Would you buy Intel graphics?

[PeteRoy]

I read that Intel plans to go into the gaming GPU market.

If it does, would you even consider buying an Intel GPU?

 

[Bowsky]

I don't think they will be able to break into the high end sector on their first go around, but it would be interesting if they can offer a fairly priced competitive low-mid end solution.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Good luck to them. While it'd be nice to see a viable third competitor in the high-end arena - if anyone mentions S3's Chrome lineup, I will bitch-slap them - they've got the image hurdle to overcome of "Intel = SuX0r", as well as having to create an entirely new chip from scratch. Building off any of the existing GMA cores would be an exercise in futility.

That said, they probably have the capital and R&D necessary to do it.

Cliffs: WhoTF knows? I don't have a crystal ball. If it offers better price/performance than Red or Green at that time, I'll go *thinks* Blue?

- M4H

 

[Bobthelost]

If the price/performance is right, yes.

Hell, they can use the older fab processes on the graphics card GPUs if they want to, or steal a lead by using the same process as their CPU line. Could be rather good.

 

[Rotax]

as long as i have the choice, i won't buy anything intel . . ><

but i'm just a brain washed amd nut!~

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: Rotax
as long as i have the choice, i won't buy anything intel . . ><

That's a counter-productive choice. Areca RAID anyone?

 

[Maxspeed996]

I want to see something totally crazy , Like imagine if production of "Conroe" ran amuck , and now everyone is up to their eyeballs in Chips.........instead of lowering the price to next to nothing to get them sellin , they develop a Video Card with the Conroe chip on it. To make more $$$ Super bad.
Ok....I said crazy.....

 

[fire400]

In the long run, they have to. Just because if Intel plans on getting their Intel Extreme Graphics series to advance in the integrated graphics market, releasing a daughter card would be effective to let Intel be known for a part of the hardware graphics realm as well as help them maintain a high level of research in graphics technology - and not to mention, make money from budget-concious consumers.

 

[Knavish]

I like the title of that article:

Intel to get back into gaming graphics

...when was intel IN the gaming market to begin with? OH! I know, they're going to release a new Intel GMA-ExtremeSolitare that implements hardware acceleration for the MS Windows card games.

 

[Eddieo]

They certainly have the capabilities, don't know why they haven't made a high end card yet.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: Knavish
I like the title of that article:

Intel to get back into gaming graphics

...when was intel IN the gaming market to begin with? OH! I know, they're going to release a new Intel GMA-ExtremeSolitare that implements hardware acceleration for the MS Windows card games.

:laugh:

Intel graphics has always sucked. I'd be very surprised if they pulled it off

 

[halfadder]

Intel's last real AGP 3D card chipset, the i710, was a real sleeper compared to the nVidia TNT and the Matrox G200 at the time. Their "integrated graphics" are just as horrid.

I don't think there's any way Intel can compete with nVidia and ATI. Intel might have a huge chip making system in place, but they have very little experience with modern competitive GPUs.

3Dfx, S3, SiS, 3DLabs, XGI, Matrox, and others have been unable to compete with nVidia and ATI for the high end market.

 

[AllGamer]

Never!, i'll not buy any Intel base GPU

specially the ones embedded on Laptops.

when i shop for Laptops, i look for AMD + ATI

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: Eddieo
They certainly have the capabilities, don't know why they haven't made a high end card yet.

Because 90% of your office PCs and industrial computers don't need 3D accelerators? Intel only ever got into graphics to integrate video onto the motherboard to reduce overall cost, and save space.

 

[halfadder]

Office PCs and industrial computers will want 3D accelerators once Vista becomes the standard!

While some Office PCs are configured for the Win XP "Classic" look, most just run out of the box defaults. Once Mary down in accounting sees how Vista looks on her Son's überbox at home, she'll want something similar at work.

Expect to see midrange GPUs in typical office PCs as soon as Vista ships!

 

[pkme2]

I don't believe ATI & Nvidia workstation cards need worry. Intel has a long way to go before challenging established cards.
If Intel wants to venture into the low to medium end video card market, its their choice. They got more money than the Bank of England and can do whatever they want. We'll see whether if they made the right decision, or not.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

i'd buy it if they can beat out the rest of the competition

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: halfadder
Expect to see midrange GPUs in typical office PCs as soon as Vista ships!

You mean expect more 'turbocache' and 'hypermemory' with $10 watered down DX10 ICs.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Knavish
I like the title of that article:

Intel to get back into gaming graphics

...when was intel IN the gaming market to begin with? OH! I know, they're going to release a new Intel GMA-ExtremeSolitare that implements hardware acceleration for the MS Windows card games.

The original intel extreme graphics (or whatever it was called) were add in cards that tried to rely on the AGP bus to give performance without on board memory. I believe ATI bought the division from Intel, and they went on to develop the original Radeon chip for ATI.

I'd expect any Intel discrete graphics to license PowerVR tech if they want to be at least somewhat competitive.

Even if performance and image quality is on par though, I wouldn't trust intel to have driver quality on par with nvidia and ati. The software is just as important as the hardware in this market, and so many have fallen almost solely due to poor drivers.

 

[RallyMaster]

If there's a Green, Red and Blue in graphics, I choose Yellow (if there is one).

 

[Spicedaddy]

I don't care what company designs my hardware, I look at price/performance, so yes I'd consider an Intel video card.


I don't think they'll aim for the high end (at least at first), but target the mid-range. (X1600, 7600, etc.) At least it'll give them a base for a better integrated solution, since 3D will be required for Vista.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: Spicedaddy
I don't care what company designs my hardware, I look at price/performance, so yes I'd consider an Intel video card.


I don't think they'll aim for the high end (at least at first), but target the mid-range. (X1600, 7600, etc.) At least it'll give them a base for a better integrated solution, since 3D will be required for Vista.

More intense competition with the PhysiX GPU card making it's way to the gaming market, I wouldn't be surprised if the makers of the once-highly anticipated Volari GPU (128mb 256-bit DDR2, dual GPU onboard, AGP8x) make a come back with another graphics card.

 

[LemUUU]

I try stick to the high, er, higher end stuff anyways... so I doubt that will even be a considertion for ME... but I guess if they made a card actually worth owning that ran games well, and was pretty good with 3d animation, and graphical applications I would prolly take a spin back down Intel street

 

[Kakumba]

hey, they have the capability, if they REALLY go for it, tey could give ATI and Nvidia a run for their money down the line.

 

[bamacre]

Whatever. Yet one more thing that helps my Intel stock.