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
Again, if Intel does manage to deliver, I'll have all the praise in the world for them. Like your sig says, I don't have any loyalty to companies only products, and if Intel can deliver a product that at least competes in the midrange and at a decent price then I'll gladly STFU. Until or unless that happens, my past experiences will continue to dictate my view of the future.
Beasts of computing power, also electrical power, and not really taken advantage of architecturally until at least the 2nd release revision.
G80 and R600 both were big jumps in performance, but also considerably higher TDPs than the previous generation. G92 and RV670 helped tame those TDPs and optimized the architecture.
In IT terms, one could have anticipated AMD's Zen to be crap just because they failed with FX, and look where they are now.
I'm not saying that Arc will be awesome. All I'm saying is that there's no need to be salty before it releases. ;)
Intel has yet to deliver anything in the GPU market that is actually valuable.
Edit: If anything, it's just a reason for Intel to try to make something really impressive, even if it costs them a bit of delay.
This is why history should be mandatory in schools.No, it's only good if the new player is actually competitive. Otherwise that new player might as well not be there.The turd that is the 6500 XT, an iGPU that was made into a dGPU.
I think there are more offensive remarks in this thread that more deserved your reply to me, but whatever, deleted my comment for you.
The issue here is not that we have vertical fins, rather its taht cae makers have utterly abandoned side fans. In the early 2010s cases with side fans were common, and coupled with these open frame coolers you could cool 375 watt 580s with no issues. But now everyone wants LEDs and glass panels isntead.
Larrabee was never released as far as I know, so how can it be a bad product, or a product at all for that matter?
Also, it's not like any CPU/GPU design company hasn't failed with anything in history (AMD FX, GeForce 5-series, Intel Pentium 4).
And no, not talking about performance...