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Intel Arc scavenger hunt ends with hints at GPU prices

  • May 3, 2022
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Back in March 2021, when the Intel Arc Alchemist graphics playing cards nonetheless glided by their structure title of Xe HPG, Intel launched a digital scavenger hunt to drum up curiosity in these upcoming desktop GPUs. This ran for thus lengthy and so quietly that I’ll admit I forgot it was taking place, however it’s now concluded, and prize information despatched to the 200 winners accommodates the primary actual hints at what these mysterious gaming playing cards will value.


Hunt victor La Frite David, per Twitter, shared a screenshot of an Intel affirmation message that listed the approximate retail worth (ARV) of their prize bundle. In David’s case this contains a “Performance” Intel Arc graphics card, some Arc merch and three months of PC Game Pass, with an ARV of $700. Subtracting the worth of the Game Pass entry leaves $655, so you possibly can most likely count on this “Performance” mannequin to land someplace within the $600-$650 vary, relying on how a lot the miscellaneous merchandise is price. For comparability, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 – probably the greatest graphics playing cards for enjoying at 4K – launched with an MSRP of $699, although everyone knows how sideways the GPU value state of affairs went upon launch.


Grand prize winner Evan Stenger additionally revealed his haul, with a “Premium” Arc GPU, Arc merch and 6 months of PC Game Pass, for a complete ARV of $900. Again, some knowledgeable estimation (y’know, guesswork) is available in right here, however I’d wager the “Premium” card will find yourself round $750-$800. That’s assuming the merchandise consists of issues like T-shirts and keyrings, not a strong rhodium bust of Patrick Gelsinger’s head.


These value hints are treasured crumbs of semi-detail that, with regards to these long-awaited GPUs, Intel have hardly ever dropped within the first place. We’ve seen transient footage of XeSS, Intel’s DLSS competitor, seemingly operating on Arc Alchemist {hardware}, however the {hardware}’s preliminary Q1 2022 launch window got here and went with out incident. A newer occasion targeted on Intel’s new laptop computer graphics, with solely the briefest of glimpses at an obvious Arc Alchemist reference card design throughout the closing moments.


The desktop GPU launch, presumably together with these Performance and Premium fashions, is now deliberate for summer season 2022. Fingers and toes crossed for extra concrete pricing and efficiency information earlier than then, although in equity the GPU market might use just a few months to proceed calming itself; Will has been discovering some comparatively first rate graphics card offers just lately, pointing in direction of prices climbing down from the ridiculous highs at which they’ve spent the final yr and a half.

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