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>Their new GPU stuff is neat and very forward thinking but it is still a wait and see on that. That ball's in our (the consumers') court, actually. They are pr

>Their new GPU stuff is neat and very forward thinking but it is still a wait and see on that. That ball's in our (the consumers') court, actually. They are priced aggressively, about what video cards cost before the mining and now "AI" craze. They are competently capable, software teething pains notwithstanding. So will Intel ARC succeed? We as consumers now have to answer. I can't tell which way the arrow is leaning right now, though software devs don't appear interested in accomodating them like Nvidia and AMD.

NovaDudely 4y ago
It is hard to tell. If Intel sticks with it and keeps the price low while still aggressively moving towards future needs - they could become a decent 3rd player. That they have no DX11 or below legacy combined with some interesting performance profiles especially at the higher resolution areas leads me to think they are looking at where the market needs will be in 2-3 year from now. It seems like higher resolutions doesn't hamper performance are much as one would really expect. It is still way behind Nvidia and AMD but there is a lot of potential there. I have seen a few people on youtube who benchmark cards who have made the wise choice to not touch these yet and wait for the second generation. That way they can come in when things are more stable and not have a cloud hanging over their head. If Intel is to treat it like Microsoft did with Xbox and give it a few years to mature - it could be huge. They could also just drop it in a year or two and it just becomes a technical curiosity that we will look back on like "Remember when Inter did that?". Sort of like the i960 processors. Something really neat but a dead end for them.