JULY 2019 PCWorld 107more memory
bandwidth, which will
aid everything from
application
performance (a little)
to games (a lot).
The other real
benefit will be the
amount of memory.
The current LPDDR3
memory limits both
memory bandwidth
and memory amount—
laptops that use it max
out at 16GB of RAM. While that’s plenty for
most people, those editing photos or using
large memory-footprint applications will
finally be able to add more RAM with the
move to LPDDR4X.
- 10TH GEN WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER FOR
GAMING
Intel’s integrated graphics have been the
butt of gamer’s jokes for years, but the
reworked graphics cores in the 10th-gen
chips take a big step forward. Intel says the
new Gen11 graphics in the 10th-gen CPUs
can hit 1 teraflop of performance and is
capable of 1080p gaming. With its support
for VESA Adaptive Sync, gaming on
10th-gen parts should be far smoother, too.
Laptops also won’t need embedded
DRAM to get the highest graphics
performance. Intel says Gen11 can
outperform previous Iris Plus graphics
without the use of eDRAM.FIVE REASONS YOU DON’T
HAVE TO WAIT FOR INTEL’S
10TH-GENERATION CPU IN
YOUR NE X T L APTOP
We’ve just given five good reasons to wait
for a 10th-generation CPU in your next
laptop, but the 8th-generation family is
hardly obsolete. Here are five reasons you
could still buy a laptop with an 8th-gen CPU,
with no regrets.- 10TH GEN IS FASTER, BUT
NOT THAT MUCH FASTER
With their increased efficiency and smarter
use of Turbo Boost, Intel’s 8th-gen CPUs are
pretty spectacular. The 10th-gen chips will
Intel’s Gen11 graphics cores offer significantly better performance than the
previous graphics cores.