RandallFlaggI think Intel already marked off $300M+ related to the GPU inventory in last quarter. That's probably what they expect to lose over the next couple of quarters selling these cards.

I get the 6800 comparisons too, really an A770 looks like a higher clocked (both GPU and mem) version of a 6800 in terms of the hardware. 256 bit bus, 16GB, Cores/TMU/ROP count is slightly higher than 6800, and about 15% higher clocks on GPU and memory. It's actually a notch better than the 6800 on paper, with just a little bit more of everything.

So this is not low end hardware, it's just crappy unoptimized drivers.

This basically means they are selling an otherwise $600 piece of hardware for $349. I don't think there is any margin there.

My guess is the $349 represents a break-even cost to manufacture the card including the GPU, and they are probably eating the development and support costs which would normally be part of the final price.

Reviews tomorrow :

www.tweaktown.com/news/88798/intel-arc-a770-reviews-go-live-tomorrow-raja-koduri-arrives-on-set/index.html

shovenoseDisappointing they didn’t offer the 16gb version for 329

AnotherReaderIt's only 20 dollars more; given the large die and amount of RAM, it is priced low even relative to AMD's offerings. Of course, Intel needs to compete on price as they are new to this market.