Sandy Bridge preview

Wasn't MSAA 4x a mandatory feature of DX10.1?

 

FYI, it is mentioned in one of the presentations from IDF. Page 36 of the VCOS005 presentation

 

Too bad the Media Engine and the GPU are connected.
If you use Discrete GPU (Disabling the built in Graphics) you lose the Media Engine.

Moreover, I wonder if x.264 could be accelerated using the Media Engine.

 

Didn't the 45xx series HD graphics do 4x? I would be surprised if it didn't... Of course it wasn't fast enough to use it on anything other than toy demos, but that's a separate problem

 

Where did u get that bit of info from? I havent seen any info which says that the media engine is unusable with discrete graphics.

X.264 is accelerated by a separate video decode engine

 

There is much info there!

- 4.9GHz with the improved Intel tower cooler and only "a little" voltage bump.
- Run Cinnebench 11.5, but score not disclosed
- It was a K series processor for under 300 Euro
- confirmed that you wont be able to raise BCLK by much

 

Give me a K SKU for $300 or so that will hit 4.9GHz+ on air and I'm sold.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/idf-2010-sandy-bridge-lga-1155,2747-3.html

What do you mean by saying:
X.264 is accelerated by a separate video decode engine

Thanks.

 

[ot]I wish people would stop using "X.264" wording, it's h.264, and x264 or x.264 is just one (free) encoder for it[/ot]

 

It seems that Intel's driver silliness won't be going away.

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel graphics.htm

There are now two separate drivers, one that supports G45/GMA HD and another one that supports GMA HD/Sandy Bridge.

So again, it is likely that Intel will be leaving every generation except the last two without support. GMA X3100 is currently unsupported and will not be receiving any driver updates, even though Intel's linux driver clearly shows that supporting it in a unified driver is not a problem. The same fate may now be awaiting G45. This is one reason why I cannot use Intel's integrated graphics in my workstations - if a bug shows up in an older GMA, it won't be fixed. With a Geforce or Radeon, it will be.

BTW, from the inf's, Sandy Bridge has two names, "HD Graphics 100" and "HD Graphics 200" - 6/12 EUs?. Also, there is a mobile version of "HD Graphics 100", too.

 

Not surprising. 10.1 requires 4x MSAA.

 

I hope there are some way to get around the discreet graphics disabling bit.

I want Optimus on Desktop.