AMD is really making a PR killing at CeBIT while it looks like Intel is twiddling its thumbs.
The biggest news for gamers? AMD debuts the 780G integrated graphics chipset. Yeah, I know, I can hear the snickers from the mention of the word "integrated." What we're looking at here is a fully integrated low-end GPU, with 3D and HD acceleration, not the half-assed shit that Intel has been churning out and calling "Industry Standard!!!1!"
The 780G also supports HybridCrossfire, which lets you pair it up with an additional add-on so all those cheapy Dells/HPs/eMachines from BestBuy and the like will actually be able to game! Also, a cheap-ass Home Theater PC just became an even closer eventuality.
This puts AMD's integrated graphics leaps about bounds in front of Intel and NVIDIA, and the big system integrators (Dell, HP, Gateway) are allegedly already buying up these chipsets. With AMD being competitive again, we can expect Intel's prices to drop back into comfortable range.
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I agree its a step in the right direction, and im glad they are all finally trying to bring todays graphics power to a cheaper market. But its still a ways off till it will be unified.