I'd vote for a mix of the above:-
- We absolutely do need a third player. Anyone else rememeber when we had Matrox, 3dfx, S3, Trident, Cirrus Logic, Orchid/ Diamond, Tseng Labs, etc, all competing it out? AMD & nVidia have both almost completely abandoned low-end / budget gaming (no 2050 or 3050, etc). If Intel pulls off a couple of budget hits like the 1050Ti / 1650 Super / 2060 and sells them for pre-scalped MSRP, it would really light a much needed fire under AMD & nVidia's rear ends.
- They might be expensive, or the low-mid cards might actually be affordable like the 10100F / 10400F.
- Definitely wait for reviews
- I'd seriously consider buying a low-end one, partly as a backup and partly to "toy" with. Probably not a high-end / expensive one though.
- Drivers are a big issues. The reason AMD & nVidia's are as bloated as they are is +20 years of backwards compatibility tweaks, shaders replacements, etc. So even if the technical quality of Intel's drivers are fine, it would be nice to see tech sites retesting some old games to see what impact lack of past optimisation in Intel's drivers bring vs AMD & nVidia's optimised ones.