ONE YEAR LATER: Intel Arc GPU Drivers, Bugs, & Huge Improvements
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Date: 2023-11-28
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Summit900
I am ecstatic that there is another gpu in the game. The more competition in a market, the better it is for the consumer. I personally have not bought one as I already have a higher end gpu than what these offer, but I am still very interested in them. I think they did it right. Start out in the low end gpu segment and fix all the issues and continue to do improvements. That way they're not burdened by the cost of the high end gpu cost trying to do the same thing. Maybe in a few years, we'll get to a point where they have mid tier and maybe even high end gpus.
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I am ecstatic that there is another gpu in the game. The more competition in a market, the better it is for the consumer. I personally have not bought one as I already have a higher end gpu than what these offer, but I am still very interested in them. I think they did it right. Start out in the low end gpu segment and fix all the issues and continue to do improvements. That way they're not burdened by the cost of the high end gpu cost trying to do the same thing. Maybe in a few years, we'll get to a point where they have mid tier and maybe even high end gpus.
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gosuprime
I'd love to see Intel keep going, GPUs are a market that AMD isn't pushing Nvidia hard on in terms of prices, although the CPU market is far better for AMD with their latest platform. Intel have a ton of resources, they should keep going and maybe at some point we'll have GPU pricing be more reasonable than the current status quo. Cause Nvidia and AMD seem to have a gentleman's agreement, Radeon cards could be more competitive in terms of price, but aren't there yet. If Intel keeps improving, they can definitely force change in the midrange market.
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I'd love to see Intel keep going, GPUs are a market that AMD isn't pushing Nvidia hard on in terms of prices, although the CPU market is far better for AMD with their latest platform. Intel have a ton of resources, they should keep going and maybe at some point we'll have GPU pricing be more reasonable than the current status quo. Cause Nvidia and AMD seem to have a gentleman's agreement, Radeon cards could be more competitive in terms of price, but aren't there yet. If Intel keeps improving, they can definitely force change in the midrange market.
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Thunderloins
TBH I am excited for battlemage. I think Intel is getting on top of drivers, and I think even if battlemage fails they should keep going.
The industry needs competition, and this will only benefit their IGPU's as well long term.
Considering that is where the industry is going, esp since NVIDIA is now getting in the CPU game, it would be a death sentence if intel were to stop developing GPU technology.
If battlemage can at least compete with a 4080, imo, Intel has a bright future at their price points.
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TBH I am excited for battlemage. I think Intel is getting on top of drivers, and I think even if battlemage fails they should keep going.
The industry needs competition, and this will only benefit their IGPU's as well long term.
Considering that is where the industry is going, esp since NVIDIA is now getting in the CPU game, it would be a death sentence if intel were to stop developing GPU technology.
If battlemage can at least compete with a 4080, imo, Intel has a bright future at their price points.
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LeoTide1990
I bought an A580 shortly after launch, when it went on a surprise sale on Newegg. I loved the card SO much that, as a show of support, I went on to buy an A770 to really play around with, and eventually an A750 and A380. I'm only one customer that makes a near-zero influence on their bottom line, but it's not zero, and I want to back my money on this product line along with others to let those who ultimately make the final calls know there is a hungry market here, ready to pay.
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I bought an A580 shortly after launch, when it went on a surprise sale on Newegg. I loved the card SO much that, as a show of support, I went on to buy an A770 to really play around with, and eventually an A750 and A380. I'm only one customer that makes a near-zero influence on their bottom line, but it's not zero, and I want to back my money on this product line along with others to let those who ultimately make the final calls know there is a hungry market here, ready to pay.
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Michael
While shopping for a 4k60-Ultra GPU a little over a month ago, I was presented with the option to get a 16GB A770 for 350 or a 16GB 7800XT for 500 and I went with Team Red for the stability, longevity, features, and tunability. I knew I didn't want to contribute to Team Green this upgrade cycle, so the options were actually compelling; I spent more than I wanted but I believe I got the best option for my needs at the time.
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While shopping for a 4k60-Ultra GPU a little over a month ago, I was presented with the option to get a 16GB A770 for 350 or a 16GB 7800XT for 500 and I went with Team Red for the stability, longevity, features, and tunability. I knew I didn't want to contribute to Team Green this upgrade cycle, so the options were actually compelling; I spent more than I wanted but I believe I got the best option for my needs at the time.
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Maya
I was on the fence of whether to get an A750 card to go with a new AMD R7 7700 build, but I cannot excuse it due to the power usage most of all. It's enough to tempt one into spending a bit more and getting an AMD 7600 card.
Since the 7700 has the 2 CU iGPU, I'll be using that for the foreseeable future until the GPU market regain some semblance of sanity. I may just try the old GTX 980 Ti in there instead.
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I was on the fence of whether to get an A750 card to go with a new AMD R7 7700 build, but I cannot excuse it due to the power usage most of all. It's enough to tempt one into spending a bit more and getting an AMD 7600 card.
Since the 7700 has the 2 CU iGPU, I'll be using that for the foreseeable future until the GPU market regain some semblance of sanity. I may just try the old GTX 980 Ti in there instead.
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Thomas
Great video! I've been looking forward to periodic Intel ARC revisits from various tech media, especially GN. It has been very interesting watching the steady improvement across the past year with DX9 and DX11 optimizations as well as general stability. The fact that intel has demonstrated that they're willing to constantly improve the Alchemist GPUs is very encouraging for current users and the future.
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Great video! I've been looking forward to periodic Intel ARC revisits from various tech media, especially GN. It has been very interesting watching the steady improvement across the past year with DX9 and DX11 optimizations as well as general stability. The fact that intel has demonstrated that they're willing to constantly improve the Alchemist GPUs is very encouraging for current users and the future.
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Ross
I recently bought an Intel ARC A310 low-profile GPU for DaVinci Resolve 422 10bit HEVC footage and it has tremendously sped up editing and exporting.
With my RTX 3090 and the Intel GPU in my 2nd 16x slot It has been literally trouble-free. Not the same to be said about AMD RX 6900 XT with the ARC GPU....
10/10
For what it's worth it can do 120FPS in CS2 at 1080P low settings!
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I recently bought an Intel ARC A310 low-profile GPU for DaVinci Resolve 422 10bit HEVC footage and it has tremendously sped up editing and exporting.
With my RTX 3090 and the Intel GPU in my 2nd 16x slot It has been literally trouble-free. Not the same to be said about AMD RX 6900 XT with the ARC GPU....
10/10
For what it's worth it can do 120FPS in CS2 at 1080P low settings!
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Deivian
One of the things that drives a lot of customers to Nvidia is AI, and Intels compatibility is better than AMDs, the only major manufacturer to offer 16gb of VRAM under 400 and the performance is improving just as fast. Shame you don't have stable diffusion benchmarks as open source & locally hosted AI is worth promoting in the face of SAS alternatives and Nvidias monopoly.
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One of the things that drives a lot of customers to Nvidia is AI, and Intels compatibility is better than AMDs, the only major manufacturer to offer 16gb of VRAM under 400 and the performance is improving just as fast. Shame you don't have stable diffusion benchmarks as open source & locally hosted AI is worth promoting in the face of SAS alternatives and Nvidias monopoly.
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Daniel
So I know this will be a lot of ifs but if intel worked at least at 1080p on all games with playable fps, and if every other person who bought gpus was on board, I'd rock an intel gpu if it meant boycotting the gpu producers that nickel and dime us to death. If anything just to force their hand to rethink outrageous pricing. AMD has gotten better but shame on nvidia.
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So I know this will be a lot of ifs but if intel worked at least at 1080p on all games with playable fps, and if every other person who bought gpus was on board, I'd rock an intel gpu if it meant boycotting the gpu producers that nickel and dime us to death. If anything just to force their hand to rethink outrageous pricing. AMD has gotten better but shame on nvidia.
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Lautaro
Noob question: Is FreeSync a form of variable refresh rate or is VRR different?
For example, my monitor is FS capable and is 75Hz. How would I take advantage of VRR if it was possible? I ask because if I lock FPS to 75, I still get tearing. I have to set it 74-84 and it improves (but is not the best)
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Noob question: Is FreeSync a form of variable refresh rate or is VRR different?
For example, my monitor is FS capable and is 75Hz. How would I take advantage of VRR if it was possible? I ask because if I lock FPS to 75, I still get tearing. I have to set it 74-84 and it improves (but is not the best)
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Hidden
Got myself a 770 during black friday to play around with. Looking at AI it's also by far the cheapest way to get 16GB of VRAM.
In the end it's mostly a plaything so I don't care all that much about gaming performance. It's mainly to see an alternative to AMD as I won't buy Nvidia on principle.
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Got myself a 770 during black friday to play around with. Looking at AI it's also by far the cheapest way to get 16GB of VRAM.
In the end it's mostly a plaything so I don't care all that much about gaming performance. It's mainly to see an alternative to AMD as I won't buy Nvidia on principle.
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azureskies01
intel got into the GPU market too late, they should have done it when they were the only CPU game in town. Hell i think people would have even forgave them (a little) about not really pushing CPUs back then if there was an Arc A790 that preforms better or almost as good as a 4090.
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intel got into the GPU market too late, they should have done it when they were the only CPU game in town. Hell i think people would have even forgave them (a little) about not really pushing CPUs back then if there was an Arc A790 that preforms better or almost as good as a 4090.
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Sirotaca
I bought an A380 for my media server for video transcoding tasks. Works perfectly in that role, very happy with it. Would I buy one for gaming? Well, maybe not yet, but I'm definitely open to the idea in another generation or two if things continue to improve.
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I bought an A380 for my media server for video transcoding tasks. Works perfectly in that role, very happy with it. Would I buy one for gaming? Well, maybe not yet, but I'm definitely open to the idea in another generation or two if things continue to improve.
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James
Share holders want instantaneous gratification. Sad as Intel has the opportunity turn over new game changing designs, impatient share holders screw the process over, we didnt get to great processors in 0 time it take learning and failing to succeed well.
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Share holders want instantaneous gratification. Sad as Intel has the opportunity turn over new game changing designs, impatient share holders screw the process over, we didnt get to great processors in 0 time it take learning and failing to succeed well.
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Daggenthal
Intel ARC is the only GPU I have yet to buy, and am most excited to. It's one of those things where you know it isn't super powerful at the moment, but it still kicks ass either way. Easily a pick for me, knowing the disadvantages, still worth it!
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Intel ARC is the only GPU I have yet to buy, and am most excited to. It's one of those things where you know it isn't super powerful at the moment, but it still kicks ass either way. Easily a pick for me, knowing the disadvantages, still worth it!
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XxSpYxX
On my buy list is Epyc 7002 32cores++, MB, 256GB ECC RAM, Arc A380 for transcoding.
And all of the components are going to be 2nd hand. This costs around 1000-1300 .
Best option for cheap and efficient transcoding if you have no intel iGPU
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On my buy list is Epyc 7002 32cores++, MB, 256GB ECC RAM, Arc A380 for transcoding.
And all of the components are going to be 2nd hand. This costs around 1000-1300 .
Best option for cheap and efficient transcoding if you have no intel iGPU
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Just
For their first gen of GPUs this is quite good result. Drivers are mostly fixed, and the architecture has probably a lot of space for further optimization (kinda like first gen ryzen). I'm really looking forward to their next gen release
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For their first gen of GPUs this is quite good result. Drivers are mostly fixed, and the architecture has probably a lot of space for further optimization (kinda like first gen ryzen). I'm really looking forward to their next gen release
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RUFIORUFIO
Yeah have to add one thing here. Artic Liquid coolers are for sure among the best I've used. Great product! As a enthusiast myself I want intel to be extremely competitive. I'm sure we all here want this. lets hope it happens!
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Yeah have to add one thing here. Artic Liquid coolers are for sure among the best I've used. Great product! As a enthusiast myself I want intel to be extremely competitive. I'm sure we all here want this. lets hope it happens!
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Kris
15:13 They mention DX9on12, but not DXVK, which they have used in the past. What gives?
- DXVK dropped completely? (I've heard it's faster than D3D9On12 though)
- Pressure from MS? (who develops D3D9On12, as opposed to DXVK)
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15:13 They mention DX9on12, but not DXVK, which they have used in the past. What gives?
- DXVK dropped completely? (I've heard it's faster than D3D9On12 though)
- Pressure from MS? (who develops D3D9On12, as opposed to DXVK)
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