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Lisuan LX 7G100 Price Drops as China's First Gaming GPU Hits Retail
A graphics card built entirely in China, from the chip design down to the drivers, is now sitting on store shelves for well under $400. The Lisuan LX 7G100 price just dropped roughly 18% below its original Founders Edition cost, as the retail version of the card launched in China this week. It's a notable moment for the country's chip industry, even if the card itself has a rough road ahead against established rivals.
Lisuan Tech's 7G100 is being pitched as China's first serious attempt at a modern gaming GPU, one built to run current PC titles rather than just handle office and media tasks. The retail launch makes the card available to ordinary buyers for the first time, following a Founders Edition run that had already sold out its entire preorder allocation.
Quick Summary
- The retail Lisuan LX 7G100 launched in China priced at 2,688 yuan (about $397), roughly 18% cheaper than the earlier Founders Edition.
- The card packs 12GB of GDDR6 memory, a 192-bit bus, and up to 225W of board power on TSMC's 6nm process.
- Independent testing shows the LX 7G100 trailing well behind the GeForce RTX 4060 in most games, despite Lisuan's marketing claims.
What Makes the LX 7G100 Different
Most graphics cards sold today are built around GPU designs from Nvidia, AMD, or Intel. The LX 7G100 uses Lisuan's own architecture, internally called TrueGPU and codenamed Tiantu, built from scratch rather than licensed from an outside firm. The chip itself, known as the 7G106, is manufactured on TSMC's 6nm process.
The card also became the first Chinese-designed GPU to pass Microsoft's WHQL certification process, joining Nvidia, AMD, and Intel as vendors with officially signed Windows drivers. That's a meaningful technical milestone, since WHQL certification requires passing a battery of stability and compatibility tests.
A Quick Explanation
WHQL certification means Microsoft has tested a driver for crashes, conflicts, and stability issues. It doesn't say anything about gaming performance, but it does mean the card should install and run without the driver-level headaches that hit many first-generation hardware launches.
Lisuan LX 7G100 Price and Specs
The retail LX 7G100 costs 2,688 yuan, which converts to roughly $397 before local taxes and import costs. That's down from the Founders Edition price of around $485 to $500, an 18% reduction that brings the card closer to mainstream territory.
Specs-wise, the card carries 12GB of GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit bus, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units. Board power tops out at 225W, delivered through a single 8-pin power connector, and the card connects over a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Display output is handled by four DisplayPort 1.4a connections supporting up to 8K at 60Hz with HDR; there's no HDMI port. The card supports modern graphics APIs including DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 3.0, along with AV1 and HEVC encoding and decoding.
For PC Builders
No HDMI output means the LX 7G100 is best suited to monitors and TVs with DisplayPort inputs. If your current display only accepts HDMI, you'll need an active adapter, which adds cost and can occasionally introduce compatibility quirks.
How It Performs in Games
Independent testing paints a mixed picture. In Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with FSR 3 and frame generation enabled, reviewers recorded an average of 88 FPS on the LX 7G100, compared with 232 FPS on a GeForce RTX 4060 in the same test. In Black Myth: Wukong, the gap was smaller but still wide: 56 FPS versus 115 FPS on the RTX 4060.
The card currently has no ray tracing support; Lisuan has said that feature is planned for a second-generation product rather than this one. Reviewers have also noted a fairly basic driver control panel, inconsistent overclocking behavior, and limited monitoring tools compared to what AMD, Nvidia, and Intel offer today. Lisuan claims official support for more than 100 game titles, including Cyberpunk 2077, Black Myth: Wukong, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Resident Evil 4 Remake.
How This Compares
Based on published benchmarks, the LX 7G100 lands closer to a GeForce RTX 3060 in effective gaming performance, sometimes below it, despite carrying a price closer to more capable current-generation cards.
For PC Users
The LX 7G100 isn't sold outside China yet, and current reviews suggest it isn't a practical alternative to an RTX 4060 or similar card at this price. It's worth watching as an early step for a new GPU maker, but not a card to plan a build around today.
What happens next matters more than this single launch. Lisuan has already signaled a second-generation design with ray tracing support, and how quickly the company can close the performance gap will decide whether the LX 7G100 was a curiosity or the start of a genuine fourth option in graphics cards.
Image credit: Lisuan Tech, via Tom's Hardware
