Integrated card with powerful processor vs dedicated card with weak processor?

[kevmanw4301]

It should be released in the next month or two, hopefully. I forgot what date was listed...

[Threshold]

Trinity is scheduled for May 15, same as Diablo 3 (that's no coincidence).

They're only outfitting the iGPU with about 80% of the shaders IIRC, but at nearly double the clock if early rumors are correct, which brings it to about a 60% performance increase over Llano's IGP. There's a leaked bench floating around here somewhere showing a 56% GPU improvement.

[kevmanw4301]

I heard 60% faster too. Aren't they also going from VLIW-5 to VLIW-4 like Cayman? I might be wrong, but that would also increase the performance.

Also, it's 384 shaders, so it's still 96% of the shaders.

[yknyong1]

I tried pairing a Celly 420 with a 9600GT. Most games run surprising well. Yes, Dedicated card is a requirement for most games that are new.