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mule_roany_mare t1_iwgp1l4 wrote

I’m honestly surprised Intel didn’t try to launch their GPUs with a console.

There’s no better environment to prove your hardware while devs optimize to it.

The whole Dx12 vs older APIs would have been a non issue & given them another year or two to work things out.

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SpicyMintCake t1_iwgtz6s wrote

A lot harder to convince Sony or Microsoft to leave the established AMD platform for a new and untested at scale platform. Especially when consoles are thin margin items, any hardware issue is going to cut deep.

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frostnxn t1_iwgu9su wrote

Also intel did not have the patenofor gpus, which expired in 2020 I believe.

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mule_roany_mare t1_iwguwll wrote

..Intel has been making GPUs for a few decades. Just not discrete GPUs

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thad137 t1_iwh0fpk wrote

The patent for what exactly? There's any number of GPU manufacturers. I don't believe any of them all have a common patent.

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