Intel Xe DG1 only meant for select Coffee Lake-S and Comet Lake-S CPU and chipset combinations, will not work with AMD processors

[Redaktion]

Intel's Xe DG1 dGPU will only work with select CPU and chipset combinations and will require a BIOS update in order to be recognized. Intel said that Coffee Lake-S and Comet Lake-S CPUs are supported on specific midrange and budget 300 and 400-series chipsets. This rules out any possibility of the GPU being compatible with AMD systems.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Xe-DG1-only-meant-for-select-Coffee-Lake-S-and-Comet-Lake-S-CPU-and-chipset-combinations-will-not-work-with-AMD-processors.516976.0.html

[vertigo]

These seem pointless. First, how much longer are systems even going to be built with those old chips? Second, for "low-cost multimedia machines," the iGPU in even Coffee Lake should be sufficient, and if it's not, why bother with this vs just getting a real dGPU? And if you need the extra performance, why not just get Tiger Lake or Ryzen, which would probably be cheaper?

[CheckOutMySon]

This MUST BE some kind of India-Russia-China exclusive.
And what a wonderful idea. It would really help to re-envigorate our markets. Most OEM PCs here are 9th/10th gen + UHD 630, with an occasional GT 730 (Dell, HP) or GTX 1650 slipping through.
P. S. for persepctive: the market is ~2B customers. Ryzen's unheard of. RX 550 & GT 1030 are exceedingly rare. Intel & NVIDIA are the only reliable chip suppliers here, AMD don't grace us since c. 2017.