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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JamesSneed
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#5881847 Posted on: 01/27/2021 10:30 PM

This is just sad.

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#5881848 Posted on: 01/27/2021 10:39 PM

Cards are not even out yet and this is already looking underwhelming.

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#5881855 Posted on: 01/27/2021 10:51 PM

Bye Intel

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#5881879 Posted on: 01/27/2021 11:58 PM

LOL is this yet another Intel Bluewash to force system integrators to use only Intel components? Clowns

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#5881895 Posted on: 01/28/2021 12:56 AM

well i guess if you have a top notch motherboard with a high en cpu in ...this card makes almost no sense .... but still leaving out amd ... limiting the compatibility to their own not latest products and not all of em .... is like they do not want to sell the thing :/

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