Intel’s first discrete GPU in 20+ years is only for OEMs, integrators

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  This Asus-branded version of the DG1 is passively cooled-which should give you a hint where the DG1 sits in terms of raw GPU performance. [credit: Intel ]

Here at Ars, we've been talking about Intel's eventual run at the desktop graphics market for a while now. (Technically, this is Intel's second run-it made a short-lived and unloved AGP-only graphics card, the i740, in 1998.)

This week, Intel announced sales of Intel DG1 graphics cards to OEMs and system integrators for inclusion in prebuilt systems. So far, two variants of the DG1 have been at least partially announced-an Asus-branded, passively cooled card and an actively cooled version from an unannounced vendor.

If you're hoping to score a gray-market DG1 and include it in a home-built system of your own, you're out of luck. Intel told LegitReviews that DG1 cards will work only on very specific systems, with custom UEFI (BIOS) that supports the card:

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