Intel Giveaway Teases Potential Pricing for Arc Alchemist Graphics Cards, $900 and $700 Prize Packages Listed

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Intel is currently hosting a scavenger hunt that includes a prize pool of Arc Alchemist graphics cards for 300 lucky winners. The Terms & Conditions of the contest have drawn some interest among enthusiasts, as they offer some clues as to how much these GPUs might cost.



A premium Intel Arc graphics card with Intel Arc branded merchandise and six months of Xbox Game Pass for PC is listed with an ARV (approximate retail value) of $900, while a performance Intel Arc graphics card with Intel Arc branded merchandise and three months of Xbox Game Pass for PC is listed with an ARV of $700. It’s unclear what Intel’s branded merchandise consists of, but Microsoft charges $9.99 a month for its Xbox Game Pass for PC subscriptions, making those portions of the prize packages $59.94 and $29.97. The implication is that Intel’s premium and performance Arc graphics cards could cost...

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