Intel Extreme Graphics

This page contains information about Intel's GPUs and motherboard graphics chipsets in table form. In 1982 Intel licensed the NEC µPD7220 and announced it as the Intel 82720 Graphics Display Controller.

Intel's first generation GPUs.

Intel marketed its second generation using the brand Extreme Graphics. These chips added support for texture combiners allowing support for OpenGL 1.3.

Intel started delivering DirectX 9 Shader 2.0 GPUs to the integrated chipsets. They featured full DirectX 9 Shader 2.0 support, but Vertex Shaders were rendered in Software mode.

Intel released its latest generation of integrated GMA chipsets. With the fourth generation, they included full hardware shaders. With full DirectX 9.0c / DirectX 10 support, the company got positive reviews because of more games being playable.

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