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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huangcjz - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Jim Salter, the author at Ars, replied in the comments on their article that the reason why they disclosed that it was MSI was because they specifically asked Intel to check with MSI whether they could disclose that it was made by them (because MSI might not want this to be compared to their finished products when this is a prototype), whereas other reviewers didn't explicitly ask Intel if they could do so:"I wonder why Anandtech felt the need to conceal the system manufacturer's name."
"They were being respectful, since prototype recipients were asked not to take pictures of innards, not do battery tests, and a few other things due to this very much not being a production laptop.
I would have done the same, except that I specifically asked my Intel rep whether MSI would prefer to be named or not. My rep took a day to find answers, then came back and said that naming MSI was fine as long as we made it clear that this wasn't a retail system."
Spunjji - Saturday, September 19, 2020 - link
Nice! Thanks for the context.Oxford Guy - Sunday, September 20, 2020 - link
The name of the manufacturer isn't the point.m53 - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Intel don't want to provide free marketing to MSI which might make the other OEMs unhappy. That's why they can't say that it is an MSI system.huangcjz - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Jim Salter, the author at Ars, replied in the comments on their article that the reason why they disclosed that it was MSI was because they specifically asked Intel to check with MSI whether they could disclose that it was made by them (because MSI might not want this to be compared to their finished products when this is a prototype), whereas other reviewers didn't explicitly ask Intel if they could do so:"I wonder why Anandtech felt the need to conceal the system manufacturer's name."
"They were being respectful, since prototype recipients were asked not to take pictures of innards, not do battery tests, and a few other things due to this very much not being a production laptop.
I would have done the same, except that I specifically asked my Intel rep whether MSI would prefer to be named or not. My rep took a day to find answers, then came back and said that naming MSI was fine as long as we made it clear that this wasn't a retail system."
Oxford Guy - Sunday, September 20, 2020 - link
The name of the manufacturer isn't the point.wow&wow - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Two chips in a package, so it isn't a monolithic chip even with 10nm?RedOnlyFan - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
That's soc and the pch dies. The compute is still monolithic.Spunjji - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
But AMD have the PCH on-die... 😬RedOnlyFan - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Intel needed a kick where it hurts, now it's safe to put the stick back in the storeroom?