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INTEL Will Produce Video Cards

New INTEL VGA adapters will be available in 2008

Jun 8, 2007 16:51 GMT  ·  By
INTEL's i740 VGA Adapter (1997-1999)
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Rumors, rumors. What would we do without them? For instance how could we find out if INTEL is indeed planning to release separate video cards for SOHO use at the beginning of 2008 if it weren't for rumors? Evidently, in order to spread them you generally need mass coverage. And that's where an event such as the 2007 Computex comes into place.

However this is not where the information ends since the same rumors that have been circulating confirm the fact that INTEL has been licensing several video technologies such as DirectX 10 support and other proprietary layers from Nvidia and AMD/Ati. And what's even more interesting about INTEL's cards is the fact that the company will concentrate most of its production line in the sub-$300 segment in order to make it available to all users.

However the situation is not that pink for INTEL since they currently have some pretty lame VGA chips when it comes to 3D performance. Now I'm not saying that an X1250 or an Nvidia 7050 is a top performer but when you compare these solutions with INTEL's X3000 you will notice some obvious differences related to 3D processing.

INTEL's biggest problem is not GPU development but the fact that it has a lot of catching up to do in terms of technology licensing. Evidently they have a lot to offer since they also sell proprietary technology to Nvidia and AMD (well, mostly Nvidia lately...) but the situation is by no means a simple one. Even if INTEL will only penetrate the $300 segment they will still need a functional Multi-GPU technology and that type of license can get pretty pricey.

PC games are not what they used to be. At least in terms of revenues since the attack of high-performance 3D gaming consoles has swept away an important market share for the PCs. However DirectX 10 is already offering better performance quality than a PS3/Xbox-360 console and until a newer version comes out, video cards will be even more powerful. And more powerful always translates in more money.

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