousing success.
Well, I suppose that nobody's asked if Sandy Bridge's IPG will run "Crysis" yet, and that's a step forward on the path to enlightenment.