Intel has confirmed that Arc desktop GPUs will be China-exclusive initially and only be available via OEMs. This is probably disappointing news for enthusiasts globally who were looking forward to it.
The first third-party post-launch review for Intel’s Arc discrete graphics was published yesterday and to the delight of many who are displeased with the AMD-Nvidia duopoly, Intel’s new offering actually did fairly well in the test. Though if you are after a review with less gaming and more compute numbers, you should head over to this article instead. However, despite the good showing overall from Arc, you may not be able to get your hands on an Arc GPU, at least for a while, if you were looking to put it in a desktop.
