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There were rumors that Intel's new Arc desktop graphics cards would be delayed. Finally, this information has now come to be confirmed by Intel itself, which has officially revealed its plans for a debut in waves.

More specifically, the company's much-discussed GPUs were originally scheduled to be released in 2021, then they were delayed to the second quarter of 2022 and finally to the summer of this year. Now, the company emphasizes that it will follow a staggered approach, initially prioritizing China. In particular, Intel still does not have a specific date, simply stating that we can expect its desktop cards in the second quarter of 2022. Thus, the first entry-level A3 desktop models will become available in China for professional system builders and OEMs. They will then gradually become available worldwide, eventually reaching users who purchase the components themselves. Later in the summer, Intel plans to release the more powerful Arc A5 and A7 desktop graphics cards as well, again starting in a phased manner with professional system builders.

On the other hand, its notebook models are available exclusively for Samsung laptops in South Korea, with Intel hoping to expand to more markets soon. The company is working with laptop manufacturers such as Lenovo, Acer, HP and Asus to bring models with entry-level Arc 3 GPUs to market as soon as possible, while more powerful models with Arc 5 and Arc 7 GPUs are scheduled to arrive in early summer . Intel had hoped that Arc Laptops would already be available in more markets, but blamed a global shortage of chips for the delays, while pointing out that there were also problems developing the necessary software.

So it's likely that PC hardware enthusiasts will be able to find the first Arc graphics cards on store shelves by late summer or early fall, if there aren't any further delays.

Of course, the problem with launching in August is that there will be very little time for the series to establish itself in the market, since the next generation cards from Nvidia and AMD are expected to arrive at the end of the year. According to the leaks, both Nvidia's Ada Lovelace models and AMD's RDNA 3 are expected to make huge performance leaps, so Intel will have a hard time convincing enthusiasts, especially if the rumors are true that its GPUs struggle to outperform of the existing models.