Wednesday, January 27th 2021
Intel Partners with ASUS To Launch Iris Xe Desktop Graphics Cards to OEMs
Intel has partnered with ASUS and Colorful to design and launch Intel Iris Xe discrete desktop graphics cards. The two new DG1 boards are targeted towards mainstream users and small to medium-size businesses. The cards will only be available to system integrators who will offer Iris Xe discrete graphics as part of pre-built systems.
These new desktop cards follow the launch of Intel Iris Xe MAX for notebooks, including many of the same features and specifications. The cards feature 80 execution units and 4 GB of LPDDR4X video memory which is 16 execution units less than the notebook version however we are unsure of what clock speed they will be running at. The desktop cards also feature the same three display outputs, hardware video decode and encode acceleration, including AV1 decode support, VESA Adaptive Sync, and Display HDR support along with artificial intelligence capabilities.
Update Jan 28th: Colorful has recently published an official statement clarifying that they will not be releasing an Intel Iris Xe Desktop Graphics Card, this means that Intel's other launch partner is currently unknown.
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Intel
These new desktop cards follow the launch of Intel Iris Xe MAX for notebooks, including many of the same features and specifications. The cards feature 80 execution units and 4 GB of LPDDR4X video memory which is 16 execution units less than the notebook version however we are unsure of what clock speed they will be running at. The desktop cards also feature the same three display outputs, hardware video decode and encode acceleration, including AV1 decode support, VESA Adaptive Sync, and Display HDR support along with artificial intelligence capabilities.
Update Jan 28th: Colorful has recently published an official statement clarifying that they will not be releasing an Intel Iris Xe Desktop Graphics Card, this means that Intel's other launch partner is currently unknown.
34 Comments on Intel Partners with ASUS To Launch Iris Xe Desktop Graphics Cards to OEMs
As simple and humble of a (re)beginning this might be, I believe many of us welcome it.
But no actual benchmarks or IQ samples to see if they know how to AF and AA the right way.
Hard pass.
Perhaps with some old titans back in the game, like Pat Gelsinger, Intel can be steered back the right way. It seems the company culture at the upper levels got way too arrogant, confident and egotistical, and reality, as always, kicked them in the ass. Let's see if they can snap out of the 'we are the best, period'-type of cognitive dissonance and start doing good R&D work again, instead of sinking millions into cringe-inducing marketing campaigns. I guess we'll find out in a couple of years.
Colorful is Chaintech's retail brand. Chaintech is a big OEM. When I was at BFG, there were two companies used to make graphics cards when we weren't forced to use reference. That was Galaxy and Chaintech.
or for atleast 3-5 Years till they can reach RTX 3080/RX 6800 levels.