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coming and future laptops.
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AUDIENCE...WITHOUT GAMING LAPTOPS
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one. Integrated graphics have traditionally been capable
of some light gaming, but playing demanding big-
budget titles (especially at high settings) remained the
purview of dedicated gaming laptops. While Iris Xe
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realistically makes playing these AAA games on
everyday mainstream laptops possible.
In testing, we saw plenty of instances where dialing
down some detail got us playable frame rates on some
rather demanding games and very comfortable frame
rates in some less demanding games.
With Tiger Lake processors like this one implemented
in a 28-watt design like our “whitebook” sample,
general-use ultraportables or professional desktop-
replacement laptops will be useful for gaming, which is
more than we could say before. This could be a big leap
forward for the market, bringing new gamers who just
need a laptop for work or school into the fold without
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These are the users who are likely unconcerned with
playing at maximum frame rates and settings to begin
with. If you can play the cool new game on the laptop
your parents got you for school or that you bought for
yourself to do some light word processing and web
browsing, that’s an immense value-add.
Iris Xe
realistically
makes playing
these AAA
games on
everyday
mainstream
laptops
possible.