Just bought an Intel i5 6500 CPU for my home theater machine and I'm really disappointed in the graphics quality I'm getting from the on-chip, Intel 530 graphics processor. When I play video files I get a lot of shutter in the middle of the screen that I never noticed before. The recent on-board graphics in Intel CPUs are supposed to eliminate the need for a discrete graphics card (at least for users who just use the machine to watch video). This was my experience with my Ivy Bridge processor (which is now more than 2 yrs old). I noticed a bit of improvement when I went to a Radeon 270x graphics card, but my Ivy Bridge was never as awful as this. I've checked the driver and BIOS settings and found no solution, so I wonder if there's a defect in the chip.
I can't recommend the upgrade in general, unless you have a really old machine. The shift from a 22nm to 15nm process seems like a big deal, the gains in speed and power consumption are less than stellar. Intel calls this their most important processor in a decade...someone will have to explain that to me.
I can't recommend the upgrade in general, unless you have a really old machine. The shift from a 22nm to 15nm process seems like a big deal, the gains in speed and power consumption are less than stellar. Intel calls this their most important processor in a decade...someone will have to explain that to me.