The Intel Arc owners thread

Quartz · 23 Jun 2023 at 15:25

New drivers available, with list of known bugs.

Intel's Arc graphics driver 101.4502 WHQL brings subtle changes and a long list of known bugs | Club386

Intel Arc GPU Graphics Driver 101.4502 WHQL arrives fixing a major issue for iTunes users.

www.club386.com

Quartz · 10 Jul 2023 at 21:12

Battlemage rumours!

Rumoured specs at 8:07

TLDW: launches early 2024 with RTX 4080 gaming performance, and better than 4080 compute performance.

Quartz · 10 Jul 2023 at 23:30

This is all rumour; I have a barrel of salt to hand...

Quartz · 11 Jul 2023 at 08:59

I expect the savvier companies will use the threat of going to Intel to get a better deal from Nvidia.

Quartz · 11 Jul 2023 at 17:31

Cyber-Mav said:
Can these cards play dx9 games and older stuff too? Or limited to dx11 and 12?

The original Far Cry runs fine. DX 12 has been their priority but they've been making great progress with older versions. Did you have a particular game in mind?

Quartz · 12 Jul 2023 at 11:36

He reports massive improvements in 1% lows in DX9 and DX 11 games.

Quartz · 12 Jul 2023 at 14:27

Does anyone know why Hardware Unboxed persistently ignore Arc?

Quartz · 12 Jul 2023 at 15:37

gpuerrilla said:
Have you tried to DM or tag Steve in a tweet? If your a patreon member your chances would be very high.

I've seen the issue raised in comments and go unanswered. I have already asked by Tweet and it has gone unanswered. The integrity of the team is unquestionable, but by ignoring Arc the usefulness - and thus value - of their work is significantly diminished.

Quartz · 17 Aug 2023 at 18:15

Some Arc news for the interested.

Early Arc cards have a security flaw.

Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs Have Hidden Security Flaws

Affecting Arc A770 and A750 GPUs sold between October and December 2022.

www.tomshardware.com

As an owner of one of these cards I'm not worried. Apparently it requires local access, and the card is only on a test system.

Intel have released a new XeSS SDK, version 1.2

Intel releases XeSS 1.2 SDK, the key binary still not open-source - VideoCardz.com

XeSS 1.2 out now Intel has a new XeSS version now available for game developers. Intel is not slowing down with the development of their temporal upscaling technology, known as XeSS. The newest version was just released with the latest SDK (Software Development Kit) with an updated libxess.dll...

videocardz.com

Intel is working on Battlemage

Intel lists testing interposers for Next-Gen Xe2 "Battlemage" GPUs and Core Ultra "Arrow Lake-HX" CPUs - VideoCardz.com

Intel preparing next-gen GPUs and CPUs for testing Battlemage, Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake. Intel has recently made updates to its website to include information about the interposers for testing purposes. On a dedicated webpage, the company showcases the components employed by various tools...

videocardz.com

Quartz · 21 Aug 2023 at 16:20

Grim5 said:
Latest firmware increases clock speeds for the a380

Not as slow as before!

Grim5 said:
Your teraflops of FP32 doesn't change because you released a new driver

Apparently it's a VBIOS update.

Quartz · 21 Aug 2023 at 16:22

Daniel Owen with some commentary:

Quartz · 23 Aug 2023 at 21:05

A test of the latest driver:

TLDW: where Intel's drivers show massive improvements are the 1% and 0.1% lows but there are modest boosts to average framerates too. And The Witcher is no longer broken.

Quartz · 24 Aug 2023 at 10:59

I had forgotten you had both. Have you done any VRAM capacity tests?

Quartz · 28 Aug 2023 at 14:40

Sparkle are now manufacturing 16GB A770 cards, calling them Titans

Sparkle confirms Arc A770 TITAN graphics card will feature 16GB memory - VideoCardz.com

Sparkle A770 GPU features 16GB memory Sparkle is rapidly establishing itself as a major partner for Intel’s Arc GPUs. Intel consistently highlights Sparkle in its Arc-related updates, underscoring the significance of their choice as a GPU supplier. It’s worth noting that Sparkle had withdrawn...

videocardz.com

Quartz · 30 Aug 2023 at 18:43

Arc Battlemage spotted!

Intel Arc “Battlemage” GPUs were spotted during visit to chip lab - KitGuru

Intel has recently organised a Tech Tour to give attendees some insights into how they develop, test

www.kitguru.net

Quartz · 1 Sep 2023 at 13:22

An XeSS patch is available for when they do get it working.

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Quartz · 4 Sep 2023 at 16:47

Intel have a driver for Arc

Quartz · 15 Sep 2023 at 15:31

Puget Systems have an interesting article on the productivity side of Arc:

Intel Arc A770 and A750 Content Creation Review (Sept. 2023 Update)

The Intel Arc Alchemist A770 and A750 launched 11 months ago. How have the Intel Arc A770 and A750 improved for content creation applications since then?

www.pugetsystems.com

TLDR: 40% improvement in Da Vinci Resolve, now on a par with the RTX 3060 and 4060.

Quartz · 15 Sep 2023 at 15:49

Very promising for Battlemage.

Quartz · 15 Sep 2023 at 21:00

PCPer have a review of Arc here:

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Graphics Card Review - PC Perspective

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Graphics Card Review Today we will be taking a look at the Intel Arc A750 graphics card - specifically Intel’s “Limited

pcper.com

TLDR: they're modestly impressed but there is stiff competition from the RX 7600.