This is an attention-grabbing problem from the “why not?” information — [GPUSpecs] over on YouTube built a gaming PC without using a single component from NVIDIA, Intel, or AMD. That instantly makes us consider the high-power ARM workstations or maybe even maybe the brand new “AI workstations” coming obtainable with RISC V structure, however the problem right here was particularly “gaming PC,” not workstation. A gaming PC, and not using a GPU by a kind of three? To make it much more attention-grabbing, the x86 CPU isn’t Intel or AMD both.
If you’re of a sure classic, you could bear in mind Cyrix. Cyrix reverse-engineered the x86 ISA and made their very own suitable chips within the 90s, earlier than being purchased out by National Semiconductor, after which VIA Technologies. VIA partnered with the Government of Shanghai to discovered Zhaoxin, and it’s from Zhaoxin that the KaiXian KX 7000 CPU hails — an x86-64 machine, that isn’t Intel or AMD. We’ve truly coated the corporate earlier than. This specific chip benchmarks like an previous i5, so not spectacular, however usable.
The GPU can also be Chinese: a Moore Threads MTT S80, with 16 GB of DDR6 vRAM, 4096 shading models, 256 texture mapping models, and 256 ROPs. On paper, that appears like a really respectable graphics card, however it’s not clear how effectively the video games [GPUSpecs] examined had been truly utilizing it. Based on the numbers he was getting in his testing, there are some severe driver points with this card. Even Black Myth: Wukong, which is meant to be a sport the cardboard targets, was sitting at 13.6 FPS on low settings and 1080p. That nearly looks like built-in graphics numbers, not one thing a beefy GPU would provide you with — however it matches what different reviewers had been saying when the cardboard first got here out.
So should you’re in search of a sanction-proof gaming rig, we’re sorry to say it’s not fairly prepared for triple-A. On the opposite hand, it’s a neat hack and we didn’t know this field may even get constructed. Right now, it seems to be like you have to a minimum of one of many large three names to sport on–you may sport on ARM with NVIDIA graphics, and even with Intel graphics, and naturally AMD, which has been within the works the longest.