01-26-2026 11:38 AM
The B580 just dropped from Intel and it's proving to be a very competitive budget GPU. However, to this day, ASUS still hasn't produced a single discrete Intel Arc GPU and continues to only build Nvidia and AMD cards. This, despite advertising and supporting Arc in official ASUS software like Armory for ASUS laptops that have Arc graphics built-in.
I use an all TUF branded system, and have been hoping to ditch Nvidia for some time now (AMD was my ideal choice, but now they're also following Nvidia into AI oblivion), but I want to remain within that TUF theme which means I can't justify buying an Arc GPU until there's a TUF variant.
Does anyone know of any plans for ASUS to start building Arc GPUs? Or are they locked into some kind of deal with Nvidia and AMD that restricts them from doing so?
01-26-2026 11:59 AM
arc are budget tier cards in fairness along with tight profit margins. i wouldn't expect asus to start making or selling anytime soon to be honest. asus and rog are more of a high end brand.