Kaby Lake G | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:07:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Kaby Lake G | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Intel to discontinue AMD collaboration Kaby Lake-G in 2020 https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/james-dawson/intel-to-discontinue-amd-collaboration-kaby-lake-g-in-2020/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/james-dawson/intel-to-discontinue-amd-collaboration-kaby-lake-g-in-2020/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:07:29 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=429446 Intel has killed off its Kaby Lake-G collaboration with AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics. However, the company has vowed it will continue to support the product with drivers for five years to follow policy. Kaby Lake-G was released at the beginning of 2018 featuring a collaboration between Intel and AMD which powered the Hades …

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Intel has killed off its Kaby Lake-G collaboration with AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics. However, the company has vowed it will continue to support the product with drivers for five years to follow policy.

Kaby Lake-G was released at the beginning of 2018 featuring a collaboration between Intel and AMD which powered the Hades canyon line of NUCs. Kaby Lake-G is a combination of Intel Kaby Lake Core CPUs and AMD Radeon RX Vega M graphics, connected by Intel’s then-brand-new EMIB interconnecting technology.

Although AMD discrete graphics cards work perfectly well dropped into Intel motherboards, Kaby Lake-G was the first time we saw Intel and AMD work so closely together, something that fans of either company thought may never happen. Intel has put an end to that now by releasing a product change notification update that discontinues all the Kaby Lake-G products.

Intel’s Kaby Lake-G product change notice was first picked up by Tom’s Hardware, which pretty much confirmed that all version of Kaby Lake-G products will be discontinued. The last call for orders of Kaby Lake-G will be on 17th January with final shipments taking place on 31st July 2020.

However, owners of Kaby Lake-G powered products shouldn’t worry about their devices becoming completely useless just yet, as Intel has vowed to follow its standard policy of providing driver support to Kaby Lake-G for five years from the launch of the product. That will offer Kaby Lake-G users a further three and a half years of support through driver updates.

KitGuru says: We would like to hear what Kaby Lake-G owners thoughts are on this news of Intel pulling the plug on their collaboration with AMD so soon. Since Intel is planning to release its own discreet GPU soon, does this come as a shock?

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Google hints at Kaby Lake-G-powered Chromebook codenamed “Kidd” https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/damien-cox/google-hints-at-kaby-lake-g-powered-chromebook-codenamed-kidd/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/damien-cox/google-hints-at-kaby-lake-g-powered-chromebook-codenamed-kidd/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 17:04:13 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=374627 Intel unveiled its RX Vega-powered mobile processors earlier this year, with the Kaby Lake G-series replacing its own integrated graphics with technology from its rival, AMD. Now, it looks as though Google will be producing a Chromebook featuring the lovechild, under the codename “Kidd”. Kidd was discovered in a Chromium OS code commit, via XDA …

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Intel unveiled its RX Vega-powered mobile processors earlier this year, with the Kaby Lake G-series replacing its own integrated graphics with technology from its rival, AMD. Now, it looks as though Google will be producing a Chromebook featuring the lovechild, under the codename “Kidd”.

Kidd was discovered in a Chromium OS code commit, via XDA Developers, and looks to be Google’s effort to deploy Intel’s quad-core Kaby Lake G-series, powered by AMD’s RX Vega graphics. Despite knowing it will definitively house the hybrid mobile CPU, it is currently unknown as to which of the five Google has opted for.

Kaby Lake G was announced at the end of 2017 before Intel gave us our first look at the five models during CES in January 2018. As it stands, the new Chromebook could utilise the power-saving 65W Core i5-8305G, the i7-8705G, i7-8706G, i7-8709G, or the performance-driven 100W i7-8809G.

Prospective owners of the upcoming Chromebook will be able to make use of AMD’s RX Vega-integrated graphics thanks to the latest Chrome OS update ushering in Linux application support, and with it, Steam. GPU acceleration is still in the works with plans to unleash it later this year, meaning Kidd could act as a relatively game-savvy machine.

Currently, there is no release window for Kidd. Given that the new board has only just been discovered on the Chromium Git, it could take up to a year to make its way into consumer hands.

KitGuru Says: Chromebooks have rarely appealed to me given how locked down the operating system tends to be, alongside the often disappointing hardware. It looks like Kidd, along with Google’s impending Raven Ridge Chromebooks is set to change all of that, making the company one to watch. Would you consider a high-powered Chromebook?

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Intel’s top-end Radeon equipped Kaby Lake G processor has been benchmarked https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/intels-top-end-radeon-equipped-kaby-lake-g-processor-has-been-benchmarked/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/intels-top-end-radeon-equipped-kaby-lake-g-processor-has-been-benchmarked/#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:43:00 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=365666 Last year, Intel and AMD made its collaboration official, with plans to launch a new chip packing an Intel CPU and an RX Vega M GPU with HBM2 on board. At CES we got more details on specific specs for all five G-series processors and now this week, we have our first good look at …

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Last year, Intel and AMD made its collaboration official, with plans to launch a new chip packing an Intel CPU and an RX Vega M GPU with HBM2 on board. At CES we got more details on specific specs for all five G-series processors and now this week, we have our first good look at performance. An engineering sample of Intel's upcoming ‘Hades Canyon' NUC mini PC has been benchmarked, showing decent 1080p gaming performance from the Intel/Radeon chip.

The folks over at Playwares managed to get their hands on the Kaby Lake and Vega powered mini PC, featuring the top end Core i7-8809G. This particular processor comes with 4C/8T, a base/boost speed of 3.1/4.2GHz and an RX Vega M GH GPU with 24 CUs, 1536 Stream Processors, 96 TUs, 64 ROPs and 4GB of HBM2 on board. Elsewhere in the system is 16GB of DDR4 RAM running at 2133MHz and a Samsung 960 Pro 1TB M.2 SSD.

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With these specs at 1080p resolution, the Intel NUC managed an average frame rate of 52.59fps in Rise of the Tomb Raider at ultra settings. In Assassin's Creed Origins, it managed 34fps at ultra settings, in Rainbow Six Siege it managed an average of 96fps and in PUBG it scored 65 frames per second on average using a custom preset.

With scores like that, it looks like Intel's Kaby Lake-G mini-PCs will be more than capable for gaming at 1080p and high detail settings. Some games may need to be dialed back a bit, but considering the CPU and GPU are running on the same chip, these are impressive scores.

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KitGuru Says: It looks like Intel's Kaby Lake-G processors are going to be very capable, and will likely help make mini-PCs like the NUC look more attractive to buyers. What do you guys think of the performance here?

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Intel’s new iGPU graphics drivers will automatically optimize game settings for better performance https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/intels-new-igpu-graphics-drivers-will-automatically-optimize-game-settings-for-better-performance/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/intels-new-igpu-graphics-drivers-will-automatically-optimize-game-settings-for-better-performance/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:15:41 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=364414 While Intel's integrated GPUs have never been a particularly strong option for PC gaming, it is an option that many still use to this date. In fact, Steam's hardware survey will often show Intel iGPUs among the most used. To help those users, Intel is introducing a new feature to its graphics driver, which will …

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While Intel's integrated GPUs have never been a particularly strong option for PC gaming, it is an option that many still use to this date. In fact, Steam's hardware survey will often show Intel iGPUs among the most used. To help those users, Intel is introducing a new feature to its graphics driver, which will automatically optimize game settings for better performance out of the gate.

This new feature is present in Intel's latest driver update, which includes support for Kaby Lake G chips, which contain AMD's Radeon Vega M graphics built in. These chips are expected to be a big improvement on the integrated graphics front, paving the way for triple A gaming on one chip, albeit at reduced settings.

Intel's new graphics feature is somewhat similar to the Nvidia GeForce Experience, which allows Nvidia GPU owners to automatically optimize game settings based on their GPU. Plenty of big-name games are already supported by Intel's auto-optimization feature, including Overwatch, GTA V, Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: WWII, Destiny 2 and League of Legends.

The latest driver update also contains optimization settings for Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age HD, which are new releases.

KitGuru Says: After licensing AMD's RX Vega GPU for its Kaby Lake G chips, and then promptly hiring former Radeon head Raja Koduri, it is clear that Intel has big ambitions in the graphics market. This appears to be the first step in that direction. Do many of you currently game on an Intel iGPU? Is this a feature that will be useful to you?

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