Intel ARC Graphics Cards Are Already Getting Better...

[@Avarent01]

Honestly, I believe these are going to age like fine wine having performance increases every driver update

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Me too, I think they’ll become very rare collectors cards in the future too

[@enricofermi3471]

Problem is, they're not that high-end, A770 being at best around rtx3070 levels of performance, and by the time things are fixed proper, it would become the equivalent of something like rtx6050 or rx9500.

[@aerosw1ft]

@@enricofermi3471 a770 being equal to 3070 is a really far stretch

[@jesuschrist2284]

Coil whine? Anyway, this tech has some amazing 4k potential if they can put multiple on a board

[@inqizzo]

These are the successors for the radeons r9

[@williamdodge7320]

Nice to see some improvements, really hope the intel gpu's stay around

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I hope so too

[@brandonlehman7440]

same, we really need a third player to push the progress of gpus faster, like what happened in the 90s.

[@Ayo090]

its gonna take intel some time tho. give them maybe 7 or more years for them to actually get serious

[@josephdias5859]

@@brandonlehman7440 China has a new card company maybe they'll come west aswell

[@brandonlehman7440]

@@josephdias5859 no one would buy it lmao chinese products are considered low quality in the west

[@curvingfyre6810]

god I hope they make a comeback, having something real from a 3rd party would be godlike

[@AlpineTheHusky]

@n n All 3 companies are like that. AMD finally got competetive high end CPUs and they bumped up prices ALOT

[@TheCudder4life]

@n n The only thing to be "glad" about is that NVIDIA has another competitor.

[@bdhale34]

Apparently you don't remember until nVidia we had like 8 manufacturers to choose from, and nVidia killed off 6 of them, in some cases illegally. If AMD hadn't bought ATI they probably would have been their last victim and we'd have a true monopoly instead of the paper one we have cause of all the idiots who gave them 85% market share even when they went 5 years having the objectively worse product.

[@curvingfyre6810]

@@bdhale34 I wasn't aware just how many there were, but no, I knew nvidia was basically the pc mafia. I'm an anarchist though, so I'm never surprised when a corporation turns out to be actually cartoonishly evil. I'm glad the slim competition is slightly larger now, doesn't mean it was ok when it got annihilated before.

[@frank234561]

@@AlpineTheHusky * a lot. Alot isn't a word. Allot is. However, it doesn't mean what you think it means.

[@RandomAxe]

My a380 has been much better after the dec 5th drivers, Some games run better than a 1650. I hope we keep getting some more improvements

[@SweBeach2023]

The 1650 seem to be just as cheap, and is more of a proven card. Game developers will primarily target Geforce cards for years to come since they have a very large share of the gaming GPU market.

[@samchoi7152]

@@SweBeach2023 Nvidia's entry-level cards such as the GTX 1650 and RTX 3050 are some of the worst values for gamers. The RX 6600 outperforms both and is currently ~$200 with 2 free games included.

[@RandomAxe]

@@SweBeach2023 I bought the card for my secondary server pc, I bought it mostly to see how well it ages, price to Performance was never a consideration for me

[@DigBipper188]

​@@SweBeach2023 > This, however, you can still make games perform well without game engine level opimisations for the specific brand of card... Else how can NVidia GameWorks titles work just fine on AMD Radeon and Intel's DG-1 / HD iGP series? Game developers will always tend to favor the cards that have the greatest market share unless they enter a partnership with a competing vendor. that's a given, since they're always targeting performance for the people most likely to buy their games. If AMD had a 75% market share, most game companies would target AMD architectures, just like most game companies currently target NVidia due to their high market share against AMD and Intel. That doesn't mean, however, that you can't enter a partnership with a GPU vendor... Whenever you see an AMD Radeon splash screen or NVidia's famous "The way it's meant to be played" logo when launching a game, that's because that game company partnered with either AMD or NVidia (or maybe intel in the future), to optimise the game to work best on that specific architecture.

[@sireffortlessgarbage7922]

a380 is an airplane? Idk if intel is workin with airbus.

[@ryansaltzgiver3651]

Please keep doing these videos on driver updates from the Intel cards! So nice to see 👍

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Will do!

[@mj1s735]

Thanks for the update. I just ordered a 770 from Newegg. It was only $349 and in stock, so figured I would give it a try. I am glad to hear that Intel is not giving up on these GPUs. Because for a while that was the rumor, that Intel would scrap their discrete GPU production.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@hman6159]

@Spots Corner lol

[@anasevi9456]

"Because for a while that was the rumor, that Intel would scrap their discrete GPU production." that was FUD for certain. Intel has way too much money in and they always new it would take a few generations to get up to form, also the countless billions to be made in datacentre with these chips. Unless their board goes full retard, which to be honest isnt fully unprecedented; I expect their dGPUs to stay.

[@mj1s735]

@@anasevi9456 Yeah I felt that there was no way that Intel would just drop the GPU production. But you have to admit that rumor did get a lot of traction. The fact that they got the GPUs to even boot and not instantly crash on Intel and AMD platforms was an accomplishment. Now all they had to do was work out the driver issues and also find away to have them better optimized for gaming.

[@mj1s735]

@Spots Corner Maybe by some Nvidia fan boys? If anything AMD needs to be more worried about Intel GPUs than Nvidia?

[@jierenzheng7670]

It is great that Intel decided to go DXVK like Linux for older APIs like DirectX9 instead of the Microsoft implementation. I am still testing my A770 myself and it is fun to have while waiting for various software (AV1 encoding in handbrake) and drivers to mature. I wonder how would Battle Mage fare then.

[@McFlyOrPie]

I was literally about to order an A770, til I saw a notification for this video. I wanna do my part in helping Intel get a good foot hold into the GPU market. I sold my 3070 for $200 to my buddy cuz his 1660 super died and he's struggling. Figured I'd go Arc since my living room PC has a 3080ti for 4k and my office PC has a 24in 1080p display. Seems like a good idea since I play mostly dx12 games.

[@btd1114]

You are an amazing friend pimp.

[@M_Fatih66]

Do you really need to help a billion dollar company though?

[@assetaden6662]

Damn, you're such a nice friend.

[@DunhaCC]

consooooooooooom

[@HanSolo__]

Just go for any RX 6700 XT or RX 6800. Intel is one of the last companies that need help from anyone.

[@vintorezsnayperskaya7582]

On its Readme, DXVK is mentioned so that's probably the reason. They mention that further game optimization will come without the need of driver update so I guess that implies they can roll out stuff like DXVK enablement to titles that passed internal QA as not all titles enjoy perf titles with DXVK, some even regressed.

[@bdhale34]

DXVK on windows is more hit than miss with the games I've tested 15 improved 3 with none and 2 that got worse, a godsend for *nix systems though always an improvement on that side of the isle because you go from not being able to play the game at all to being able to play it.

[@MetaDude]

@@bdhale34 i tried few older likes RE6 and Assassin's creed 2 but both went shite Dx9 titles

[@vintorezsnayperskaya7582]

@@bdhale34 that's why I mention they need to do selective enablement for DXVK, not turning it on globally

[@stephanhart9941]

Right now the ARC cards are looking like a novelty. Let's hope they have some accelerated "fine wine" going on. Maybe Raja brought it in his back pocket. Hopefully, Battle Mage is much better!

[@flamingscar5263]

1st gen tech products are bassicly always beta products So much testing is needed, testing that really can't be done without people having it Battle mage should he significantly better

[@helenHTID]

@@flamingscar5263 That's so true. There's only so much people can do in test lab, Even the most experienced minds. It's going to fall on their customers in the real world on their systems to see how things pan out and then work fixes as they go.. While maturing the platform. If this venture is to be successful, They are gonna need those early adopters and their feedback to work from.

[@Safetytrousers]

@@SpartanArmy117 The architecture in the present Arcs seems to be very good for the price, where it is working well it is working very well, it's the software that needs to be improved.

[@Grimmwoldds]

@@SpartanArmy117 People got stable diffusion working under Linux and found the a770 punched WAY above it's price tag both in FP32 and VRAM operations.

[@anasevi9456]

@@SpartanArmy117 ​ A770 already kerbstomping a 3070ti in microsoft flight sim and beating it in Metro Exodus enhanced edition ultra with full RTX. The performance is most certainly there for the transitor count and then some, even if it is a generation behind given Lovelace has launched. However the drivers have a very bright future.

[@CorrichetiLagga]

Thanks, keep testing these Intel ARC. I have a 1650 SUPER and I'm seriously considering buying an ARC 750 or 770, but here in Italy it's hard to get one. P.S. is it possible to reduce power limit in MSI afterburner? And could you make a video on overclocking and power limiting these ARC?

[@nep-nep6575]

I don’t use MSI afterburner much (I have an AMD card and just use the Adrenalin software) but from what I can remember when I used to use Afterburner, it should be possible to undervolt the GPU.

[@CorrichetiLagga]

@@nep-nep6575 I wonder if it is also possible with Intel ARC, especially modifying the power limit

[@dizesias]

I live in Italy too, here the best you can get "cheap" Is an RX 6600 for 300€, if you have some more cash, RX 6700 for 380€ (all on Amazon). Better prices are harder if you don't buy used gpus. Before arc 770 come in Italy It Will be obsolete, and even then, Its price won't be much Better than the ones i said before. Personally i did spend 380€ to get an rtx 3060 because i prefer Nvidia.

[@kekistanifreedomfighter4197]

Really great hear they're getting better, especially since I pretty much only play a old games, most on DX9/Vulcan with DXVK. Once FFMPEG & everything downstream supports ARC H264/H265 & AV1 encoding I may very well choose an Intel GPU to replace my venerable RX 580 in my new PC.

[@jwoolery99]

Using the A770 LE 16GB and I found that the performance for Shadow of the Tomb Raider in DX 12 didn’t change (the changes were for DX 11 mode which I did not check for), but I did find that COD MW II was incrementally better and more consistent. Tested with a Ryzen 9 5900X with ReBAR on of course and I use the card at 1440p whenever possible. I’ve yet to test more games that use the older APIs to see if there really was a difference, but I’ll be interested to see if my huge framerate swings in GTA V go away, cause I had problems with the game dipping hard into the low 40s and high 30s online, so I hope that’s been resolved!

[@mahmoudsobhy5843]

OT but I like the fact that you reply to most comments, truly shows your appreciation! I'm also planning to buy an Arc A750 but I will hold off until it's fully stable

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah wait a while longer and see what the prices do too!

[@PhantomOverload]

I definitely want to get one when I get the chance. I love the simple look of them and feel like they have a good amount of potential.

[@BF4pawntard]

Never picked one up due to legacy support for direct x 9 . But now with this massive improvement I have ordered one for my second system .

[@dennisjungbauer4467]

Not every DX9 game received such a massive improvement as CS: GO* though, Payday 2 for example, which is also a DX9 title, got just 4% (at 1440p). But then again, you're at around 160fps, so it's not important with the A770 & 750. Also, I have a feeling the titles mentioned by Intel were specifically optimized instead of DX9 in general (as they're popular), but maybe not. I am positive there is more to come, but if it was a no-go before because of DX9, I'm surprised you now bought one - was it primarily because of CS: GO? :D But have fun with it, I'd also like to play around, but don't really have the time currently. * Intel tested a 79% improvement (avg) actually (still massive), dunno if this channel does proper benchmarks or if it was just two gameplays. But different map might also influence gains.

[@XeonProductions]

You've convinced me to try out Intel ARC. Although I already have too many damn graphics cards, a problem I never thought I'd have in 2020. Just ordered the A770 off Newegg.

[@jqwright28]

Same. I'm not expecting miracles but I want more players in the gpu space. Intel is probably the only company left that could do this with modest success. Who else is there? Microsoft? Google? No thanks from those guys.

[@bobeyes3284]

Fingers crossed they bring some high-end cards and make them a reasonable price. Sick of paying these prices.

[@BrusqueLee]

Thank you for continuing to cover Arc. Don't own one myself, but am cheering for their success.

[@laeviga-sunstrider]

Thanks for sharing these results. Hoping to hear back from LTT about this in their Arc challenge.

[@phucnguyen0110]

As soon as I saw the video Intel posted, I immediately hoped that you would make a video - and here we are. Thanks Steve!

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Random, Nice to see that the Graphics Driver Team are making progress

[@BeefJerky4104]

Really hope Intel keeps it up. Having a third graphics card option is major for the market.

[@Trick-Framed]

I may have issues with your methodology but I have been watching for years and only recently realized how long. Thank you for all the videos.

[@robertfox4118]

Could you test this GPU on a 8th or 9th gen Intel on a motherboard that added ReBar support? I have an i5 8600k and Gigabyte z390 gaming sli board. Rebar worked perfectly with my RX 5700 XT, but does not work on my recently purchased RTX 3080. I know this must be down to an imposed limitation by Nvidia or their drivers, but would be interested to see if Intel also impose this limitation. Keep up the good work. Always enjoy your content

[@joeyhillers9460]

Arc doesn’t work on 8 or 9th gen, 10th gen and up

[@GAMMAXII]

@@joeyhillers9460 Wrong, as long as your 8th or 9th gen board can support rebar, it works as I tested it on an EVGA Z370 Micro with a 9600k and the newest bios.

[@kajurn791]

Test GTA IV. It seems they added DXVK to their driver so i imagine it'll run somewhat well, maybe. Wouldn't buy this card at the prices Intel's selling it for though.

[@aersla1731]

I do want to eventually get one, just to support more competition in the GPU space.

[@FGSTH]

Already enjoying my a770 16GB 😍😍 i tested it on my channel 😍😍

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Awesome :)

[@FGSTH]

Do you think they will go up in price? I'm thinking of buying another one for my living room gaming PC.

[@JRose-zn7iw]

This is great news, I'm waiting a little bit more before leaving the red/green drama behind.

[@ShawnMeira]

I really hope Intel releases cards in the future, as well as keeping up the support! :D

[@mattblatchley2061]

awesome...thanks for staying up on these drivers!!!

[@mattblatchley2061]

and thank you for always murdering bystanders in your benchmarking!!!

[@shaunhall960]

I'm just glad Intel is in the game now for GPU's. The more competition, the better.

[@randomisedaccessgaming1876]

Intel ARC graphics card are definitely worth buying now and they seem to be fixing drivers quicker than AMD

[@randomisedaccessgaming1876]

@El Cactuar *Corrected

[@t1e6x12]

AMD drivers are solid. This is just going from bad to less bad.

[@randomisedaccessgaming1876]

@@t1e6x12 they have improved a lot recently but I still get black screens with my RX580

[@eclipsegst9419]

If you look at the xe igpu performance and scale it to the core count of the Alchemist, they seem they ought to have a fair bit left on the table. It would be awesome if they manage to unlock most/all of its potential in time. And it will do well for them building a customer base.

[@TheKallath]

Dude. you almost have half a million subs. Well done fella :)

[@jernaugurgeh451]

Hmmm… am I going to regret investing in an RX 6400 instead of an A380? Though my main deciding factor was power consumption (energy prices in the UK are through the roof!), and at just 53watts under load the 6400 is a marvel, and actually still pretty capable. The fact I picked one up for £129 helped a bit!

[@e85johnson68]

It’s been a minute since I’ve watched one of your videos since I’ve been so busy at work and building a house, but congrats on almost 500k subs! You will be one of my favorite pc hardware review channels. Keep being original.

[@Fender178]

It is good that Intel is improving their drivers for their cards. Also this reminds me of the upcomming Rx7xxx AMD cards they will have some early adoptive problems due to the new GPU chiplet design they are using. It will take awhile for performance to be what we expect out of the cards.

[@DjordjeSrpski]

in couple years intel cpu with intel gpu will probably make deadly combination and conquer any encoding/rendering type of work.

[@__aceofspades]

I immediately bought an A770 on Newegg after seeing those HUGE performance gains. Pricing is good, features are great, comes with MW2 and other games, and Intel seemingly updates the drivers weekly, and are making huge progress.

[@victorillo377]

And the performance will only get better! Plus it's kinda cool to have an Intel gpu it's like a legendary item or a limited thing lol

[@tj3495]

They update about monthly, last update here was 3 weeks apart. But they are usually big.

[@Embreh89]

okay, now we can really talk about a rtx 3060 like experience. intel fixing their dx9 issues makes this card a total beast in its price range. alongside fsr or xess this somehow looks like a really good deal for mid tier gaming.

[@deadtake2664]

Kinda makes me wish that they’d pushed back the launch a few more months to have this positive performance in the launch reviews

[@noelchristie7669]

Facts, hard to change people's mind if you've already left a bad impression. There's still Cyberpunk haters out there for example.

[@snakeplissken1754]

It was pretty much obvious from day one that the performance could only get better/more consistent as time goes on. Great to see them doing the work required. The GPU´s are quite good but one thing keeps me from buying them currently. The Desktop PCs of my family either have a card on paar or do not support rebar, which kills the arc GPU´s right away.

[@Mr.Korzack]

This does feel like a big win for overall usability with the older API improvements, and fair play to Intel for keeping going... If AMD's new prices go the Nvidia route we could see Intel getting a Lot of new users just for the sake of no other options been viable

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

Do the new drivers also help performance on the a380? And how do these cards perform under Linux with DXVK / Proton?

[@gurshair]

Glad to see the arc is doing better with time

[@erikreider]

All hail DXVK!

[@Kryptic1046]

I'm so glad Intel is sticking with their GPUs. We really need more players in the GPU space.

[@jonny11bonk]

I'm honestly surprised how CS:GO performed. Is it still like "emulating" the DX9, or is it running natively?

[@theanglerfish]

i have A770 LE and after update i have no reason to buy any gpu from nvidia or amd ray tracing is fine far more better than amd current gen GC´s price is a bit lower than i expected from new card of that performance and i want to support new product in market with GC´s because more competition is needed i think and i am really happy with this progress and want to see battlemage or even celestial i will go for it absolutely XeSS i can´t test now i have 1080p monitor but i will go for 1440p or higher in next monts

[@noelchristie7669]

Hell yeah, I'm picking Intel because of the ray tracing alone over AMD. The 6000 series are great cards but I want some decent raytracing, and the midrange AMD cards simply don't have it.

[@saricubra2867]

At 1:45 or for CSGO, use the launch parameters option and add -thread 16 to remove the CPU overhead and fully use the graphics card.

[@revdarian]

if you really want to increase your performance in older titles, look up DXVK or DGVOODOO, both are great translation layers that work wonders, grabbing the dx9/10 driver calls and translating them into either vulkan or dx12 respectively.

[@77wolfblade]

this!

[@Lacutis01]

Been watching heaps of Intel Arc vids and i think this one about the driver updates has sold me. Might be time to say goodbye to my trusty Vega 64

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

I am really happy to see them improving as I want to see competition like most people. I have a 4090 and I tend to buy the top end of each generation so they wont be on my personal shopping list but competition benefits us all in the long run

[@xFluing]

Bro you complain about nvidia monopoly yet you buy nvidia Room temperature iq move

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

@@xFluing When did I complain about a monopoly? Nvidia doesn't have a monopoly, they have the largest share of the market and the fastest gaming card and that is what I want. You don't understand the words you use. Your comment is ironic lmao

[@jayc9184]

I DECIDED NO NVIDIA. I am looking forward to future Intel GPU-Kprocessor integration. Amd/Nvidia lost my respect with their scalping/bitcoin enterprises.

[@Stanky_Foot]

People be praising AMD for "cheap" GPUs, in my perspective, they're just a bit less EXPENSIVE. Duopoly's are never healthy, and I wouldn't be surprised if the two are colluding in the market. We need something to bring down all the prices because frankly the requirements to game 240 fps in most games 1080p is not affordable.

[@Lmpy]

There's already talks of intel canning the gpu department, which I hope is not true, this has so much potential!

[@thebluephoenix7797]

if you can get your hands on the ACER PREDATOR ARC A770 i would love to see a comparison of the two as i have just purchased the predator a770 and would love to know if its any good with my old 8700K

[@prla5400]

May be a nitpick, but I like the old information banners in your vids. The plain blue and pink ones

[@Santiago-sh3cq]

Even though my system has all amd I'm really glad to see Intel is bringing in something solid at a good price.

[@ThatChannel48]

Love to see your content for this card, thanks!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks! It’s great fun to test!

[@Fearagen]

Good to see they are improving their drivers; they basically gimped the cards in their early state.

[@TechGuyBeau]

Good video

[@TheSlowDude]

Hi, I have the a770 16gb paired with a 12400. After the update and benchmarking right now... A bit less stutter all across the board. GTA 4: oh my!!! Feels way better Shadow of the tomb raider: from 15370 frames rendered to 15398. Hitman II: feels better and better minimum frame rates. Beaming: still unplayable maybe even worse. GTA V: feels better Loving the experience

[@97MrBlues]

Because of your video updates about the Arc series I’ve finally settled it and decided to buy an A770.

[@noelchristie7669]

Same. AMD is a great choice, but I want raytracing performance. From what we've seen, Intel has that down🤙🏿, more than AMD . I'm replacing a 1060 3gb too so no matter what I know I'm gonna see an improvement in my pc.

[@DjghostyMusic]

This is good to hear, Also rather surprised people still play counterstrike lol

[@michaelmonstar4276]

If Intel keeps this up, I might even go “all-intel” for a next system-build in a few years.

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

Intel, you are our last hope to correct the inflated prices back down to where they used to be. You must succeed!! 🐸

[@jqwright28]

I can't believe Intel went back and actually wrote new native drivers for a lot of dx9 games, the popular ones like CS:GO and League of Legends. I really did not expect them to go that extra mile but it does show they are serious. Earned a purchase from me yesterday.

[@Gatorade69]

They didn't. They are just using DXVK.

[@jqwright28]

@@Gatorade69 They said in the new video on the Intel Graphics that they went back and wrote native support for certain games while others would still use a translation layer. If that means it's all DXVK based, great but I think there's some of their own work involved for some games like CS:GO.

[@Phantom-ys5ur]

The thing is after playing cod mw you will really start to hate the gun and shooting physics of other games.

[@vMaxHeadroom]

Good job by Intel and they are learning a hell of a lot so hopefully the next GPU's will be a bug step up...And boy do we need a third competitor badly!

[@foxboi6309]

Damn that's a very nice improvement in performance. Intel GPUs are definitely becoming more and more tempting to buy.

[@nexus_tech]

Any reason to return to ARC is a good reason. Can not wait to test with those new drivers

[@MechanicMaster2017]

It's good to see more competitors in the market, even if it's not good enough

[@vintorezsnayperskaya7582]

Do you mind benching if this driver fix applies to A380? I have interest with it but part of me feels that it has hardware flaw that would be unfixable

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I would have thought csgo performance should still be improved

[@xosece]

I have the A770 and I can't be happier about these updates. Which exact version of MSi Afterburner do you use to show the stats? On certain games like CS:Go I can't see the performance numbers using MSi Afterburner. Thanks for the video.

[@IceyyCold]

great review. you're getting a lot better at the games man 😂

[@DigBipper188]

It will seldom surprise me if there are continuous improvements with ARC's overall performance over time as Intel gets to grips with its own architecture and optimises the drivers... They're at a pretty big disadvantage considering that the last card intel released to consumers was the i752, they haven't had an architecture to base their cards off of, they haven't got previous software, drivers, nor almost 30 years of experience in developing graphics for gaming. Arc is very much a textbook first-gen graphics product.

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Here’s to hoping Intel doesn’t axe their graphics cards so we keep getting driver updates. I have the A770 and it’s certainly been an interesting card so far

[@ytuser0110]

Seems like Intel will figure out how to make GPU's faster than anyone thought.

[@oddvin0000000000000]

the arc cards are probably gonna age extremely well, I have an arc a770 and its only getting better and better.

[@Castaa]

I would like to see the new Fortnite UE 5 using Lumen and Nanite settings in your benchmark rotations as it's about as cutting edge as games get now. Thanks!

[@GeneralGrizzy]

Going the right direction

[@yeetus59]

Noticed in GTA V and RDR2 GPU usage rarely exceeds 70-80% but maybe thats just a bug in the metrics overlay. RDR2 is running in Vulkan so its strange not to see 99-100% GPU usage there. Drivers are getting better but they still need time to mature it seems.

[@user78405]

I been telling amd fans that all rdna architecture made by raja koduri, and Intel made good bet by knowing how good was navi architecture by driver updates...and what is shocking is under Intel, raja koduri can now make improvements faster than he had work under amd

[@patitowgames]

Intel Arc's new drivers sound too good to be true

[@ALph4cro]

They don't when you consider that the drivers were pretty much broken until now. They are merely fixing them now.

[@ChaosPootato]

I can't really say I'm surprised, it could only go up :D It's nice they're already making good progress though, they need the solid backbone for their eventual next generation

[@Space_Reptile]

i really like the new graphics used for fps figures, so much easyer to read and compare

[@chypres89]

Great news. Hope they stay competitive.

[@chinesepopsongs00]

As the biggest gains where in the titles with the oldest DX version, could you please test more titles that use DX10 and DX9 ? I think people want too see if Intel is a option for their existing Steam library.

[@THU31]

Maybe by the time their next cards launch (assuming they do at all), the drivers will be so good it might actually be a good choice to get an Intel card. Although I doubt they will be competing in the high-end.

[@didas542]

You never ever want to benchmark CS:GO by playing bots. There is the FPS Benchmark map by ulletical on the Steam workshop. It's reliable and tests many different scenarios of graphics card/CPU use. The reason you don't wanna benchmark using bots? Your computer is hosting the server and processing the bot AI as well. So basically, the more bots the less fps. Sure, you can make the argument that if I always spawn the same amount of bots, it will always produce a different result. Then you could try to compare those numbers. But realistically, who is looking up a CS:GO benchmark to play against bots? Besides, CS is mostly CPU intensive so whenever you do a bot benchmark you're just putting unnecessary load on the CPU, which can produce innacurate results. Unless, of course, you're benchmarking a CPU. No hate but this is something you should consider adapting for your videos.

[@Ayo090]

on their facebook page they said the drivers update is directx9 focused.

[@Ayo090]

which explains the double performance in csgo

[@GrabASpriteB]

Are you going to test Portal with RTX on this card and/or others?

[@absurdgaming00]

Nicely done INTEL... Keep it up!!! ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@gamingreflections6476]

As the Arc gpu's often performed much better at 1440p compared to 1080p I wonder if testing at 1440p with resolution scaling to give an internal 1080p would give different results to native 1080p ?

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I really want some competition in the graphics card market. I hope Intel ARC can make Nvidia and AMD sweat. Does the amount of system memory affect the card? I seem to remember hearing something about using system memory. The other thing is, the insane prices of the cards will go down.

[@flintfrommother3gaming]

If the thing, system memory, you are talking about is RAM then no, GPUs doesn't use RAM (except Integrated GPU's which use RAM for VRAM)

[@steaksoldier]

I hope the new drivers turn the a770 in to something closer to a 3070 or 6700xt. Been a Team Red guy for years now but seeing intel try, and succeed in making gaming gpus that play games well makes me happy. Anyone taking market share from nvidia is a win

[@scottcook740]

I’m looking to buy an arc a 770 for a new PC bill as a first timer. Are used to build back in early 2000s do you have to change the drivers or API depending on what game you play or when you update it is it good until the next update?

[@ippothedestroyer]

I'll be interested in their next gen cards. But its a decent start, hopefully they can shake up the low and mid tier graphic card options.