According to an Intel contest, its top-of-the-line Arc GPU could cost about $ 800

Intel announced a new “Scavenger Hunt” for its Intel Xe-HPG GPUs, where participants will be able to win, among other prizes, 300 first-generation Intel Arc GPUs. Something curious is that in the terms and conditions it reveals an estimated value for the total prices of the prizes, allowing you to estimate how much your GPUs will cost.

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1 What do you think about these possible prices for Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs? Do you think they will be more expensive than they should?

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Winners of One Hundred (100) Grand Prizes will each receive one (1) Intel® Arc ™ Premium Graphics Card, featuring Intel® Arc ™ branded merchandise, and 6 months of Xbox Game Pass for PC, with approximate total retail value $ 900 (“ARV”). The 100 grand prize winners are those who earn point positions from 1 to 100 upon completion of the track period.
Two hundred (200) first place winners will each receive one (1) Intel® Arc ™ Performance graphics card, featuring Intel® Arc ™ branded merchandise, and 3 months of Xbox Game Pass for PC, with approximate total retail value ( “ARV”) of $ 700. The 200 1st place winners are those who obtain points positions 101-300 at the completion of the track period.

Deducting US $ 60 for the 6 months of Xbox Game Pass, and US $ 40 for the merchandise, it is estimated that this Intel Arc “Premium” GPU will cost about US $ 800, since the full prize has an estimated value of U $ S 900. Also, when deducting U $ S 30 for the 3 months of Xbox Game Pass plus U $ S 40 for the merchandise in the second prize, it is estimated that the Intel Arc “Performance” GPU will cost about U $ S 630 since the full prize has an estimated value of US $ 700.

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This information is curious since Intel’s top of the line GPU is expected to be equivalent to an RTX 3070 or at most an RTX 3070 Ti, so a price of US $ 800 is somewhat high. Unless Intel has some “ace up its sleeve” or is using the estimated prices that it will have in the market despite the prices suggested by the brand, it may be that the graph ends up being more expensive than it should.

Arc GPUs for desktop are expected to arrive only in the second quarter of 2022, so there is still a long way to go to know them and know their price. These are just estimates for now, so we recommend taking this information with a grain of salt.