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hinch said:

[Rumor] Nvidia seemingly wanting to block AiB partners from making Intel Battlemage graphics cards

"The report goes into saying that NVIDIA would go as far as ban such partners if they decide to launch GPUs based on Intel series. It is said that GPU supply limitations may apply if they decided to go with their plans. This is reportedly happening in China where such companies are now preparing for the launch of the new Intel series.

Unfortunately, the report has no evidence whatsoever, and it is extremely hard to confirm such information. However, PRO Hi-Tech is a well known channel which has strong connections with many companies, so there is no doubt something at play here. Furthermore, this would not be the first time NVIDIA is accused of something like this. Sadly, the person who has confirmed this to PRO Hi-Tech is unlikely to go on record"

Videocardz / PRO Hi-Tech

Just a rumor but wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Whats up with GPU manufacters being complete asshats this generation?

It is Nvidia and they have always be shady and has done plenty of anti-competitive things in the past so it wouldn't surprise me if it was legit. The only reason anyone puts up with it is cause buying Radeon doesn't feel like enough of an upgrade compared to a similarly priced Nvidia card. Intel if they get rolling is a bigger treat to Nvidia than Radeon will ever be. Outside of Raster, Radeon has been pathetic to say the least but Intel has not only shown they can keep up with Nvidia is a lot of areas, they are willing to undercut them significantly while doing so.

Intels QuickSync has always been an overlooked feature but even on their potato iGPUs, it would allow them to keep up with Nvidia's dGPUs in video encoding/decoding. Intels XeSS is generally seen as being better than FSR but still not quite up to par with DLSS but the fact that it is Ai accelerated for a first gen product shows promise. And their Ray Tracing is also great. Their drivers are the biggest kneecap but they have improved massively since launch. So if Intel can get their shit together, they can provide a full CPU+GPU solution than Nvidia simply can't and potentially without needing to skimp out on features that people would want.