Intel has just wrapped up their conference at GDC where they made a couple of announcements of their graphics development and 9th Gen lineup.
Intel has just wrapped up their conference at GDC (Game Developers Conference) where they made a couple of high-profile announcements concerning their graphics development and 9th Generation CPU lineup.
So coming to the announcements, the main highlights were the product announcements which include the launch of the new Graphics Command Center and the 9th Generation notebook high-performance parts.
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The Intel Graphics Command Center was teased being teased by Intel for quite some time and is the result of the ongoing effort to strengthen the graphics division by offering consumers the best software support on their existing and future line of GPUs based around the Gen 11 and the Gen 12 architecture, the latter of which will be featured in the Xe graphics card lineup around 2020. So starting off with the Graphics Command Center which Intel states is said to offer a much-improved graphics experience which is both simple in terms of use and also has all the necessary features to make it useful to users.
Certain features of Intel’s Graphics Command Center include an intuitive design which is modern and simple, 1-click optimization support for many gaming titles and explanation of each individual graphics feature through the use of before and after images. I think it’s clear to say that the Intel design team has taken much consideration from existing control panels from NVIDIA (GFE) & AMD (Radeon Settings).
It’s nice to see Intel finally having a solid tool of their own which is now available as an early access release with support for CPUs starting from the 6th Gen Skylake and up (Gen 9 & Gen 9.5). The Intel Graphics Contol Center is downloadable via the Microsoft Store as opposed to being available alongside the graphics drivers which is the usual way NVIDIA and AMD handle their control panels by bundling it in the main graphics driver and allowing users to opt whether they want to install them or not. If you are running an Intel Graphics chip (Skylake Gen 9/Gen 9.5 or above), then you should definitely try the new Intel Graphics Command Center by getting it off the Microsoft Store here.
In addition to the Graphics Command Center, Intel also showcased their first concept renders of the upcoming Xe GPU based graphics cards. Now we all remember Cristiano Siqueira who was responsible for creating some stunning concept designs of the upcoming Xe GPU shrouds. It looks like Intel is taking in a lot of feedback from their fans and community which is what the Odyssey is all about, to help the company’s GPU and graphics building efforts by getting direct feedback from the community.
