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> GPU: Sixth Generation Intel HD Graphics 520.

Every time I see Intel HD Graphics I think weak GPU. Bad for image, Intel.

Really? I want Intel graphics. Fuck dual CPUs on my developer laptop. I don't want to figure out how to disable or switch a separate NV/AMD GPU if all I'm doing is photo editing and running docker images.

I'd really prefer if the XPS15 or HP Spectre 15in had the option for an Intel card instead of an nvidia GPU I'll never use.

Same, I actively avoid anything with dual graphic cards.

What about the new Ryzen Mobile? Decent GPU and CPU, no crazy power overheads with PCIe or GDDRx.

Unfortunately the laptops with that CPU all suck. If the XPS 13 would include Ryzen as an option I would have chosen it.

I have a Macbook Pro 15 with dedicated GPU at work and battery runtimes are abysmal, even after accounting for the bright HiDPI display. Great for gaming, but no thanks for a portable development laptop.

And from what I understand these days that's not so much the case except for when running the very latest games on High/Ultra. Or maybe when running >1 4k screens at 60hz or more.

Unless you're talking about AMD's new iGPUs, intel's desktop i7 8700k with UHD Graphics 630 barely scrapes over 60 fps on average playing Overwatch at 720p on low settings [0]. I think it'll take a long time before any iGPU can play recent-ish games at even low settings in 4k.

[0] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-UHD-Graphics-630-GPU-Ben...

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