Hello, as we gamers desperately wait for INTEL to release its discrete GAMING GPU lineup which falls under the ARC Alchemist A-series, there are now new rumors popping up which might be distressing to gamers who are holding for an upgrade, and more importantly as they wait for a THIRD GPU player in the market.
It appears that Intel Arc Alchemist were supposed to appear this quarter, but a new rumor has it that there is a delay, and now everything is being postponed until third quarter of 2022. The latest rumor comes from reliable leaker Enthusiast Citizen who has a solid track record from his past leaks. The leaker states that while Intel has introduced its mobility lineup, the high-end variants along with the desktop lineup can be delayed till the end of Q2 or even early Q3 2022.
Intel’s graphics department can’t seem to make up its mind as to when it should release its first volley of desktop GPUs. According to new information shared, Intel has decided to delay its Arc Alchemist graphics cards again, this time to late Q2/early Q3.
This means that they may not hit the market until NVIDIA and AMD’s next-generation products, which, unfortunately for Intel, are poised to completely overshadow Arc due to their massive performance bumps over the current GeForce RTX 30 and Radeon RX 6000 Series, if recurring rumors are to be believed.
Intel is reportedly planning to unveil four SKUs, the most powerful of which (A770) may only be comparable to the GeForce RTX 3070. The reason for this delay is not clear, but it could probably be related to the GPU drivers, which are having a lot of problems at the moment. Previous reports have suggested that Intel will rather delay the release of its first GPUs in order to avoid a disastrous release, and this may be the reason why Intel Arc laptops are almost impossible to acquire anywhere (outside of KOREA I presume ?).
To quote the leaker Enthusiast Citizen, via translation:
“Intel’s independent display (referring to the desktop side) may be delayed again, the reason is unknown, it will be released at the end of Q2 ~ early Q3,” Enthusiastic Citizen wrote.
“There are four models in total, A770, A750, A580, and A380,” they go on to say. “The strongest A770 is probably a 3060Ti or so. So the A770 may not be the top, and there may be some A970 or other models in the back, but lol Yes, A770M is 16GB VRAM, A770 seems to be smaller than this number, the specific size is not clear, it may be | 86 or 10G, A750 and A580 are 8G VRAM video memory should be correct, there is no other news for the time being. Airbus (not) A380 maybe a dessert card. My personal guess is that the memory is at 60, and the performance should be stronger than the RX 6400.”
The leaker states that Intel is working on four variants. These include the ACM-G10 GPU-powered A770, A750, and the A580 while there's only one card aiming at the entry-level segment and that's the ACM-G11-powered A380.
Rumored Intel Arc Alchemist Desktop Graphics Cards:
There is also a chatter of a high-end flagship SKU dubbed as Arc A970, but this remains to be seen. First we all need to see the start of the A700 and A500 ARC series of cards on the desktop platform before moving on to even higher-end cards.
It is also possible that the memory 16 GB can only be addressed for the limited edition variant that Intel showed off during the Arc announcement event ? As for the remaining ARC SKUs, the Arc A750 and the Arc A580 would feature 8 GB GDDR6 memory while the entry-level Arc A380 could come equipped with 6 GB GDDR6 memory and compete against the GeForce RTX 3050 since its performance is better than the AMD Radeon RX 6400.
While we can all agree that TSMC 6nm process node is proving to be a nice decision for GPU efficiency, but the real performance of the Arc Alchemist GPUs still remains un-tapped and we don't know how long it would take to get there, or even if Alchemist will still remain relevant in a few months considering both NVIDIA and AMD are aiming to launch their next-gen products by Q3-Q4 of 2022.
Honestly speaking I'm not very optimistic whether Intel can indeed deliver competitive discrete desktop gaming GPUs, given how much work needs to done also on the driver/software side as well. Also, let's not forget that even the recently released MOBILE discrete cards and their respective Laptops are nowhere to be found at retailers worldwide. So I can't expect miracles with the ARC desktop lineup either.
But maybe at least we will see a new 3'rd GPU player in the market, so there is still hope the gaming GPU market and the prices normalize as well, assuming these ARC cards are competitive and offer a decent Price/Performance ratio as well ??
But I digress !
It appears that Intel Arc Alchemist were supposed to appear this quarter, but a new rumor has it that there is a delay, and now everything is being postponed until third quarter of 2022. The latest rumor comes from reliable leaker Enthusiast Citizen who has a solid track record from his past leaks. The leaker states that while Intel has introduced its mobility lineup, the high-end variants along with the desktop lineup can be delayed till the end of Q2 or even early Q3 2022.
Intel’s graphics department can’t seem to make up its mind as to when it should release its first volley of desktop GPUs. According to new information shared, Intel has decided to delay its Arc Alchemist graphics cards again, this time to late Q2/early Q3.
This means that they may not hit the market until NVIDIA and AMD’s next-generation products, which, unfortunately for Intel, are poised to completely overshadow Arc due to their massive performance bumps over the current GeForce RTX 30 and Radeon RX 6000 Series, if recurring rumors are to be believed.
Intel is reportedly planning to unveil four SKUs, the most powerful of which (A770) may only be comparable to the GeForce RTX 3070. The reason for this delay is not clear, but it could probably be related to the GPU drivers, which are having a lot of problems at the moment. Previous reports have suggested that Intel will rather delay the release of its first GPUs in order to avoid a disastrous release, and this may be the reason why Intel Arc laptops are almost impossible to acquire anywhere (outside of KOREA I presume ?).
To quote the leaker Enthusiast Citizen, via translation:
“Intel’s independent display (referring to the desktop side) may be delayed again, the reason is unknown, it will be released at the end of Q2 ~ early Q3,” Enthusiastic Citizen wrote.
“There are four models in total, A770, A750, A580, and A380,” they go on to say. “The strongest A770 is probably a 3060Ti or so. So the A770 may not be the top, and there may be some A970 or other models in the back, but lol Yes, A770M is 16GB VRAM, A770 seems to be smaller than this number, the specific size is not clear, it may be | 86 or 10G, A750 and A580 are 8G VRAM video memory should be correct, there is no other news for the time being. Airbus (not) A380 maybe a dessert card. My personal guess is that the memory is at 60, and the performance should be stronger than the RX 6400.”
The leaker states that Intel is working on four variants. These include the ACM-G10 GPU-powered A770, A750, and the A580 while there's only one card aiming at the entry-level segment and that's the ACM-G11-powered A380.
Rumored Intel Arc Alchemist Desktop Graphics Cards:
- Arc A770: ACM-G10 GPU, up to 12 GB Memory
- Arc A750: ACM-G10 GPU, up to 8 GB Memory
- Arc A580: ACM-G10 GPU, up to 8 GB Memory
- Arc A380: ACM-G11 GPU, up to 6 GB Memory
There is also a chatter of a high-end flagship SKU dubbed as Arc A970, but this remains to be seen. First we all need to see the start of the A700 and A500 ARC series of cards on the desktop platform before moving on to even higher-end cards.
It is also possible that the memory 16 GB can only be addressed for the limited edition variant that Intel showed off during the Arc announcement event ? As for the remaining ARC SKUs, the Arc A750 and the Arc A580 would feature 8 GB GDDR6 memory while the entry-level Arc A380 could come equipped with 6 GB GDDR6 memory and compete against the GeForce RTX 3050 since its performance is better than the AMD Radeon RX 6400.
While we can all agree that TSMC 6nm process node is proving to be a nice decision for GPU efficiency, but the real performance of the Arc Alchemist GPUs still remains un-tapped and we don't know how long it would take to get there, or even if Alchemist will still remain relevant in a few months considering both NVIDIA and AMD are aiming to launch their next-gen products by Q3-Q4 of 2022.
Honestly speaking I'm not very optimistic whether Intel can indeed deliver competitive discrete desktop gaming GPUs, given how much work needs to done also on the driver/software side as well. Also, let's not forget that even the recently released MOBILE discrete cards and their respective Laptops are nowhere to be found at retailers worldwide. So I can't expect miracles with the ARC desktop lineup either.
But maybe at least we will see a new 3'rd GPU player in the market, so there is still hope the gaming GPU market and the prices normalize as well, assuming these ARC cards are competitive and offer a decent Price/Performance ratio as well ??
But I digress !
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