Intel's $249 Arc B580 is the GPU we've begged for since the pandemic
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Powered by the new Xe2 "Battlemage" architecture and a new XeSS 2 frame generation feature, Intel's $249 Arc B580 is FINALLY bringing 1440p gaming to the masses.

If even half of Intel’s claims are true, this could be a big shake up in the midrange market that has been entirely abandoned by both Nvidia and AMD.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
    3·
    23 hours ago

    Their promo benchmarks have it beating the 770, though, whcih is still a viable card at this price point. It’ll be interesting to see if that pans out on reviews with independent tests.

    Not in the market for one of these, but very curious to see how the 780 fares later. Definitely good to have more midrange options.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      The whole goal of battlemage was to increase utilization and cut down on wasted silicon. The overall number of transistors are almost the same. If utilization of those transistors is much more efficient then 25% should easily be doable with all of the other architectural improvements.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Yeah, I’m not sure where they are with that. Earlier leaks did have a couple of higher specs and the mid-size spec matches some of the 580 numbers. You’d also think they’d have called the 580 “780” for consistency if they weren’t doing any higher end parts. But then, it’s 2024 Intel, so whether they come later or don’t come at all is anybody’s guess.

        I’ll say that it sure looks like there’s room for a bit more juice in the architecture, given the power draw and the specs. The 4070 is the sweet spot GPU for midrange, and it’s a bit too expensive, so I’d be happy to see more solid competition in that range, which is a bit harder than this 4060-ish space.

        • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          o I’d be happy to see more solid competition in that range, which is a bit harder than this 4060-ish space.

          Don’t fall into the trap that every single Internet PC builder falls into.
          Which is wishing for competition in the midrange… not to buy the competition, but just to drive Nvidia prices down so they don’t have to pay as much for their next Nvidia card.

          There’s only one way to break the monopoly and that is to stop giving money to the monopoly.

          • MudMan@fedia.io
            1·
            10 hours ago

            Well, I already bought an Intel Arc card on purpose, unironically and not for review, so… your move, nerds.