Saturday, August 13th 2022
Intel Asks Xe-HPG Scavenger Hunt Winners to Accept a CPU In Lieu of Graphics Card
Remember that Xe-HPG Scavenger Hunt that Intel hosted last year? If you somehow missed it, Intel was maybe giving away some Arc graphics cards to 300 lucky winners. There were two different tiers of prizes, grand prize and first prize, which later ended up translating to an Arc A770 and an Arc A750 graphics card respectively. Now news via VideoCardz are suggesting that Intel is trying to get out of giving these 300 people their prize, well, at least the promised graphics card, in exchange for an Alder Lake CPU.
Intel has apparently sent out an email to the winners, asking them to accept an Intel Core i7-12700K if they were a grand prize winner or a Core i5-12600K if they were a first prize winner, instead of the promised graphics card. The winners have until Friday the 19th of August to decide if they want a CPU instead of a GPU, although Intel is apparently still allowing them to wait for a GPU, the company just doesn't say how long the wait will be. As the prize has to have a similar retail price, it's also possible to get a ballpark figure of the MSRP of Intel's supposedly upcoming Arc 700-series graphics cards. The Arc A770 should end up at around the $410 mark and the A750 around the $290 mark, as this is the ballpark MSRP for the CPU's that are being offered. It would be interesting to know how many people would be willing to do the trade, but sadly we're unlikely to ever find out.
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VideoCardz
Intel has apparently sent out an email to the winners, asking them to accept an Intel Core i7-12700K if they were a grand prize winner or a Core i5-12600K if they were a first prize winner, instead of the promised graphics card. The winners have until Friday the 19th of August to decide if they want a CPU instead of a GPU, although Intel is apparently still allowing them to wait for a GPU, the company just doesn't say how long the wait will be. As the prize has to have a similar retail price, it's also possible to get a ballpark figure of the MSRP of Intel's supposedly upcoming Arc 700-series graphics cards. The Arc A770 should end up at around the $410 mark and the A750 around the $290 mark, as this is the ballpark MSRP for the CPU's that are being offered. It would be interesting to know how many people would be willing to do the trade, but sadly we're unlikely to ever find out.
76 Comments on Intel Asks Xe-HPG Scavenger Hunt Winners to Accept a CPU In Lieu of Graphics Card
The scavenger hunt is evidence of this situation. Intel management and marketing is most likely being lied to by Raja’s group. Realization of these lies is just coming to the surface. So the question, can Intel still deliver in the long run on a product line built on lies?
now would i wait for the Graphics Card to be Delivered ( and Slot it into my current best system for no extra $ outlay)
or Accept the offer of A new CPU ( for which i would have to Spend $Hundreds of $ to buy a new motherboard and Suitable Ram ).
Do the Math's People
In the Current Economic Climate its a no Brainer = no to CPU Upgrade
Kudos for the entertainment, intel!Maybe 'winners' should gift intel a proper GPU? Hopefully then intel will have some inventory?
Tough to make this stuff up
Guess they could sell the 12600k but it's a funny swap going from gpu to cpu when people already have a cpu so it's like taking sand to the beach :laugh:
xehpg.intel.com/
Here's a thought for the G boy:
stop makin those bottom barrel elcheapo pos cards for the chinese market, and instead concentrate on making some REAL ones for the rest of the world, you know, like, those of us that you've been attempting to convince that you might actually start selling & shippin some cards over here before the end of the decade/century....
I smell massive legal actions forthcomin, and they WILL lose if they can't fullfill the original prize winnings....but knowing intel, they built in some legaleeze backdoor scapegoat clause into the giveaway rulez that will allow them to skank their way out of paying up...
This would be like when you go to collect your millions from winning the PowahBall, the state says: " Hey, sorry, but we don't have any paper checks or that much cash in stock right now, but when we get some in 2036, we'll be sure to send it to you asap ! Or as alternative, we can offer you about 31,687.152 cases of beer today :D
game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-a750-benchmarks-dx12-vulkan/
Intel must not of realized how much more materials go into making a gpu verse how little goes into making cpu's :eek:
Please. It should be 12900KS. Unless Intel has trouble producing those too...
accept(DEMAND) an Intel CPU.Fixed that typo
now i am, hum a word that i don't use too much ... flabbergasted .... not!
I guess we know why they are called limited edition now…
These aren't -F model CPUs so everyone's getting not only a GPU but a goddam FREE CPU bolted on along with it!
Maybe you'll get a picture of Raja's head on a wafer instead thoughOf course it has. Its a top bin CPU. But you're right nonetheless, the regular i7/i5 isn't something to write home about at all.It just dawned on me.
ARC - Actually Rare Cards.