Intel confirms that its desktop GPUs will arrive in the second quarter

After various rumors, Intel confirmed that the launch of its dedicated GPUs for desktop PCs has been delayed until the second quarter of this year. Until now the official date was the first quarter, although already being in the middle of the quarter and without any announcement, it was practically obvious that we were not going to see any product on the market during this period.

In addition to confirming the arrival date of this first generation of Arc GPUs, which bears the code name Alchemist, Intel confirmed that the design of the second generation, Battlemage, is practically ready, and that it is already working on the third generation, Celestial. . This will be the first generation that will aim to compete with the top-of-the-range models from AMD and Nvidia, a segment called “ultra-enthusiastic” by the blues, so that’s where they can really show their full potential and see if they are really ready to compete in this market.

Even if it will wait until the third generation to show its full potential, Intel still plans a big entry

Going back to the first generation of Intel Arc dedicated graphics, the company mentioned that it plans to ship more than 4 million discrete GPUs during 2022 between laptops and desktops. Laptop GPUs are already shipping to manufacturers for March launch, while desktop gaming GPUs will arrive in Q2, and workstation GPUs will arrive in Q3, offering products for all gaming needs. end of this year.

In this way, it is expected that we will see a good availability of Intel graphics cards in the market, and when competing from the RTX 3070 and below, it is expected that they will not be very inaccessible in terms of price either, so possibly help improve a little. the current situation where many gamers cannot access a modern GPU due to lack of stock and overpriced. To find out if this will really be the case, unfortunately, we have to wait a few more months, although as always, we will keep you up to date with the news.

What do you think about this delay in the arrival of Intel desktop GPUs? Do you prefer that they be delayed a little longer as long as they arrive with more stable drivers and better performance?

Source: WCCFTech