Intel’s new tactic for pushing Arc GPUs: a big bundle of games and apps worth up to $500

techradar.com:

Intel has put together an incentive bundle to persuade folks to buy prebuilt PCs with an Arc Alchemist graphics card plus Alder Lake CPU, consisting of a bunch of games and more serious software.

The all-Intel machines come with $190 (around £165, AU$280) worth of PC games (and in-game content in one case) plus a choice of three out of five featured apps that, if you select the most expensive products, adds up to $284 (around £250, AU$420). All of this is going by Intel’s working out of the average retail price.

This offer or ‘Intel Software Advantage Program(opens in new tab)’ was spotted by @momomo_us on Twitter (via VideoCardz(opens in new tab)), and pertains to specific PCs with Arc A5 or A7 graphics cards alongside Alder Lake Core i5, i7 or i9 processors (both desktops and laptops are included).

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The game bundle consists of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, Gotham Knights and in-game content for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt.

On the software front, you can select three of the following five: PowerDirector 365, D5 Render, Magix Video Pro X14, Topaz Gigapixel AI, or XSplit Premium Suite.

As mentioned, with the most expensive apps of the latter bunch picked, you’re looking at a bundle worth $474 (around £410, AU$705), or with the cheapest software selected, $380 (around £330, AU$565). All of these products are delivered as digital downloads.

The offer is active now, or rather, when the A5 and A7 graphics cards emerge – we’re expecting the higher-end A7 models, namely the A770 and A750, to arrive very soon, Intel recently informed us. Of course, the games haven’t