Acer Announces Entry Into Discrete GPU Market with Intel Arc A770
Best-known for its pre-constructed desktops, laptops, and monitors, Acer is now seemingly looking to dip its toes into the discrete GPU market. Unfortunately, Acer’s announcement is bereft of details; there’s only a render of the card and no actual specifications on whether the company will be offering the 8 GB version Arc A770, its 16 GB cousin, or both. It’s also unknown whether the company is planning on extending its reach towards other Arc models or even other manufacturers such as AMD and NVIDIA, but it does make sense that it’s forging ahead with a single manufacturer first.
GPUs are some of the more complex electronics assemblies available on personal computers, and the company is sure to test its waters first instead of fully diving into the manufacturing space. We’d still expect the company to take the ASUS/Gigabyte road of offering cards from various manufacturers instead of just one – its Predator branding could certainly support that effort. It seems that some companies are stepping up to fill the GPU space further, even as others – like GPU-darling EVGA – throw their proverbial towels.