Intel is trying to generate a lot of buzz about its upcoming Tiger Lake laptop chips, and its latest video is just the thing

The chipmaker tweeted a short video of Hitman 3 running on an Intel Core H-series laptop with a frame rate of over 200 fps" The caption reads, "Built to hit frame rates like no other" The #11th generation Intel Core H series processors are coming soon"

Most would agree that the clip is only 10 seconds long, which is short for a truly representative benchmark In this short time, the frame rate counter jumps between 214 fps and 238 fps, averaging around 220 fps for the most part

While most console games achieve between 30 and 60 fps, the higher the frame rate, the better the experience However, there are a few things to note about what this teaser is supposedly showing

While previously leaked Intel Tiger Lake benchmarks have shown this chip to be very powerful, the performance shown here should be taken with a pinch of salt for several reasons

It should be obvious that teaser trailers like this one are designed to show best-case scenarios, and this particular clip is not very subtle about it The scene is mostly empty, with not much detail to render, which lends itself to a higher frame rate Or as one commenter put it: "Experienced gamers know that looking up at the sky increases the frame rate Enough said" In short, if Intel had chosen a more challenging section, the frame rate would have dropped

The bigger problem, however, is that we don't know what other specifications are driving this very short technical demo Presumably this is the most powerful octa-core Core i9 model, but even so, it is unclear whether this is the work of the integrated graphics or the discrete mobile GPU If the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 is doing the heavy lifting, this frame rate is impressive, it goes without saying that the more impressive the rate is, the lower the processor's rating

Still, even taking these caveats into account, the frame rate displayed remains very impressive on laptop hardware We prefer to use our own benchmarks and settings, not those chosen for promotional teasers

We shouldn't have to wait too long to be able to do that; the Tiger Lake chip is due out later this year, and if Intel's benchmarks are representative, we can expect to see it in the best gaming laptops for 2022