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Intel NUC 2.0 Specs Revealed

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http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-nuc-2-0-rock-canyon-broadwell-system-images-posted-intel_155157

http://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/anton-shilov/intel-publishes-pictures-of-next-gen-nuc-2-0-broadwell-based-systems/

 

So it seems the Broadwell-based NUCs will be shown off at CES as everyone expected. To me the specs are a little light in the loafers (Core I5 for the high end, Core I3 for the lower, both only dual-core), but still, HD Graphics 6000 with 48 EUs and Intel's 8th generation of graphics core (touted 40% greater throughput per EU due to macroarchitecture reorganization)... One NUC gets ethernet (Maple canyon), and the other gets 802.11 AC wireless (Rock Canyon). Why Intel didn't put both on Maple canyon I have no clue.

 

Big ticket items are 2 USB 3.0 ports (one being supercharge-capable), DP and HDMI ports (whether it's DP 1.2 or 1.2a is unknown. HDMI 2 or older is unknown), interchangeable tops for NFC wireless charging, and an optical remote reader for HTPC people.Other than that, the form is a bit sleeker/sexier, but the same box.

 

Currently fan/fanless is unknown.

 

Not much else to say until we see a demo, but the system power draw of just 45 watts under load from the wall should make a lot of people very happy.

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Wait what?

HD graphics went from 4600 to 6000?

How? What? When?

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Wait what?

HD graphics went from 4600 to 6000?

How? What? When?

You missed Intel already had 5000, 5100 Iris, and 5200 Iris Pro for Haswell and already has released HD 5300 (less powerful than 5000, but more powerful than 4600) into the wild and has listed specs for 5500, 5700, 6000, 6100, and 6200. The highest end models for Broadwell are 6000/100/200. the I3 gets HD 5500, the 24-core version vs. the 48-core version in the I5, but with a much higher clock speed than went into Core M's HD 5300 chip, topping out at 1150 instead of 850 MHz.

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You missed Intel already had 5000, 5100 Iris, and 5200 Iris Pro for Haswell and already has released HD 5300 (less powerful than 5000, but more powerful than 4600) into the wild and has listed specs for 5500, 5700, 6000, 6100, and 6200. The highest end models for Broadwell are 6000/100/200. the I3 gets HD 5500, the 24-core version vs. the 48-core version in the I5, but with a much higher clock speed than went into Core M's HD 5300 chip, topping out at 1150 instead of 850 MHz.

oooh ok

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oooh ok

Yeah, Intel's graphics naming scheme gets on my nerves...

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Well, the cheapest HD6000+ unit could make an oustanding HTPC/Steam Machine. Quiet, compact, perfect. When you are not playing games from your main rig, you could just emulate whatever you want with the upgraded graphics, as well as lower end gaming natively.

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Still betting on Carrizo I fully trust AMD on this one.

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Still betting on Carrizo I fully trust AMD on this one.

An AMD NUC competitor would be very interesting indeed :) Console makers might get pissed though :P That would end up hurting AMD in the end actually.

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An AMD NUC competitor would be very interesting indeed :) Console makers might get pissed though :P That would end up hurting AMD in the end actually.

I guess it would, but I don't think AMD is interested in making their own NUC right now, I think HTPC and budget gaming PC will be there place, if AMD is saying the truth which I'm sure they are Carrizo will be a very good option -it will destroy Kaveri which is pretty good-.

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I guess it would, but I don't think AMD is interested in making their own NUC right now, I think HTPC and budget gaming PC will be there place, if AMD is saying the truth which I'm sure they are Carrizo will be a very good option -it will destroy Kaveri which is pretty good-.

It won't really destroy Kaveri... IPC is up, clock rates are down another 300-400 MHz. The GCN 1.2 arch. will mean AMD can do hybrid xFire with its full line of cards though (300 series excluded).

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An AMD NUC competitor would be very interesting indeed :) Console makers might get pissed though :P That would end up hurting AMD in the end actually.

 

no more then a matx or mitx really, it's not like AMD would be publishing games or making the housings/assemblies.  The console makers would have to be pretty dumb to think that way IMO. 

Besides, so what if some other company wants to make a steam machine with an amd chip(s)?  The only interested party there is Intel as I see it.

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Well, the cheapest HD6000+ unit could make an oustanding HTPC/Steam Machine. Quiet, compact, perfect. When you are not playing games from your main rig, you could just emulate whatever you want with the upgraded graphics, as well as lower end gaming natively.

Wait for it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can it run Crysis?

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Wait for it...

 

Can it run Crysis?

Iris Pro 5200 can run Crysis 1 at 50 fps last I checked. HD 5500 won't be able to, but I'd be surprised honestly if HD 6000 couldn't do a decent job, though it does depend on the RAM I suppose at that point.

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Iris Pro 5200 can run Crysis 1 at 50 fps last I checked.

Morgan Freeman can run Crysis 5 inside Half-Life 6

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Morgan Freeman can run Crysis 5 inside Half-Life 6

All on a single-tape non-deterministic Turing Machine.

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An AMD NUC competitor would be very interesting indeed :) Console makers might get pissed though :P That would end up hurting AMD in the end actually.

 

 

I guess it would, but I don't think AMD is interested in making their own NUC right now, I think HTPC and budget gaming PC will be there place, if AMD is saying the truth which I'm sure they are Carrizo will be a very good option -it will destroy Kaveri which is pretty good-.

Are you familiar with with Gigabyte's BRIX PCs? They're very similar to NUCs and they have some AMD variants. I think it would be interesting if they released some Carrizo ones.

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4748#ov

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4930#ov

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