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First Intel Arc B580 "Battlemage" GPU ships to gamer before launch - VideoCardz.com

Retailer ships Sparkle’s TITAN OC Battlemage GPU early Sales embargo? What embargo. Sparkle has already announced as many as five different Arc B580/B570 graphics cards, but only two will go on sale this week. The company is sticking to its iconic blue color scheme, which is a brave choice for a...

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Intel's non-gamer bling shroud designs are quite nice I must say, them and their partners seem to have a somehow unified aesthetic despite all being different

 

[Skifi28]

I don't know how it'll perform or if they fixed their drivers for older games, but it really does look nice.

 

[BennyBlanco]

I don't know how it'll perform or if they fixed their drivers for older games, but it really does look nice.

I almost forgot what a normal sized GPU looks like

 

[grvg]

Wow, that looks pretty good. This is the first thing I've been excited for in the computer hardware world since the 10 series.

 

[Hoddi]

Wow, that looks pretty good. This is the first thing I've been excited for in the computer hardware world since the 10 series.

Same. I'm cautiously hopeful but I'd really like to give these a shot in a secondary system. Intel's drivers don't need to be perfect but I'm curious if they're really as bad as people say.

Legacy cruft is also starting to catch up with the other two on modern Windows.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Same. I'm cautiously hopeful but I'd really like to give these a shot in a secondary system. Intel's drivers don't need to be perfect but I'm curious if they're really as bad as people say.

Alchemist was a massive pipe cleaner for their driver team and they've really been cranking on it, most people agree they've improved very fast

And then there's probably things they couldn't quite fully fix in software that this will integrate, such as the lower draw call overhead etc

 

[LordOfChaos]

Looking good!

 

[grvg]

The reviews are coming in extremely positive. Praise the Sun.

 

[SScorpio]

The reviews are coming in extremely positive. Praise the Sun.

Agreed, it sets a good price/performance point for the sub $300 main stream cards.

We'll have to see what AMD and Nvidia launch shortly, though it was expected the high end would be first with the lower end in March/April, both the 8600/5060 will very likely beat this. But it hopefully it keeps their prices grounded. If nothing else this is a huge shot across the bow showing that Intel will be a force to be reckoned with. With the B580 slotting in between the 4060 and 4060ti, hopefully a B770/80 would close in on 4070ti performance for around $500.