Intel Arc Limited Edition: A taste of the desktop video card that will challenge GeForce and Radeon

In addition to GPUs for the mobile sector, Intel has been preparing for some time to land in the sector of desktop video cards, first for gamers and then for graphics professionals. On the sidelines of the presentation event of the Arc mobile chips, Intel anticipated the arrival during the second quarter (generally speaking of summer) of a desktop video card. limited edition.

Made directly by the Santa Clara company, it is not yet clear how it will reach the lucky fans, but probably as done by NVIDIA and AMD in the past, it will be linked to some initiative that will link social and community. It is also unclear how many cards will actually be produced and whether they will be available worldwide.

This solution, which will support the “custom” proposals of the company’s OEM partners, comes with a design dual slot characterized by two fans and everything you need, under the cover, to best dissipate the heat produced by GPUs and memories. In the back, three DisplayPort and one HDMI.

Intel has not released information on technical specifications, but the card in question, according to rumors that emerged in recent months, should have 32 Xe-Core and 16 GDDR6 memory and offer similar performance to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. While waiting for official details, enjoy the images and the following video: