Some news on the imbedded graphics front...

[bluemax]

I heard a few rumours about the new Intel Graphics actually being a HUGE improvement over the "Extreme" flop. I'm wondering if there's anything interesting by way of Int.GFX these days?

Intel, ATI IGP (I heard of a 9600IGP in the works) and nForce imbedded....

 

[aswedc]

The initial benchmarks for the next gen Intel DX9 graphics were rather slow from my memory. They said they were mainly targeted to meet Longhorn desktop requirements. Not sure where I saw it though.

 

[bluemax]

I know this isn't a hot topic, but it's always nice when the "minimum" bar is raised.
For most of us, a Radeon 9600 non-pro for "free" on your motherboard would be most welcome!

 

[bluemax]

Like anyone cares, but it appears the new imbedded Intel graphics - GMA900 - is double the performance of the Radeon IGP9100.

Quite impressive actually... that's some decent "free" video! Pity it's on such an expensive motherboard/processor combination.

Link to pertinent info.

 

[InlineFive]

Well it's not quite 9600 scores but more like a Ti 4200. But still a step in the right direction, depending on how much bandwidth it sucks up.