Intel Talks About Discrete Graphics Processor at ISSCC
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Fox2232
Intel can deliver whatever dGPU they want. People are not going to buy them for gaming till their drivers improve.
rl66
On other hand low segment from AMD still use "legacy" version of the driver only, and NVidia despite using latest driver don't use latest technology from those driver (at least until recent GT 1030)...
Green, Red or now Blue... it's the just a question of color, they do the same things.
sykozis
The drivers don't matter much if the product isn't competitive.... Currently, their drivers really aren't bad for an entry-level iGPU. The lack of adequate support is a bigger issue.
Intel has never had a competitive product in the dGPU market. Their last attempt to compete in the discrete graphics market was an utter failure.
cowie
well a dgpu I don't know they can't make us a new slot every launch can they?
it will go the way the last one they made did ,show us then throw it in the trash
Aura89
"The GPU would be based on existing Intel's integrated GPU architecture but advances on that."
lol.....
Samishere
I don't think anyone is going to be interested in this for gaming, but since HandBrake can use QuickSync for 10-bit HEVC encoding it would be awesome just for accelerated video encoding. Yeah, AMD and NVidia have their encoding acceleration, but QuickSync has been shown to be the most accurate and best implemented.
H83
Intel clearly wants a piece of the mining market...
sykozis
The last dGPU they made was the Intel 740... Larrabee was never actually shown as a functional dGPU.
cowie
yeah I do remember seeing it on stage at some announcement so it was a wood screw thing, after they threw it in the garbage
because they know it takes more then hardware.
jaggerwild
Well, no one has mentioned(I didn't read the link) is that buying a $900 GPU isn't high on peoples list of things to do. As mentioned they want to cash in on mining, n pull more buyers back to the BLUE team away from Red. I don't see it happening but.........
sammarbella
HAHAHAHAHA
You made my day!
user1
I dunno, its fine for basic desktop/gfx/video acceleration, but trying to scale it up is horrible idea imo. unless they somehow managed to improve their compute performance considerably i don't see this working very well,
sykozis
I don't recall that. Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention.
The i740 performed poorly compared to nearly every competing product. Sometimes, not even brand recognition can save a piss poor product. Now, they'll be fighting against poor market reputation.....if they actually manage to release a product this time. I'm sure the Larrabee fiasco hasn't been forgotten.
D3M1G0D
If it helps lower the price of AMD/Nvidia graphics cards then so be it.
fantaskarsef
Might have been interested in this two months or so ago. Now I won't touch that thing with a pole...
Neo Cyrus
Their top end Iris Pro isn't horrible for an integrated GPU. If they could multiply that power by even a few times for a discrete card, then they'd have a market to sell to.
AzzKickr
Reminds me of my beloved Intel i740 card, coupled to a pair of V2's ! Aaaah good old times !
Cooe
It won't have any effect at all. It's miners driving up the prices at the moment. The manufacturer sale price has not changed, and never does (they are legally not allowed to by their sales contracts). Nvidia and AMD only profit from the current insanity through increased sales. Blame the sale prices on the miners and retailers.
D3M1G0D
I think you misunderstood. I wasn't saying AMD/Nvidia are raising prices directly, I meant cheaper cards from bother vendors at retailers (I know Nvidia currently sells cards at MSRP on their site). If Intel enters the dGPU market with a decent mining card then it might help increase supply and drive down prices. Basically, anything that increases supply is welcome.
sykozis
It will still take time for prices to come back down. Intel has to first develop a viable discrete card and stable drivers. Then Intel has to convince people to actually buy them. If the performance is lacking, they'll have almost no impact on prices. The cards have to have similar performance to their AMD and NVidia counterparts to impact prices.
