Intel’s Arc GPU could defeat the Nvidia RTX 3070 and AMD RX 6700 XT

If you’re sick of what currently feels like a two-party system for graphics cards then Intel has some exciting news – its upcoming discreet GPU dubbed Intel Arc might give AMD’s RX 6700 XT and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 a run for their money.

Arc is the latest flagship GPU from Intel, previously codenamed ‘Alchemist’ (with future products planned including ‘Battlemage’, ‘Celestial’ and ‘Druid’) and as reported last week, is anticipated to launch in Q1 2022. The initial release will be based on Intel’s Xe-HPG microarchitecture, which helps the product more efficiently compute advanced graphical features like ray tracing, and should give Intel a firm leg up in the PC gaming space.
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