WHY IT MATTERS: China's push to create a homegrown gaming GPU that can challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel has taken another step forward – with some caveats. A retial verison of Lisuan Technology's LX 7G100 has now been tested, and while it's a lot more convincing than previous early samples, the card's price makes it a hard sell.
A review of the Founder Edition model on BiliBili shows the 12GB card running a range of modern titles, which is an achievement in itself for a new GPU vendor using its own hardware, architecture, drivers, and software stack. The problem is that while it can run these games, the card can't compete with simlarly priced GPUs from other companies.
The LX 7G100 reportedly sells for around 3,300 RMB, or about $480, in China. That puts it close to far more powerful mainstream cards from established vendors, such as the RTX 5060 Ti.
Lisuan's card does have some modern specs on paper, including 12GB of GDDR6, four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, support for up to 8K60 HDR output, and API support covering DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 3.0.
In 3DMark, the LX 7G100 often lands around or above the five-year-old RTX 3060 territory depending on the test. Games are much less flattering. Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with FSR3 Quality and frame generation averaged 88 fps on the Lisuan card, compared with 232 fps on an RTX 4060 and 243 fps on Intel's Arc B580. Black Myth: Wukong reached 56 fps, while Forza Horizon 5 managed just 48 fps on the Low preset.
