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minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days agoI don’t think DDR4 is significantly cheaper. Plus, they would have had to go a CPU generation back too then and I think the AMD CPUs of that generation had way worse integrated graphics, so now you’d need a dedicated GPU as well.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI haven’t been following the Steam Machine, but are they using integrated graphics for it?
minus-square3bygone3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNah, it’s some kind of a mobile GPU.
minus-squareqaeta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoLooks like a custom GPU configuration based on AMD hardware to me. So not an iGPU, but also not a mainline card.
I don’t think DDR4 is significantly cheaper. Plus, they would have had to go a CPU generation back too then and I think the AMD CPUs of that generation had way worse integrated graphics, so now you’d need a dedicated GPU as well.
I haven’t been following the Steam Machine, but are they using integrated graphics for it?
Nah, it’s some kind of a mobile GPU.
Looks like a custom GPU configuration based on AMD hardware to me. So not an iGPU, but also not a mainline card.