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At Least One AIB Halts Production ARC Graphics cards - Is ARC Doomed?
The launch of Intel ARC has been a catastrophe ever since the first boards were released in China. While Intel is full force damage control trying to get some of that R&D money back with lots of SKUs, dark clouds are hovering their GPUs.
Intel's release is not only mismanaged by a complete media blackout aside from some US-based media (EU media has been completely blocked with no communication whatsoever on ARC), restricting the products to China, bug riddled software, and mediocre performance. Igor's Lab says Intel's Arc graphics cards are pretty much doomed.
The board partners are causing the greatest difficulties. According to their sources, at least one major AIB is ending Arc graphics card manufacture "because to quality problems." and whatever that means is unclear.
Intel's Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs haven't been a success. Most tech journalists have been cautious and sympathetic with Intel's new consumer business, especially because graphics cards were scarce.
"At least one" large AIB has chosen to stop making Intel Arc graphics cards. Wallossek said this move is unrelated to the other concerns. We still haven't seen any products released from Asus, Gigabyte, or MSI, the main three AIBs. ASRock's Arc A380 product pages and China retail availability debuted yesterday.
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#6039868 Posted on: 08/06/2022 01:51 PM
While i'm not the targeted audience simply because i need something that works, i hope they don't back out.
While i'm not the targeted audience simply because i need something that works, i hope they don't back out.
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#6039966 Posted on: 08/07/2022 02:43 AM
I wouldn't necessarily say the cards are "doomed" quite yet. Intel just needs to take things more seriously.... It's like they're using these cards as a joke on consumers. Announce a new product. Show proof that product is going to exist. Delay product repeatedly. All we're missing at this point to make it Larabee 2.0, is the final step of repurposing the cards as accelerator cards. Until Intel outright cancels the project, the cards aren't really "doomed" any more than Larabee was.
What Intel needs to do, is remove any feature from their Graphics Command Center that doesn't actually work 100% as intended. These features can be added back at a later date when they actually work. Build a second driver development team. Build a driver QA team. Then take the cards, go to game developers and figure out wtf is going wrong.
I wouldn't necessarily say the cards are "doomed" quite yet. Intel just needs to take things more seriously.... It's like they're using these cards as a joke on consumers. Announce a new product. Show proof that product is going to exist. Delay product repeatedly. All we're missing at this point to make it Larabee 2.0, is the final step of repurposing the cards as accelerator cards. Until Intel outright cancels the project, the cards aren't really "doomed" any more than Larabee was.
What Intel needs to do, is remove any feature from their Graphics Command Center that doesn't actually work 100% as intended. These features can be added back at a later date when they actually work. Build a second driver development team. Build a driver QA team. Then take the cards, go to game developers and figure out wtf is going wrong.
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#6039967 Posted on: 08/07/2022 03:05 AM
ARC isn't ready for general release. It may never see the light of day, Intel have B & C in the pipeline. But unless they invest in the drivers, they're all doomed https://tenor.com/z1Jl.gif
ARC isn't ready for general release. It may never see the light of day, Intel have B & C in the pipeline. But unless they invest in the drivers, they're all doomed https://tenor.com/z1Jl.gif
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#6040137 Posted on: 08/07/2022 10:41 PM
Take three, since larrabee was another attempt
Intel had a discrete GPU in the 90's, i740, and ti was also a mess with the drivers while the hw was capable enough. It killed the GPU line then and there for intel. This is take two which is repeating exactly the same scenario.
Take three, since larrabee was another attempt
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Intel had a discrete GPU in the 90's, i740, and ti was also a mess with the drivers while the hw was capable enough. It killed the GPU line then and there for intel. This is take two which is repeating exactly the same scenario.