Intel Larrabee to launch as a high-end graphics(fudzilla)

[NapalmV5]

i really hope larrabee wakes the bees outta nvidia/ati

[Fixxxer]

Haha, that could deliver an interesting (and hopefuly cheaper) situation

[Spawne32]

i really hope larrabee wakes the bees outta nvidia/ati

bee's? im allergic to bee's!!!

[XS Janus]

Please Intel bring it on!
Many of us are tired of these GPU dinosaurs, consuming half of the system power use while sitting in standby and browsing the net, only to see it jump another 50% when gaming

I'll buy one even if it will only compete in mid-high range, cause it will definetly offer better efficiency, and that is something AMD/Nvidia will try and hide, but loose the battle in OEM market.

[LowRun]

i'll believe it when i'll see it

[Shadowmage]

Please Intel bring it on!
Many of us are tired of these GPU dinosaurs, consuming half of the system power use while sitting in standby and browsing the net, only to see it jump another 50% when gaming

I'll buy one even if it will only compete in mid-high range, cause it will definetly offer better efficiency, and that is something AMD/Nvidia will try and hide, but loose the battle in OEM market.

You know that whatever Intel would come out with will ALSO consume a sh1t ton of power, right?

[Shintai]

Just a small note, before anyone run wild

The first Intel disgrete GPU is tragetted in the 300$ and down range. So there wont be a performance crown right away.

[`danny]

Didn't know they were aiming towards the high end market... Hope they are successful so ATI & NVIDIA have to lower their prices

[perkam]

If this is true then I hope Nvidia starts making processors real soon.

This is just one step in making more components in house.

Ultimately you`ll be able to make entire systems with products from a single company such as Intel, same thing AMD will do if its still around by then.

Perkam

[Starscream]

to much rumor and talking.

And Intel employees can say whatever they want about that it will b a kick ass GPu etc what else can they say? that it will suck ass?.
I wont put much faith into it till i see some game benches.

In the past other companies also said that their upcoming hardware will kick ass and in the end their products pretty much sucked.
I remember when XGI announced that they would soon release their Volari line up of cards and how good it would be and that within a few years theyd be as big as ATi and Nvidia etc.

Were is XGI now?

Those guys at XGi also had skills and were talented but their product stil failed.
Ofc Intel cant be compaired to them seeing Intel has way more money and can steal away the engineers and other personel they require form other companies.
Do hope Intel manages to go head to head with AMD/ATi and Nvidia.

[perkam]

Those guys at XGi also had skills and were talented but their product still failed.

How ignorant.

While ATI and Nvidia put their chips on $100 boards and a few $200-$300 boards, XGI has its chips on multiple 4-way and 8-way high end Xeon and Opteron motherboards, each of which are around $400, to give you an idea on margins.

Please do your research before making blanket statements.

Perkam

[Starscream]

How ignorant.

While ATI and Nvidia put their chips on $100 boards and a few $200-$300 boards, XGI has its chips on multiple 4-way and 8-way high end Xeon and Opteron motherboards, each of which are around $400, to give you an idea on margins.

Please do your research before making blanket statements.

Perkam

i know this i do actualy read articles on the internet every once in a while.

But did i say any word about their chipsets?
No i was talking about them trying to enter the dedicated GPu market and utterly failing at it.

Yes XGi is stil active. And their main markets are server chips and chips for embedded systems etc but are these the markets that they wanted to succeed in a few years ago? i tbh doubt it.

edit:
ps:
While the margins on server chipsets are higher then on desktop chipsets . Those server chipsets are also usualy sold in way lower quantities then the desktop chipsets.

[Bobsama]

Intel's too big to quickly drop out of an endeavor like this. As for actual brute-force production, they've definitely beat AMD/ATI and nVidia. Once they start with respectable graphics (probably use real-time ray-tracing as a primary method and then DirectX and OpenGL as emulation), they're likely unstopable. Looking at their profits since 4Q2006, they're definitely going to pour money into new processors and ground-breaking graphics.

[XS Janus]

Just a small note, before anyone run wild

The first Intel disgrete GPU is tragetted in the 300$ and down range. So there wont be a performance crown right away.

Good! As long as it performs according to its price then there shouldn't be any problems.
Any lower power requirements are just a much needed bonus

[EternityZX9]

I spoke with some Intel guys recently and they all expect this to be a beast of their card. Won't doubt them either: their knowledge is unmatched when it comes to PC hardware and they've been good with supporting their platforms in the past. It's expected halfway through 2008 with likely street dates in Q3/Q4 of 08 and they fully expect it to shake up the GPU industry.

Hmm, could this be another reason why nVidia has delayed the release of the G90 high end (the first reason being lack of a threat from AMD) or is the G100 to be out by then?

[knightwolf654]

wow intel is just trying to piss everyone off, soon its just gunna be intel vs amd,nvidia,and ATI
intel has a hole slew of enemies now.

[mak1skav]

I agree that Intel is making enemies very fast with this move but i am sure that Intel has the money and the technology to compete with all three of AMD-ATI and NVIDIA.

I just want to see top of the line graphics with 250$ and two top of the line graphics cards together with an overclocked Q6600 using only my Enermax Noise Taker with 485 watts and not a PSU with 1000 watts.

[Shintai]

wow intel is just trying to piss everyone off, soon its just gunna be intel vs amd,nvidia,and ATI
intel has a hole slew of enemies now.

Eh? I think you missed quite a few points lately.

Today its Intel vs AMD and AMD vs nVidia.
In the future its Intel vs AMD and AMD vs nVidia and Intel vs nVidia.

Right now AMD got more enemies so to say than Intel.

[BeardyMan]

Eh? I think you missed quite a few points lately.

Today its Intel vs AMD and AMD vs nVidia.
In the future its Intel vs AMD and AMD vs nVidia and Intel vs nVidia.

Right now AMD got more enemies so to say than Intel.

In the future AMD will buy Intel

[RAMMAN]

Just a small note, before anyone run wild

The first Intel disgrete GPU is tragetted in the 300$ and down range. So there wont be a performance crown right away.

whos to say they wont release a $300 card that takes the performance crown?

[cozwin]

I could be dead by then!

lol.

But tbh i think intel could make it in the gpu market, theyve hired alot of employes from ati, nvidia and i think some 3dfx guys. So its really all about how they can use those to create good video card and i think they can do it.

Plus if you remember, nvidia are actually helping Intel in exchange for 1333 and further licenses etc.

[cozwin]

whos to say they wont release a $300 card that takes the performance crown?

agreed but then again intel never makes there top products cheap look at the xtreme cpus lol

[Shintai]

whos to say they wont release a $300 card that takes the performance crown?

Uhm...common sense. If it had the crowd it would be 500$+

It performs like its price. We already had enough of this with the 399$ GTX killer. That funny enough performed as a 400$ card.

[XS Janus]

QFT

Price=Performance and thats that. In todays world anyway.

And the only thing ordinary Joes have to think about when buying.

[Jacky]

what about Intel larrabee 9000XE with unlocked multiplier for 999$. yay, cheap GPUs for everyone