You can’t just take and install Intel DG1 in any computer
Intel introduced its first discrete graphics card based on the new Xe architecture at the end of January , and now the new product with a detailed description has appeared in the Asus catalog. Actually, Asus and Colorful are the only companies entrusted with the release of the DG1.
Not for miners, and not for gamers. Asus reveals all specifications of Intel DG1 discrete graphics card and revealed which motherboards it is compatible with
So, the Asus-branded device is called the DG1-4G and is equipped with a passive cooling system. The GPU configuration contains 80 execution units, the memory bus width is only 128 bits. Miners are definitely not interested in such a video card. As, however, and gamers. But the DG1-4G is designed primarily for displaying images on the screen, for which it has DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI-D connectors. The video card received 4 GB of LPDDR4-4266 MHz memory and uses four PCIe 3.0 interface lines for its work.
The dimensions of the Asus DG1-4G are 11 x 17.3 cm. The video card is compatible with the Asus Prime H410M-A / CSM and Pro B460M-C / CSM motherboards. Recall that at the time of the announcement, Intel said that the DG1 is compatible only with motherboards based on Intel B460, H410, B365 and H310C chipsets. And then, only if a special version of the BIOS is released for them. Obviously, Asus has prepared such a BIOS version for the aforementioned models.
