In addition to the i7-6770HQ, Skull Canyon has a Thunderbolt 3 port, two M.2 SSD slots, and two SO-DIMM slots capable of running up to 32GB of DDR4 memory.
Perhaps more interesting are the remaining specs of the Skull Canyon NUC. They're by no means perfect, but they've gotten a lot better-by taking six generations of baby steps.
#INTEL IRIS PRO GRAPHICS 6200 SPECS DRIVERS#
It's not just about performance either Intel's graphics drivers have come a long way since 2011, and these days they support DX12 and generally don't have massive rendering errors, even on the latest games.
#INTEL IRIS PRO GRAPHICS 6200 SPECS 1080P#
For games that aren't on the cutting edge, the new Iris Pro should be able to hit 1080p with good settings. The problem is that the graphics settings were turned way down, so it was a bit like looking at a game running on Xbox 360. One of the units let us play Just Cause 3, at 1080p, and performance was actually quite decent. While we couldn't benchmark the solution yet, Intel was showing off their new Skull Canyon NUC, running with the i7-6770HQ. The Skull Canyon NUC measures around 8 x 4 x 1 inches But forget about being 50 times faster than an ancient graphics solution what does it all mean in today's world? Intel is also talking specifically about the performance of the i5-520UM compared to the new i7-6770HQ, which means they're comparing an old 15W part with a new 45W processor. Combined with architectural improvements, the newcomer potentially doubles the performance of the previous generation of Intel Graphics, and Intel is quoting a 50X performance improvement since their first generation HD Graphics from five years back.Ī fifty-fold boost to graphics performance sounds pretty incredible, but what does that mean if we're talking Nvidia and AMD equivalents? Well, it's certainly not going to be at the same level of performance as the GTX 970 or R9 290, which are the minimum spec GPUs for Oculus Rift. Skylake's Iris Pro Graphics packs 72 execution units (EUs), up from a maximum of 48 in Broadwell. Does that all change with Skylake and Iris Pro Graphics? No, but we do see yet another rather substantial increase in processor graphics performance.