In response to this situation, NVIDIA announced today an official press release announcing that PC makers will use the Intel Sandy Bridge CPU in the first half of next year, and models with NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards will reach "records" of 200 models. Including various types of desktop and notebook systems, from Acer, Alienware, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and other major manufacturers.
NVIDIA quoted comments from executives of various vendors on the N-card in the official press release and said: “The market’s demand for graphics processing capabilities continues to grow. As a result, PC vendors are increasingly favoring NVIDIA GeForce GPUs for gaming and video. High-performance integrated graphics cores are unmatched in applications such as editing, web browsing, 3D video, etc. Unlike the graphics cores that integrate Sandy Bridge CPUs, GeForce GPUs offer a number of advanced features, including the latest in DirectX 11. PC games provide support."
Despite this, from NVIDIA's solemnity to announce this news, and the official press releases, we can still see that Sandy Bridge's integrated graphics core is indeed a threat to Alone, especially at the low end. As for the release of Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD Fusion processors next year, it remains to be seen whether brand PC makers will abandon discrete graphics cards on a large scale.
Sandy Bridge set without fear
Intel will officially announce the next-generation processor codenamed Sandy Bridge at the CES exhibition early next year. Since the series has all integrated display cores, there has been a recent industry voice saying that the fate of discrete graphics cards is worrying, and even rumors that long-term use of Intel CPUs and NVIDIA graphics cards will be used by some Apple notebooks to discard N-cards and use Sandy Bridge directly. Obviously.