True. This situation isn't going to last forever though.
Oh I totally agree with that too. They do need to be competitive. However, that has always been Intel's strong suit. AMD? hahaha, yeah right. Ryzen has changed that, and they did get lucky with the big Navi because Intel cheaped out, but they have never really pushed their GPU side hard. It's always just been a bit of a wet fart.
And, they followed through with Navi. Really followed through. Taking the pee for what they are selling is an understatement. This new 6500 thing? is a bloody insult. X4 lmao. And it costs as much as a 5700 cost ages ago and doesn't even come close.
That is where Intel can really, really hurt both AMD and Nvidia. And, I have no doubt they will. AMD still sell a pittance of GPUs, even now, when compared to Nvidia. And that is because of Nvidia's hype machine and marketing. Don't expect Intel to quietly tell you there are new GPUs coming out and ETC.
Just be patient. I mean, ignore them for now if you want. Rome wasn't built in a day. Look how long it took AMD to get Ryzen into a product after Jim Keller left. That said, a start is a start and they are choosing their best time to start. Now.
Also. I am not 100% sure on who will be actually making these wafers but I am pretty certain Intel have their own fab. Which is why they will absolutely destroy AMD, because they have to wait on TSMC and they are not top of the list. Which is why Nvidia went to Samsung, and we all know how that went.
If Intel can actually make these themselves? or, make them with the new plants I heard they are opening? it's game over for RTG. Nvidia may hang in there, but they won't have the luxury of a 60% margin any more like they have been for the past three or four years (greed), and will have to be a bit more realistic.
Which no matter which way you shake it? will be good news for every one. Even during the huge gouge last year on AMD CPUs the Intel ones were still at normal prices. And, they have been able to provide them right at launch too, for a decent price (12700KF owner here, £360 which I thought was great). And that was with them flooding the OEMs with those parts too, which will have been more GPUs than AMD or Nvidia could ever make.
The competitive part? comes later. When Raja walked into AMD they were in a right old mess. Polaris was exceptional. OK, maybe not very "exciting" but man, that was a great tech at a fantastic price. Only imagine if they had the marketing machine to have really sold tons upon tons of them?