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Intel confirmed rumors that its 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors, codenamed Rocket Lake, will come out in Q1 2021 and will provide support for PCIe 4.0 interconnects.
As PC gamers take refuge in the pandemic to play more games, Intel said it wanted to reassure gamers that it is focused on making processors for them so they can play more games with PC gaming platforms. John Bonini, a vice president at Intel, wrote in a blog post that Rocket Lake will be a “fantastic processor for games” and that the company would reveal more details in the future.
Intel recently released its latest 10th Gen Intel Core laptop processors, codenamed Tiger Lake, and now machines based on the chips are coming out. Intel continues to push the frequency with the ability to hit 5.3 GHz in turbo mode, and Bonini said that PC gamers love the ability to push that further using overclocking. One expert, Allen “Splave” Golibersuch, was able to overclock a Core i9-10900K at 7 GHz.
Bonini said Intel continues to work with partners like Epic Games to optimize Intel technology for Epic’s Unreal Engine and titles that use it, such as the Hitman and Total War series games. Bonini said that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 used Software Masked Occlusion Culling to efficiently render only the pixels and objects that are visible to the player.
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Intel has rarely signaled what’s to come in the past, but the company finds itself in tougher competition these days. Advanced Micro Devices is shipping highly competitive Zen 2-based processors that are taking market share away from Intel.
