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Intel’s long-anticipated Arc GPUs arrive in laptops, loaded with enticing features

It’s finally happening. After years of teases, promises, and hype, a third heavy-hitting player is entering the graphics card game, aiming to shake up the Nvidia and AMD duopoly. Intel’s hotly anticipated Arc GPUs are hitting the streets—though not in the way you might expect. Rather than debuting in desktop form, Arc’s grand reveal comes via laptops, which can drive home some of the enticingly delicious advantages Intel can provide in tuned systems revolving around its Core CPUs and Arc GPUs.

Giddy up.

MEET INTEL ARC LAPTOPS

Intel recently took the wraps off its Arc A-series mobile GPUs, launching only the most humble variants—the affordable Arc 3 series. The A350M and A370M will appear in laptops now available for preorder, with prices starting at $899. More powerful Arc 5 and Arc 7 notebooks are scheduled to hit the streets over the next few months. All Arc GPUs will be powered by Intel’s new Xe HPG graphics architecture. We’ve split the nitty-gritty Xe HPG architecture details into a , but you can see a).

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