How much has Intel really improved integrated graphics with Haswell's HD 4600?
Intel has spent a lot of time talking about its new “Iris” graphics on upcoming Haswell parts, so much so that you could be forgiven for assuming that it would be standard. That, however, is not the case. While Iris and Iris Pro represent the best Intel has to offer, many computers, from desktops to tablets, will have to make do with Intel HD 4600.
The information available prior to launch was vague about HD 4600’s capabilities, and what was said did not seem promising, so we were eager to see how the new mid-range integrated graphics processor (IGP) stacks up against Intel’s previous HD 2500 and HD 4000. To test HD 4600, we fired up several games as well as the world’s most demanding benchmarks.
