

Ultimately, though, they too are still well short of the performance of a discrete GPU found in a gaming laptop. These, and the latest processors, can run some "real" games at low settings, as shown in our integrated graphics testing. While this is true, Intel's 11th Generation "Tiger Lake" CPUs changed the calculus on this position somewhat, as they introduced notably improved integrated graphics.

For us-and for sellers of laptops-that's the bright line that divides a gamer from a pretender.

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