We have yet to see any Intel Arc GPUs outside of South Korea and China, despite the company’s initial promise that it would flood the market with.
Why it matters: Intel may have wanted to exploit a window of opportunity with its Intel Arc GPUs, but the company has had to delay their release and even limit the initial availability to the Asian market. Now that the first independent review of a desktop Arc graphics card is out, Intel’s lack of confidence in its discrete GPUs seems warranted. We have yet to see any Intel Arc GPUs outside of South Korea and China, despite the company’s initial promise that it would flood the market with a wide range of desktop and laptop models. However, judging by early benchmarks and the relatively slow driver development around Team Blue’s discrete GPUs, the company may have decided to take a slower approach to releasing them on the global market. Last month, Intel said its desktop Arc A-series graphics cards would be China-exclusive for a few months.
