On the Internet appeared information from an unannounced Intel NUC 12 enthusiast. This mini PC may have an Alder Lake processor and a new DG2 video card from Intel. NUC will also offer DisplayPort 2.0 support, and slide shows.
A marketing slide has appeared with information about Intel’s upcoming NUC computers Chinese social mediator Weibo Noted by Twitter user HXL. This indicates that Intel will come with at least three NUC 12 Enthusiast models.
One of the models will have a next-generation Intel Core i5 CPU, presumably from the upcoming Alder Lake series. This variant will also get a discrete Intel DG2 GPU with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. The Intel chip also mentions the arrival of two variants of Core i7, which will respectively receive GPUs with 12 GB and 16 GB of video memory.
The slide shows that the video cards used provide an HDMI 2.1 connection, as well as a Mini DisplayPort 2.0 and a regular DisplayPort 2.0 connector. Current modern video cards from AMD, Nvidia and Intel do not support DisplayPort 2.0, which indicates that the upcoming NUC will get a new GPU model. It is already known that Intel this year It comes with separate DG2 GPUs for gaming. Additionally, 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB GDDR6 memory settings are compatible Previously Leaked Information About Intel DG2 chipsets.
DisplayPort 2.0 Offering, among other things, a higher bandwidth, the display technology offers support for uncompressed 8K resolution at 60Hz and with 4:4:4 subsampling. Stream pressure display It theoretically allows users to connect two 8K displays with a single DisplayPort 2.0 connector.
All NUC 12 Enthusiast models will also offer two SO-DIMM slots with up to 64GB of DDR4-3200 memory. The Intel chip talks about two M.2 2280 slots for PCIe 4.0 SSDs and one M.2 slot for a PCIe 3.0 or SATA drive. Mini PCs will also offer two Thunderbolt 4 ports. They use a USB-C connection, just like Thunderbolt 3. Intel will also supply enthusiastic NUC 12 models with a Wi-Fi 6E and i225-LM nic for 2.5Gb/s Ethernet.
