Intel leaving high-end gaming chipset market to ATI and Nvidia

Iria · Jun 27, 2006, 03:37 PM

Source: DigiTimes
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Although Intel plans to roll out the Bearlake chipset family in the second quarter of 2007 to upgrade its 965 series chipsets, which were only introduced this month, the company will not deliver a follow-up version of the 975X chipset before the end of the first half of next year, sources that have reviewed Intel's latest product roadmap indicated.

The sources indicated that Intel was leaving the high-end chipset market open in order to attract companies that own dual-graphics technology, such as Nvidia's SLI and ATI Technologies' CrossFire, to develop their own high-end chipset solutions for the Intel platform and reduce those companies' focus on the AMD platform, the sources noted.

~~Alien1~~ · Jun 27, 2006, 03:51 PM

So we will see some new chipsets for the Core CPU from 2007

Nforce 6 (?) and Core Quad CPU

One is certain, the Intel 965 Chipset family will be already old history from next year

Jun 27, 2006, 03:37 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Intel leaving high-end gaming chipset market to ATI and Nvidia Source: DigiTimes ____________ Although Intel plans to roll out the Bearlake chipset family in the second quarter of 2007 to upgrade its 965 series chipsets, which were only introduced this month, the company will not deliver a follow-up version of the 975X chipset before the end of the first half of next year, sources that have reviewed Intel's latest product roadmap indicated. The sources indicated that Intel was leaving the high-end chipset market open in order to attract companies that own dual-graphics technology, such as Nvidia's SLI and ATI Technologies' CrossFire, to develop their own high-end chipset solutions for the Intel platform and reduce those companies' focus on the AMD platform, the sources noted.

Jun 27, 2006, 03:51 PM	#2
~~Alien1~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 370 Rep Power: 0	So we will see some new chipsets for the Core CPU from 2007 Nforce 6 (?) and Core Quad CPU One is certain, the Intel 965 Chipset family will be already old history from next year