Intel debuts a real Arc graphics card at its IEM 2022 tournament

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We're still waiting for Intel to launch its long gestating Arc Alchemist series of graphics cards. There was a real flurry of leaks and information earlier in the year, but the last few weeks have been eerily quiet. That's surely intentional on Intel's part, as it either seeks to temper expectations, or perhaps push the launch back even further.

Recently, news around the launch of Nvidia's RTX 40 series(opens in new tab) of cards has taken a lot of the GPU spotlight. Arc might be delayed, but it is coming, and Intel has shown an actual example of an Arc card at its Intel Extreme Masters tournament in Dallas, Texas. Twitter user @theBryceIsRt(opens in new tab) took some happy snaps of the card. 

Admittedly its just one static demo of a single card. An actual demonstration or benchmarks will have to wait for another time. In fact, given the positioning of the card we can’t even see what display outputs it has, but if you look closely, you can see six and eight pin power connectors.

Personally, I think the card looks good. It’s subtle and discrete, with no sign of rave party laser lights. I’m reminded a little of Nvidia’s RTX 20 series Founders Edition cards. The Arc card almost looks like a black FE version when looking at the fans.

Intel @ @IEMLook at what made an appearance!