According to the latest information from Igor's lab, the research and development of Intel's highly anticipated arc alchemist game graphics card is likely to be postponed to the middle of the summer or even later, but the launch time is likely to continue to be postponed based on various issues related to the driver A few days ago, we reported the expected release time of Intel's arc alchemist graphics card in the game field.
Based on alchemist Xe HPG architecture, the first batch of arc a series graphics cards are expected to be on sale at the end of this quarter. In fact, Intel has announced that the top arc limited edition graphics card will be launched at the end of the second quarter of 2022. Intel also announced the winners of the "treasure hunt". These lucky people will take the lead in acquiring these graphics cards before they go on the shelves.
But at present, the situation about whether the products can be launched on time is still very serious. Igor wallossek reported that, according to various sources, Intel may postpone the actual availability of its game graphics card series until the end of the summer. This sets a time period from July 1 to August 31. Igor also reported that AIB manufacturers are quite frustrated with Intel's plan because they don't know when the graphics card will be really launched, and AMD and NVIDIA will obviously take follow-up actions, which will make Intel and the traditional two strong intergenerational products mismatch in the market.
The reason is again considered to be the driver problem. You may remember our previous report, which also mentioned that the driver is the main cause of the delay. Intel hopes to solve all the problems before releasing the graphics card. This is one of the reasons why Intel limited the launch of its first arc a series products in the Asian market. The arc a350m and arc a370m GPUs for laptops are currently available only in selected Asian regions and selected laptops. The United States, the European Union and other major regions have not been exposed to laptops equipped with arc. Since the shipments of entry-level products are so limited, we can imagine how low the shipments of high-end arc 5 and arc 7 series will be.
As for how this delay affects the whole product family, the situation is more complex. Since the final specification has been determined, the clock frequency and firmware are unlikely to change. But at present, the driver is at best problematic. Either to avoid the negative news in their hands, or to avoid the real news in their hands.
NVIDIA and AMD have been convinced based on their survey results that their current products are competitive enough to meet any challenges brought by Intel in the form of arc alchemist game graphics card. The cancellation of NVIDIA's geforce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB and AMD's failure to improve the performance of Rx 6750 XT higher than that of RTX 3070 prove that the two GPU giants are very confident in their existing lineup. The mid to late summer listing also means that Intel's lineup will eventually be super close to the release of NVIDIA and AMD's next-generation graphics cards, which are also expected to appear around the fourth quarter of 2022.
In addition, all these delays and driver problems do not bode well for Intel's first graphics card. In addition, if this situation continues, Intel may lose potential AIB partners, which will further affect the launch of its arc graphics card.
Generally speaking, all the current conditions look bad for Intel, but I hope Intel can put forward a better launch schedule in the upcoming "vision" activity, and then disclose more detailed specifications and prices at the 2022 international computer show at the end of this month.