Intel DG1 GPU incompatible with the AMD Ryzen platform and high-end Intel mobos

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/27/2021 10:19 PM | source: legitreviews | 30 comment(s)

Yesterday we posted a news item in which Intel announced the Iris Xe, 10nm DG1 GPU with its 640 Shader Units. The cards are OEM-based and end up in pre-built systems. New information indicated that these Xe cards would not be compatible with AMD's Ryzen platform.

Not just that, the colleagues from Legit Reviews learned from Intel that the Iris Xe graphics card could only be used with 9th and 10th generation desktop processors (that would be Coffee Lake-S and Comet Lake-S). To be able to be compatible with the DG1 GPU, the motherboards need a special bios as well.

Only motherboards based on B460, H410, B365, or H310C chipset will be provided with this bios update, which means not even the Z series would be compatible. It is unclear whether Intel wants to support more platforms in the future; we assume they will.

Also, yesterday's news indicated Colorful to be a Xe AIB partner; that news is incorrect. Colorful posted a statement on Facebook, stating that the Chinese manufacturer is not involved in producing the DG1 video cards. It looks like Intel made a mistake on its website. The photo of the model with the blue accent literally mentioned Colorful in the URL on the Intel website, quite bizarre.

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Venix
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#5881936 Posted on: 01/28/2021 07:42 AM

Could be a smart business decision if Intel can make there GPU/CPU work well. Someone said bye intel maybe its Bye Nvidia

Smart move how ? By limiting the ability to use one of your own products while both cpetitors work across all your products ?

Dimitrios1983
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#5881941 Posted on: 01/28/2021 07:53 AM

The only 2 strategies left for INTEL is

1.) Pour sugar in Lisa's gas tank ;-)

or

2.) Give Lisa a large amount of money to drop AMD and work for INTEL.

asturur
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#5881955 Posted on: 01/28/2021 09:41 AM

The only reason i can think of is: the card is OEM only, and has to stay OEM only. If is compatible with any MB it means that people can pull it off and put it normal computers.
At some point someone can unlock this videocard with a special bios and make it normal.
I cannot even imagine how you can lock down a standard videocard from working on motherboards.

Fox2232
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#5881959 Posted on: 01/28/2021 09:47 AM

What a way to go. Whitelisting. One thing people hate on laptops, when manufacturer does it. Because then, people have trouble even replacing wifi or getting LTE card.

Inu Puguh Suharto
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#5882021 Posted on: 01/28/2021 01:22 PM

Looks like Intel always had a hobbies to screw up.....

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