{"id":2586,"date":"2021-01-26T23:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T23:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1335652"},"modified":"2021-01-26T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T23:50:57","slug":"intel-now-sells-desktop-graphics-cards-but-dont-get-your-hopes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Intel now sells desktop graphics cards, but don\u2019t get your hopes up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F01%2FIntel-Xe-DG1-desktop-GPU.jpg&amp;signature=ed733722c959f9603f0ed7249e52c586\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Intel seriously doubled down on graphics performance with the launch of its <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/09\/02\/intel-announces-11th-gen-tiger-lake-cpus-promising-meaningful-processing-and-graphics-gains\/\">Iris Xe<\/a> graphics on laptops last year, all while implying it would bring similar gains to the more crowded desktop market as well. Today we are seeing the first inkling of this with the launch of Intel\u2019s first dedicated, plug-it-in-a-slot desktop GPU in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The card is simply dubbed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.intel.com\/articles\/intel-releases-iris-xe-desktop-graphics-cards\/#gs.r93xfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">DG1<\/a> (I\u2019m going to hazard a guess that\u2019s \u201cdesktop&nbsp;graphics 1\u201d), and is being co-designed with ASUS and another unnamed partner. That said, don\u2019t expect it to compete with any of Nvidia or AMD\u2019s most popular cards. In Intel\u2019s own words, the cards are \u201cdesigned for mainstream PC\u2019s and small- and medium-size businesses,\u201d and are being \u201csold to system integrators who will offer Iris Xe discrete graphs as part of pre-built systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it seems this isn\u2019t a card you\u2019ll just be able to pick up at a Best Buy, nor does Intel provide much concrete information about performance, although it appears to be very similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/first-tests-intel-iris-xe-max-is-no-gaming-powerhouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Xe Max chip<\/a>. The company does specify the cards come with 80 execution units and 4 gigs of video memory.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than serious gaming, the card seems primarily aimed at accelerating day to day tasks like improving encoding and decoding performance, and offering features like adaptive sync and better multi-monitor support (up to three&nbsp;4K HDR displays). Intel also claims its DP4 AI acceleration will help improve tasks like photo and video editing.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, it\u2019s a start. We know Intel is also working on its high-end Xe-HPG (High-Performance Gaming) cards \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anandtech.com\/show\/15974\/intels-xehpg-gpu-unveiled-built-for-enthusiast-gamers-built-at-a-thirdparty-fab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">announced back in August<\/a>. These are the cards meant to make Nvidia and AMD take notice, but it seems we\u2019ll have to wait longer to see exactly what Team Blue has in store for desktop gamers.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/thenextweb\/newsletter\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published January 26, 2021 \u2014 23:50 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/01\/26\/intel-now-sells-desktop-graphics-cards-but-dont-get-your-hopes-up\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel seriously doubled down on graphics performance with the launch of its Iris Xe graphics on laptops last year, all while implying it would bring similar gains to the more crowded desktop&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}