Intel Arc graphics cards: New date for their gradual debut
Is their arrival on the market imminent?
The release of Intel graphics cards has literally gone through a thousand waves, with delays, conflicting information, last-minute changes and various problems. Now, German media outlet Igor’sLAB has brought to light a new rumor, reporting that the company has once again changed its plans.
In more detail, the schedule is now tighter , but Intel is not planning any large-scale event to debut all the new models. Instead, the various Arc graphics cards it is preparing will gradually arrive on the market one by one, in a quieter way, between August 5, 2022 and September 29, 2022.
Specifically, the medium states:
It sounds like Intel has now internally decided on a tighter timeframe. If they’re going to stick to that timeline, the range they’re conveying to me now is between August 5th, 2022 and September 29th, 2022.
That means there’s plenty of time to release the three biggest models that have been announced, one at a time. Interestingly, the internal documents no longer speak of a large-scale, public launch event, instead perhaps dealing with a quiet launch, which could take place gradually in retail stores and with only a small amount of media.
At this point it’s worth mentioning that in a recent Q&A for PCGamer, Intel representatives claimed that Arc graphics cards will only be officially announced when they’re ready to ship to customers. Thus, the company does not intend to announce availability weeks in advance. At the moment it is not clear if the current schedule concerns the global availability of the new hardware or only selected countries.
For the record, the 1st generation of Intel’s Arc graphics cards are expected to consist of the following models:
Arc A770 – It has been officially unveiled, but the final specs have not been confirmed
Arc A750 – It has been officially unveiled, but the final specs have not been confirmed
Arc A580 – Detected in driver
Arc A380 – Launched in China
Arc A310 – Detected in driver
