Intel’s Tiger Lake 11th Gen Core i7-1185G7 Review and Deep Dive: Baskin’ for the Exotic
by Dr. Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on September 17, 2020 9:35 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- 10nm
- Tiger Lake
- Xe-LP
- Willow Cove
- SuperFin
- 11th Gen
- i7-1185G7
- Tiger King
Xe-LP GPU Performance: World of Tanks
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved eSports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for its new graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine has been implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine runs optimally on their system. There is technically a Ray Tracing version of the enCore benchmark now available, however because it can’t be deployed standalone without the installer, we decided against using it. If that gets fixed, then we can look into it.
WoT is an easy win for Intel.
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MadManMark - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
I don't quite get the "sardine oil basting AMD" analogy?Is that some English thing, can you Britsplain the meaning for this ignorant Yank?
MamiyaOtaru - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
ironically it's actually a super American pop culture reference: like some other things in the article it's a reference to something from Tiger Kinghuangcjz - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Ars Technica has disclosed that the system was made by MSI, and that it kinda resembles what will eventually become their Prestige 14 Evo system.Oxford Guy - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
"Kinda resembles" doesn't mean it might not have super special cooling to show the chip in an artificially good light.If that level of cooling isn't going to be in the market then the results are marketing distortion.
Oxford Guy - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Before anyone says it's can't be special ask yourself why there are special conditions, like photographing the inside, etc. etc. The review said the cooling is overbuilt and not something for the marketplace.Remember Intel's overbuilt fridge that it used to sucker people?
Spunjji - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Better cooling won't change the fact that it has a 15W power limit imposed for those particular tests, which Ian confirmed through testing - it just means that temperature won't be the limit. I really, really don't think this is a distorting factor for this comparison.If the OEMs put it into laptops that can't actually cool 15W, that's kind of on them. I suspect it'll happen (thought not as much as it happens with AMD designs, natch).
Oxford Guy - Sunday, September 20, 2020 - link
I really think you're likely wrong.Lower temperature means more work for those watts.
Oxford Guy - Sunday, September 20, 2020 - link
We are also familiar with Intel's "TDP" versus how much the machines actually draw.I don't trust any numerical claims from Intel. Verify then trust.
Spunjji - Sunday, September 20, 2020 - link
They verified the numbers...Eh. I give up.
asfletch - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Yeah Dave Lee recognised it as Prestige 14 shell too...wonder why the cloak+dagger...