Nvidia to announce Intel-compliant intergrated graphics chips

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/24/...compliant-integrated-graphics-chips/#comments



The latest development in the soap opera that is the PC components industry sees NVIDIA expanding beyond its usual focus on AMD systems to offer new integrated graphics solutions designed for Intel-based desktops. Reuters reports that the upcoming GeForce 7050, 7100, and 7150 will be compatible with current and upcoming Intel chips, ship in machines priced from $400 to $600, and are said to "give the performance of an entry-level separate graphics processor unit" -- a claim we'll be interested to see tested. Now that NVIDIA is taking direct aim at the world's largest chipmaker, we wouldn't be at all surprised to see Intel strike back in the discrete graphics space -- and then it doesn't take much to imagine NVIDIA retaliating once again by whipping up its own line of CPUs, does it?

 

Hmm; maybe it will spur some extra growth & competition in the integrated GFX world? that could only be a good thing, I'd think.

 

I think "Intel-compliant" is a confusing term since an IGP itself is fairly processor agnostic. It's the rest of the Northbridge that is Intel-compatible.

It will be interesting to see how the GeForce 7150 competes against the GMA X3500. Especially now that Intel has finally enabled hardware DX9.0c support, in XP at least, so they are finally on a fairly even playing field. The G35 chipset has long been rumoured to launch in September, but it didn't show in IDF, which is probably why nVidia is taking their time launch their competing GeForce 7150.

 

Released. Specifications and Feature sets available here.

From what I gather, they are Intel-compatible nForce bridges paired with the new 7xxx series IGP's.