Intel Goes After Nvidia and AMD Again With New Graphics Cards

The PC graphics card market has for years been a lopsided duopoly, with Nvidia the undisputed king and Advanced Micro Devices stuck in second place. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) jumped in the ring in late 2022 with its Arc Alchemist graphics cards, bringing much-needed alternatives for consumers.Unfortunately, Intel stumbled out of the gate. While the company's A750 and A770 graphics cards were capable pieces of hardware, the software drivers were a mess. Some older games didn't work at all or suffered from uneven performance, and a bevy of bugs made the product a no-go for many PC gamers shopping for a new graphics card. Intel failed to gain any meaningful market share or disrupt the market in any way.Intel has greatly improved its software over the past few years with a steady stream of updates, putting its graphics card business on much more stable ground. While some may have expected Intel to give up on the graphics card market, especially after a difficult year that ended with the departure of the CEO, the company is back for round two with Battlemage, the code name for its B-series Arc graphics cards.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool