I think demand is actually there. I need one, but not at these prices. everyone knows it. like deflation. why buy now when i will likely get more in a couple months for the same money.
That's my plan. I would rather go with an Intel GPU as a filler card than buy a slightly better AMD or Nvidia card. I wanted the ARC A770 simply because of the 16GB of Vram. Prices for Vram are in the gutter right now. But I could get by with an A750 for $149-$179. Even $199 is a maybe from me.
Demand is not there for any GPU. It's the flash sales for a day or two or one day sales that will spur temporary demand for ARC GPU's.
I still do not understand AMD. They could sell a ton of the 6800 and 6800xt cards is they would sell them for $300-$400. Those are 7nm cards with close to 3 year old technology.
For Intel, the $199 price point and below is where things get interesting. Arc was well over a year late. Close to 2 years behind schedule. People should set expectations according to RDNA 2 and Nvidia 30 series cards.
Experts said on paper (before Arc launch) that the A770 was equal to and a bit better than a 3070 based on hardware specs. The A750 has already equaled the 3060 and 6650xt cards. I think it may top out close to 3060ti performance if Intel can improve on driver performance. The A770 performance is trailing the A750 on performance for how well the cards were expected to perform. That's a driver issue for Intel.