Anyone looking to buy a graphics card now has to spend a lot of money. However, a graphics card from China has the potential to be a competitor for AMD and Nvidia.
Hardware is still a scarce commodity, but it looks better than last year. Nevertheless, AMD and Nvidia continue to dominate the graphics card market in 2022. A company from China could at least provide a bit of competition to the two major firms.
MeinMMO explains what is in the graphics card and what we can expect.
Graphics card from China should be as fast as RTX 3060
What kind of graphics card is this? At the end of 2021, the company Innosilicon presented a graphics card for gamers. In total, they introduced three variants of the graphics card that they planned to launch on the market in 2022.
The graphics card is supposed to be equipped with DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, and VGA, as well as a maximum of 16 GB GDDR6(X) memory. Video memory plays a crucial role, especially in current games.
How fast is the graphics card supposed to be? The graphics card is allegedly supposed to offer as much performance as a GeForce RTX 3060. At least that’s what TomsHardware reports, citing a Chinese source (via tomshardware.com). Thus, the GPU would be quite suitable for most games with high details. With such a graphics card, you could play modern games at high details and still have some reserves left.
How reliable is this? The benchmarks are difficult to verify. Because according to a source, the graphics card is supposed to provide fantastic performance with “Tongxin UOS”. This, in turn, is a Chinese operating system that is based on Debian (a Linux distribution).
When is the graphics card supposed to be available? The graphics cards from the manufacturer are expected to be available in stores sometime in 2022. The prices are said to be below the RTX 3060, but that is also just a rumor.
The company behind the graphics card is an expert in mining equipment
Which company is behind the graphics card? Innosilicon is a semiconductor manufacturer based in China, known for producing cryptocurrency mining equipment.
In the world of cryptocurrencies, the company is particularly known for its LTC and BTC miners. Innosilicon was founded in 2006 and produces over 30 million chips per year.
To date, Innosilicon has not had proper graphics cards for gamers in its product range, but it can look back on 15 years of experience in the chip industry.
Even more competition: And not only from China are AMD and Nvidia facing competition in the graphics card market. Because Intel has also announced that they will bring graphics cards to the market. Throughout 2022, we can expect several graphics cards that could be worth it – if the prices are right.
Colleague Nils Raettig from GameStar is not very impressed by the presentation. He actually believes that Intel could bring a flop to the market. You can read his full opinion directly on GameStar:
