The Intel Arc owners thread

[hornetstinger]

Been a little out of the loop with this end of the GPU market but recently needed to do my research due to my teenage daughter asking for an upgrade. She’s not a huge gamer but her old 2060 is starting to show its age. Was pleasantly surprised to see some positive news on intel cards, specifically the b580.
Is there any issues to note that would prevent me from buying over a 4060, for example?

Ensure your motherboard supports rebar otherwise performance is terrible.

Intel had high CPU overhead but I believe been improved. No hardware dx9 support so older games won't be as smooth as amd/Nvidia

Ensure how the amd 9060 compares in price to the b580 maybe if similar check that out also?

 

[dazzlaa]

Think there is a decent price difference bewtween the AMD9060 to be fair but wasn’t aware of the limitations you mentioned. She’s on an intel 12100 i3 cpu if my memory servers me well, so will look into that, thanks.

 

[hornetstinger]

Think there is a decent price difference bewtween the AMD9060 to be fair but wasn’t aware of the limitations you mentioned. She’s on an intel 12100 i3 cpu if my memory servers me well, so will look into that, thanks.

£50 difference, also and is 16gb so extra 4gb

 

[Tetras]

Think there is a decent price difference bewtween the AMD9060 to be fair but wasn’t aware of the limitations you mentioned. She’s on an intel 12100 i3 cpu if my memory servers me well, so will look into that, thanks.

Personally, I'd consider a B580 not enough of a jump (from the 2060) to justify the purchase, especially when paired with a lower-end CPU.

TPU's GPU database says 47% faster, which isn't bad, but given the potential for higher driver overhead and performance issues with running certain games, I'd feel better with a bigger overall increase.

9060 XT 16GB moves that number to twice as fast (as the 2060): 99%, which combined with the 16GB of VRAM should help it to last longer.

 

[dazzlaa]

Thank for the heads up. Will be looking to grab a 9060

 

[Quartz]

Hold fire for a few weeks: Intel may be about to release the B770 at CES. You might also look into what a CPU upgrade - to a 12600 - will do for her.