Wednesday, March 30th 2022
Intel Teases Arc Desktop Graphics Card
After today's mobile Arc GPU reveal, Intel has also teased its first desktop Arc graphics card in a YouTube video that gives us a first sneak peek of its first desktop graphics card since the late 1990's. Although it's not clear which card Intel is showing off in the video, as the card simply says Intel ARC Limited Edition on the back, it's clear that Intel has gone with a simpler design than those early concepts the company was showing off a couple of years ago. Based on the animated render, we'd hazard a guess that this is a higher-end model, as it appears to have eight memory ICs, as well as a somewhat elaborate cooling system with four heatpipes.
Two fans can also be seen in the video, although the mounting appears somewhat unusual compared to most graphics cards. The back of the card is covered, but it's not obvious if this is a functional rear cover or just for looks. The card also has three DisplayPort and one HDMI outputs. However, what can't be seen in the video, is any kind of power connectors on the card, although it's unlikely that Intel has managed to make a graphics card that doesn't require an external power-input, at least not based on what is known about Intel's upcoming Arc GPUs. The video ends with a message of the new cards coming in the summer of 2022. Based on the video, it seems like we should expect Intel branded retail cards, albeit in a limited production run and most likely only in select markets. You can watch the video after the break.
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Two fans can also be seen in the video, although the mounting appears somewhat unusual compared to most graphics cards. The back of the card is covered, but it's not obvious if this is a functional rear cover or just for looks. The card also has three DisplayPort and one HDMI outputs. However, what can't be seen in the video, is any kind of power connectors on the card, although it's unlikely that Intel has managed to make a graphics card that doesn't require an external power-input, at least not based on what is known about Intel's upcoming Arc GPUs. The video ends with a message of the new cards coming in the summer of 2022. Based on the video, it seems like we should expect Intel branded retail cards, albeit in a limited production run and most likely only in select markets. You can watch the video after the break.
80 Comments on Intel Teases Arc Desktop Graphics Card
I don't see how these will be competitive at all with the current gen not to mention the next gen in a few months. They would have been alright 6 months ago during the peak of the supply crunch but we are near the end of it.
However Intel drivers sometimes do stupid things like this:
When playing Rocket League, as you load each arena, AMD and Nvidia drivers do not recompile the shaders, but Intel drivers do. Every effing time. Kill the CPU to 100% usage for the first part of the match with associated fps dips. It's done in 40 seconds on a 3.6GHz quad core, annoying but almost tolerable. It's finished in 5 minutes (!) on a dual core 2.9GHz whch was running at about 2.3 thanks to power restriction. The matches only last ~7 minutes!
New match and it starts again. Tested on a half dozen Intel iGPUs. This is broken. Nvidia and AMD compile shaders once as you load in to the initial 3D rendered pre-match screen and then you're done until quitting the game.
Broken on Intel.
They have a lot of catching up to do (in hardware and software), so rather than risking a wide release with many dissatisfied customers the first generation will go to select buyers that will understand they are part of beta testing.
But they will prepare low end cards with GPUs on par with integrated graphics, sell them to partners for preassembled PCs, so they could claim to shareholders they are releasing ARC graphics cards in all areas, notebooks and desktop PCs.
You can't have a competing gaming GPU if you still don't focus on driver development...
That trend will continue and Intel will pile onto it further, which kills any sort of profit margin to release anything that isn't truly competitive, and let's face it, going by the absence of performance info, this whole Arc gen is going to be a total dud.
I also think its totally Raja-Style to bank on heavily inflated market prices to release something worthwhile. It really is Vega all over again. Overpromise, underdeliver, time to market fail. Even the absence of info and the timing alone is enough to draw this conclusion right now, today.
With that said, I do miss coolers that vented the graphics card's heat right out of your case, like this one.I would agree if I saw Intel actually overpromise with Arc. For now, all I see is numbers that can only compete in the mainstream segment (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), and XeSS which currently has zero support from game developers as far as I know. This is hardly an overpromise, or even a promise at all.
I'm still eagerly waiting for the first reviews, though. :)
www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=213936.
You do seem rather fixated on hoping Intel fails at Discrete GPUs which is a shame.
I'm looking forward to this. All Intel needs to do is not have a 500W GPU like the current offerings from the idiotic green & red boys.