This issue of Zhibei is mainly an update of the previous graphics card brand Zhibei, mainly a brief introduction to the consumer-grade graphics cards for desktops - NVIDIA Geforce series, AMD Radeon RX series, Intel Arc A series and 3 officially announced cooperation brands, sub-brands and some other brands. It is intended to communicate and share, without any marketing of just meals, and personal subjectivity is very strong
01|What is an N card, A card, or i card?
The performance of graphics cards is mainly determined by GPU (display chips), and the GPU chips of mainstream graphics cards are mainly designed and manufactured by major manufacturers such as NVIDIA (NVIDIA), AMD (Chaowei Semiconductor), Intel (Intel), etc., and the graphics cards using their chips are called N cards, A cards, and i cards respectively.
Three logos
02|Public graphics card, non-public graphics card
- After the chip is designed, NVIDIA (Nvidia), AMD (Chaowei Semiconductor), and Intel (Intel) will give a set of standard solutions as a reference in order to unify the standard specifications and initial pricing, that is, the "public version of the graphics card".
Nvidia public version of the plan 4090 graphics card
- Common manufacturers such as ASUS, MSI, and Colorful are generally partners of the three major chip manufacturers, and after getting the chip, they will increase or decrease the materials, frequency and other aspects on the basis of the public graphics card solution. The graphics card designed in this way is called a "non-public graphics card".
ASUS's ROG Republic of Gamers 4090 graphics card
03|Graphics card naming conventions
Intel graphics cards have just been released, there are few products, and the naming rules are relatively simple
01|The flagship version and beggar version of the graphics card
The difference between the beggar version and the flagship is mainly in the specifications and frequency of materials such as heat dissipation, power supply, PCB board, etc., but the chip can determine the performance of the graphics card. The beggar version of the 4060Ti can't play the game, and the flagship 4060Ti can't play either, and the difference between the two is negligible. But the flagship 4060Ti can't beat the beggar's version of the 4070.
02|Official announcement of cooperative brands and their product series division
As mentioned earlier, the three major chip manufacturers will assign chips to non-public manufacturers for graphics card manufacturing, and non-public manufacturers generally have their own brands. The three major chip manufacturers generally announce which official cooperative brands are available in which places, and the official cooperative brands shall prevail when personally recommending Xiaobai to buy.
The following are the cooperative brands in mainland China:
- NVIDIA (NVIDIA): Asus, MSI, Rainbow, Yinglax, ZOTAC, Yingzhong, Gainsheng, Mingxuan, Xiangsheng, Renaissance, Weconacrom, Gigabyte;
Screenshot of NVIDIA's official website
- AMD (Chaowei Semiconductor): PowerXun, Sapphire, Asus, ASRock, Xunjing, MSI, Hankai, Weconacrom, Gigabyte, Suju.
Screenshot of AMD's official website
- Intel: Acer Predator (top left), ASRock (top two), Blue Halberd (bottom left), Shake and Technology (bottom right).
Screenshot of Intel's official website (the red box in the picture is Dell, but it is not sold in Chinese mainland)
03|The division of each official cooperative brand and its series positioning
Front row tips: Because of personal subjective reasons (please search: "skills are not as good as people, courage is commendable"), so will not introduce and recommend any Jijia products, if necessary, please find other authors about Jijia's introduction.
Whether it is "first, second, or third-line", or "low, medium, and high-end", it is actually to let everyone have a basic reference index when they understand. It is undeniable that there are high and low technical levels among manufacturers, but these ultimately depend on the product itself, just like MSI's Wantu Master and Yingzhong's Yaoye.
For the brand LOGO, please see the previous graphics card to the north: [Installed to the north] list of graphics card brands and series positioning levels
(1) N card
- Cooperative brand in mainland China
- Overseas brands
- Old brand
Onda is an old manufacturer, but the 40 series has been kicked out of the mainland list, and it is generally not recommended to buy it; Litai mainly makes professional cards, the 30 series also comes down to make consumer-grade graphics cards, and the 40 series has products but is not sold in the mainland; Meijie and Mingxuan both belong to business, and the products are generally Mingxuan skin, and there is no movement in the 40 series.
(2) A card
(3) I card
- When buying an I card, I personally recommend giving priority to buying Intel's official public version and blue halberd graphics card:
- Ancient brand
Xiaoyingba, Shuangmin, Elsa, an ancient manufacturer that has disappeared for a long time and reappeared, is personally not recommended. On the one hand, their products are not updated synchronously, and on the other hand, these manufacturers are not necessarily the same as before. is like Xiao Yingba, but it is actually the original Li Ghost; Elsa is now mainly engaged in the business of professional graphics cards in Japan. They are also not in the list of mainland partners of chip manufacturers, and the only one who has won the repechage is Jingyu (that is, the shake and technology of the I card).
After all, the glory of the past belongs to the era of the past, so we must look forward
- Walled factory
There is nothing to say, the main chip source is unknown + refurbished. These manufacturers are easy to run out of sales, such as Nurima some time ago, as well as the previous Jieshuo and Ranshuo
Card bar classic miscellaneous brand, Zhai factory graphics card brand map
The above is a simple introduction to the graphics card brand, I personally suggest that everyone, especially Xiaobai, buy a graphics card to identify the brands of the mainland cooperation list of the three chip manufacturers, at most add a PNY, and the others are better to buy mining cards.