ATI strikes deal with Intel, delivers Xpress 200 IGP for Intel boards

Iria · Sep 19, 2005, 09:14 PM

Chicago (IL) - ATI and Nvidia remain focused on their discrete graphics card business, but apparently expand their reach into lower margin areas to increase production volume: While Nvidia is preparing the launch of its C51 integrated graphics processor (IGP), ATI convinced Intel to use its Xpress 200 chipset on entry level Intel-branded boards, sources told Tom's Hardware Guide.

Despite much media coverage of the graphics industry is focused on ATI' and Nvidia's battle for the highest performing chips, the leadership in total market volume is wrangled out on a different field. In fact, both ATI and Nvidia are trailing Intel in terms of shipped graphic chips by a wide margin: Simple IGPs allowed Intel to reach a 43.7 percent market share in the second quarter of this year, according to Jon Peddie Research. ATI follows as a distant second with 26.8 percent, Nvidia's so-far non existing IGP business resulted in only 15.9 percent market share in the overall graphics chip market.
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The_Neon_Cowboy · Sep 20, 2005, 01:13 AM

IMO: intels own IGP doesnt really count untill they actually make a full and real
soultion.Nice to see them pickinh up ATI grahics though as Xpress 200 is at lest
a full hardware DX9b chipset should make the system builders happy.

swimtech · Sep 20, 2005, 01:36 AM

ATI, Intel, and Microsoft - should make Vista look nice even on inexpensive computers...

Sep 19, 2005, 09:14 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	ATI strikes deal with Intel, delivers Xpress 200 IGP for Intel boards Chicago (IL) - ATI and Nvidia remain focused on their discrete graphics card business, but apparently expand their reach into lower margin areas to increase production volume: While Nvidia is preparing the launch of its C51 integrated graphics processor (IGP), ATI convinced Intel to use its Xpress 200 chipset on entry level Intel-branded boards, sources told Tom's Hardware Guide. Despite much media coverage of the graphics industry is focused on ATI' and Nvidia's battle for the highest performing chips, the leadership in total market volume is wrangled out on a different field. In fact, both ATI and Nvidia are trailing Intel in terms of shipped graphic chips by a wide margin: Simple IGPs allowed Intel to reach a 43.7 percent market share in the second quarter of this year, according to Jon Peddie Research. ATI follows as a distant second with 26.8 percent, Nvidia's so-far non existing IGP business resulted in only 15.9 percent market share in the overall graphics chip market. __________ Read More / Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

Sep 20, 2005, 01:13 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	IMO: intels own IGP doesnt really count untill they actually make a full and real soultion.Nice to see them pickinh up ATI grahics though as Xpress 200 is at lest a full hardware DX9b chipset should make the system builders happy. __________________

Sep 20, 2005, 01:36 AM	#3
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	ATI, Intel, and Microsoft - should make Vista look nice even on inexpensive computers... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.