Raja Koduri from Intel put out a bit of a teaser on Twitter recently for for their upcoming dedicated GPU.
In the Twitter post, which was retweeted by the official Intel Graphics Twitter account was the below image which has the date of June 2020 on the license plate. Not exactly cryptic, it's a pretty clear teaser towards a release date for the Intel Xe or whatever they actually end up calling it once it's out. That's pure speculation of course on my part but it would line up given who sent the tweet and Intel previously saying the Xe series will be out in 2020.
We've yet to really see any solid information on exactly how powerful they will be. What we do know though, is that they should get first-class Linux support as Intel has been working through their drivers on Linux. They talked openly before about their commitment to open source and their focus on Linux gaming too so it's quite exciting.
NVIDIA and AMD could use more GPU competition, as the more we have the more it should hopefully push them to improve both their hardware and prices for future generations.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
That's a good thing for Linux ecosystem and progress of Wayland.
Last edited by Shmerl on 7 October 2019 at 11:59 am UTC
Perkeleen_Vittupää Oct 7, 2019
Quoting: Perkeleen_VittupääTo buy AMD earlier or to wait for this one...? One thing is clear: Nvidia no more!
No need to wait if you are upgrading today, so get AMD. Intel still have to prove their cards are actually good, so there is an unknown factor.
Quoting: ShmerlThis might not be enough to force Nvidia to upstream their driver, but it will for sure decrease the usage of their blob even further.
That's a good thing for Linux ecosystem and progress of Wayland.
There are rumours that Nvidia had no chance getting a platform win with Google Stadia as they have no competitive open-source driver with NVidia being the stakeholder.
If this isn't pressure, I don't know.
Quoting: subThere are rumours that Nvidia had no chance getting a platform win with Google Stadia as they have no competitive open-source driver with NVidia being the stakeholder.
If this isn't pressure, I don't know.
Nvidia's management was too blinded by their blob mentality, and they missed such opportunities in result.
Last edited by Shmerl on 7 October 2019 at 3:03 pm UTC
Regardless, a third, serious competitor might not be bad for consumers, in the short term. In the long run, I'm not sure. There's only so much demand for discrete GPUs, so nVidia and AMD will eventually make less money. Might lead to new innovations, but could also spell doom and gloom.
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