I decided to put HD Graphics 630 to the test, using Intel's top desktop CPU, the i7-7700K. Our test hardware is about as potent as it gets—there's nothing bottlenecking the HD 630 besides itself.

Most people buying an i7-7700K will bypass the HD 630 and video decoding blocks, and it's worth pointing out that Nvidia and AMD GPUs also support a variety of video codecs.

The graphics solution, Intel’s HD 630, is the same one found in the Core i7-6700K. The same DDR4 memory is supported, though the maximum speed is now 2400MHz, an increase from 2133MHz.

Intel's Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K is what happens when a chip company stops trying. The top-end Kaby Lake part is the first desktop chip in a brave new post-"tick-tock" world—which means that ...

In short, if paired with fast RAM, the HD 630 graphics on the Core i7-7700K should deliver playable performance at around 720p with many titles at mid-to-high settings, or mid-to-low settings at ...

Intel Core i7 7700K review: a hugely uninspiring, barely iterative CPU update The top-end Kaby Lake Core i7 is probably not the Intel chip you're looking for.

Intel’s HD 630 integrated graphics take a sizeable footprint and is located towards the bottom of the chip. The 7700K is essentially a souped-up version of the 6700K.

This is an in-depth look at Intel's new Core i7-7700K processor, based on 14nm Kaby Lake, along with its companion Z270 chipset, and array of ...

Intel Core i7-7700K Review Intel's "Kaby Lake" Core i7 flagship is speedy, with hardware support for 4K streaming and HDR for services like Netflix, but performance gains over its previous ...

The latest Intel Graphics HD 630 introduces support for VP9 decoding and 4K HEVC 10-bit decode/encode. Of course, there’s still 1080p HEVC decode/encode which became an integral part of Skylake ...

In general though, Iris Plus is significantly faster than the HD graphics. By Intel’s own metric, Iris Plus is up to 65% faster in 3D rendering and gaming, and 40% faster using QuickSync video ...