Intel Arc GPU

[FourWheelDrift]

Available Q1 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dC6dz9CxYc

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architectu...

Anyone thinking of going Intel for their GPUs?

[rxe]

You’d need the see the silicon in real life. But this is all good - more competition, lower prices. Intel also has the capacity to make vast numbers of GPUs, almost as an aside.

[FourWheelDrift]

Well here it is..... it looks so....Intel.

https://twitter.com/IntelGraphics/status/150919527...





https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/liveblog-intel-ar...

[Mr Whippy]

Yep more choice, and more competition, is always a good thing.

They’ll all need to improve their game with three big players.

Now we just need Matrox to get back into the game

And 3dfx to come back from the ashes!


Just thinking back, 96 to 99 was pretty awesome for developments in 3D graphics.
We had 3dfx, glide, OpenGL, direct3d just coming in, and Matrox, 3dfx, ati, nvidia.

[Brainpox]

Great to have another entrant in the market. AMD has struggled to ruffle Nvidia's feathers on its own. I hope Intel is competitive.

[HRL]

Desktop parts due in the summer apparently.

Not holding my breath TBH.

[FourWheelDrift]

[FourWheelDrift]

Intel Arc A770 flagship desktop GPU appears on Geekbench, hits as score of 85585 which is about the same as an RTX 2070.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/inte...

My 3080 with a 5600x hit 192341 without closing any running apps down or the resource hog that is Chrome.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 15th April 17:45

[Mr Whippy]

Depending on price and other factors, it could still shake up the mass volume of people on 1060Gtx type gpus who just want a modern graphics card at normal pricing.

Plus it’s first generation, first scores.

I’m excited to see what they offer though.

I’ve stayed away from ATI/AMD for nearly two decades as their products have always lacked polish, so an alternative to Nvidia is welcomed.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Unless you run Linux then the AMD offering is very polished the Nvidia offering resembles afterbirth

[Mr Whippy]

Hehe… for me it was always patchy OpenGL and stuff, and I was using 3D apps using OpenGL in the late 90s and early 00s.

But also even D3D could be patchy. I recall that old benchmark with an Apache flying around shooting stuff and it was snowing white (buggy) with speckles.

Also they never seem to have good cooling/temps vs noise balance… at least every time I’ve gone buying it’s like they’re always losing out to Nvidia in one way or another.


In any case having Intel around is a win win on better products!
This new GPU will certainly make the sub £200 market a thing again for half decent performance I think!

[Mr Whippy]

Depending on price and other factors, it could still shake up the mass volume of people on 1060Gtx type gpus who just want a modern graphics card at normal pricing.

Plus it’s first generation, first scores.

I’m excited to see what they offer though.

I’ve stayed away from ATI/AMD for nearly two decades as their products have always lacked polish, so an alternative to Nvidia is welcomed.

[FourWheelDrift]

Now believed to be delayed until Q3 - https://www.eteknix.com/new-rumour-intel-arc-alche...

Beginning to sound like Project Larrabee.

[Shadow R1]

It's going to be interesting to see what they offer.

I also find it odd, tsmc are making them, I thought it would be inhouse at the intel fabs.

[loudlashadjuster]

FourWheelDrift said:

Now believed to be delayed until Q3 - https://www.eteknix.com/new-rumour-intel-arc-alche...

Beginning to sound like Project Larrabee.

My thoughts also. Intel just don't seem to be able to get into this game.

[FourWheelDrift]

More delays - https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-desktop-cards-fa...

[Lucas Ayde]

Shadow R1 said:

It's going to be interesting to see what they offer.

I also find it odd, tsmc are making them, I thought it would be inhouse at the intel fabs.

Intel don't have the technical capability to fab them - they were years overdue on 10nm CPUs and have only just got their 10nm desktop chips out having being stuck on 14nm for years beyond what was planned.

From being class-leading, silicon fabricating giants, poor management decisions, poor execution and prioritising profit-taking over investment have left them having to contract out a lot of their halo projects to a third party like TSMC who are the new World leaders.

.. and they are STILL late with their GPUs. By the time they get them out, NVidia and AMD with be onto their next gen products whilst Intel will at best compete with the mid-high end on the current gen products.

[FourWheelDrift]

Spotted in the wild - https://twitter.com/theBryceIsRt/status/1532775229...

But you can't have them yet. No touching.

[mmm-five]

Is that before the heat from normal usage makes them bend (as designed)

[FourWheelDrift]

"The Arc A380 is its first GPU to be released and the benchmarks are in. And they're not pretty."

https://www.pcgamer.com/following-intels-graphics-...