A Chinese GPU maker just joined Nvidia, AMD, and Intel in an exclusive club
Lisuan Tech has become the fourth company in history to earn Microsoft's WHQL certification for a GPU, joining Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. The milestone, confirmed by Tom's Hardware, applies to the company's LX 7G100 gaming card — and no other Chinese GPU maker has cleared the same bar. For anyone watching the graphics card market, it signals that Chinese silicon is no longer confined to the experimental fringe.
What WHQL actually means
WHQL — Windows Hardware Quality Labs — is Microsoft's driver certification program. Passing it means Lisuan's drivers are digitally signed by Microsoft, delivered automatically through Windows Update, and free of the "untrusted publisher" warnings that have dogged earlier Chinese GPU attempts. Rival Chinese GPU makers Biren and Moore Threads are still blocked by software problems, according to Tom's Hardware, making Lisuan's achievement a genuine differentiator. The certification doesn't guarantee flawless gaming performance, but it removes a major adoption barrier for anyone buying a PC with this card inside.
The card itself
The LX 7G100 packs 12 GB of GDDR6 memory and runs at a 225W TDP — notably higher than the RTX 4060's 115W for a card Lisuan claims matches it in performance. The company says the card supports over 100 games at launch, including Cyberpunk 2077, Black Myth: Wukong, and Resident Evil 4 Remake. Those are Lisuan's own benchmarks from its launch event; no independent reviews have been published yet.
Not coming to the US or UK anytime soon
The LX 7G100 goes on sale May 20, exclusively via JD.com in China, according to VideoCardz. No US or UK distributor has been announced. No pricing has been disclosed either — which matters, given that the RTX 4060 (the card Lisuan is benchmarking against) retails for around £220 in the UK and $299 in the US. If Lisuan can't undercut that significantly, the value case becomes harder to make.
WHQL certification opens the door to global Windows deployment in theory. In practice, Lisuan hasn't walked through it yet. The certification is a real technical milestone. Whether it translates into a card Western buyers can actually purchase remains an open question.
