Intel announced Intel Arc, a new graphics technology brand that aims to compete with Nvidia and AMD, on its own website in 2021, showing a video announcing what to expect from the first series of graphics cards when it launches in early 2022 .
Since then, we have received various information about the future graphics card, including an update during Intel’s presentation at CES 2022.
The question is: what should we expect from the tech giant? Will it really be a competitor to the hugely popular Nvidia RTX 30 and AMD Radeon RX 6000 series? Here we tell you the latest Intel Arc GPU rumors.
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What is IntelArc?
Intel Arc is Intel’s new brand of graphics technology which the company says will span generations and not just Equipment, but also the Software and services.
While Intel didn’t give too many details on what this might mean, it could be a similar approach to Nvidia, which not only produces graphics cards but also software like Nvidia Broadcast, which takes advantage of the capabilities of graphics cards, and the cloud-based gaming service GeForce Now.
High-end graphics card features such as mesh shading, real-time ray tracing, AI upsampling and 4K video upscaling will be supported in the next line of graphics cards, announced today Intel on your own website.
Discussing the Intel Arc unveiling, Intel Vice President Roger Chandler describes that the announcement “signifies Intel’s deep and continued commitment to gamers and creators around the world” and that the team has worked hard to “deliver frictionless, first-class experiences when these products become available.
The first graphics card in the line to go on sale is codenamed Alchemist, but Intel has already teased the codenames of products – such as Battlemage, Celestial and Druid – which will appear later, showing that Intel has a multi-annual (and possibly multi-generational) contract. ) plan for the GPU brand up its sleeve.
When will the first Intel Arc graphics card be released?
Intel initially confirmed that the first of many Intel Arc graphics cards, named Alchemist, will go on sale in the first quarter of 2022, which runs from January to March 2022.
While Intel focused on the 12th Gen Intel Adler processor at CES 2022, it teased that the upcoming GPU has started shipping to OEMs including Asus, Acer, Dell, Samsung, and MSI for inclusion. in laptops and desktops from 2022, suggesting the launch isn’t too far away.
However, just days after the CES 2022 announcement, Intel removed any mention of a Q1 2022 launch from its Intel Arc page on its website, suggesting the launch could be later in the year.
For now, we’re still looking at a Q1 2022 release, but the removal means we’ll have to wait a bit longer.
How much will the Intel Arc graphics card cost?
It’s almost impossible to predict right now; Not only is this the first Intel Arc GPU to be released, so there are no past prices to track, but the graphics card industry is in a state of chaos.
The continuing shortage of components used by graphics card manufacturers means inventory is tight and prohibitively expensive compared to the manufacturer’s MSRP.
For example, AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU for desktop computers sells for $419, but if you buy it now, it’ll cost you around $700.
But what about laptops? This will likely depend on the power available, but since Acer has announced performance comparable to the RTX 3070 or 3080 in its upcoming Intel Arc-powered Acer Swift X 16, we could be looking at mid-range and high-end laptop prices. .
If Intel somehow manages to circumvent the shortage and can have enough stock ready for launch, it might be in a good position to pounce with a readily available graphics card at an affordable price – but we’ll have to wait. and see for now.
What can we expect from the Intel Arc graphics card
Although Intel has confirmed the existence of the Intel Arc branding and has even confirmed that several GPUs with different codenames are in the works, we still don’t know much about what the first of the line will offer, which should go on sale early. 2022. .
One piece of information that has been provided is that it will be based on Intel’s XE-HPG (High Power Gaming) microarchitecture, which the company says should help the card more efficiently compute advanced graphics features such as super- AI-based sampling.
The company shared a second update at its InnovatiON event in late October, confirming that the upcoming graphics card will feature 32 Xe cores, with each Xe core comprising 16 vector engines and 16 matrix engines for a total of 512 execution units (EU ). .
As already mentioned, the graphics card will support high-end features such as ray tracing, AI oversampling (called XeSS), mesh shading, and 4K video upscaling, which suggests that it will be a direct competitor to Nvidia and AMD, two companies that have dominated the graphics card scene for years.
We got our first look at Intel XeSS – the company’s answer to DLSS and FSR – at InnovatiON, where the company showcased the technology in survival game The Riftbreaker. Although there was no frame rate counter in the brief demo, the AI-enhanced 4K image certainly had more detail than the standard enhanced image.
In March, Intel also announced that the first HPG Xe-ahora confirmed as Intel Arc GPU will be “20 veces” sooner than the original designer of integrated graphics Crystal Well, pero aún no hemos visto nada en cuanto a especificaciones o pruebas de rendimiento in line.
Original article published in English on our sister site TechAdvisor UK.
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