When does the Intel Videocard release ? = goodbye nVidia + ATI ?

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Zorachus

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I heard rumors long time ago that Intel would get into the VideoCard market, and compete with ATI and nVidia's top of the line. I thought I heard 2009 was the year for release ? And that it would be a totally new design and approach to videocards, and that it should bury anything currently offered by either nVidia and ATI ?

Whats the real story
 
Anytime anyone says that some magical product will bury the two companies that have dominated the market for decades..... well....thats a load of crap.

ATI and nVidia aren't going anywhere, but they may eventually have more competition if Intel really does get into video cards.
 
Intel's starting from such a low level that even the 10x improvement they're claiming will at most threaten the $30 aftermarket cards.
 
Wasn't intel planning on integrating GPUs into their future CPUs? If they are I can't imagine what market it will be intended for (perhaps netbooks, notebooks at best?).
 
total0 said:
Wasn't intel planning on integrating GPUs into their future CPUs? If they are I can't imagine what market it will be intended for (perhaps netbooks, notebooks at best?).
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That is AMD's Fusion. No idea what is happening with that.

Intel is going to be using a bunch of Pentium's with a huge floating point unit bolted onto them, and then cramming like 50 of those into a chip. However, it will not be a serious contender to aftermarket cards. ATI and nvidia have way too much driver and card experience, and Intel's superior manufacturing technology won't be enough. Intel's GPU drivers have consistently sucked ass in terms of speed and features, and drivers are a major, major part of video cards (remember the awe-inspiring specs of the 2900XT? ;) )
 
It'll be good to have a 'new' contender in the industry though, even if it might take a while before they can compete in the high-end segment.
 
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