I mentioned recent patches above, and as of the beginning of 2023 the Arc cards have gotten significantly faster in titles that use the DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 rendering APIs. Here's the recent Arc driver update summarised by Intel themselves the blog version is here. Given that the A770 costs around £400, or 60% more, that makes the A750 the obvious choice! Remember that you'll need Resizeable BAR support to make full use of these cards though, a motherboard-level feature that has been standard for a while - but may put older PCs out of contention. The Arc A750 is by far the better value of the two cards, with the A770 being only three to ten percent faster depending on the game. Similarly, XeSS seems to perform on a similar level to DLSS in most titles, although it is supported by far fewer games than AMD's FSR 2 or Nvidia's DLSS. RT performance is generally great, on par with Nvidia for a card of this caliber, in comparison to AMD which still seems a generation behind when it comes to RT acceleration. Get the Intel Arc A750 8GB GPU for £250 + £8 shipping (was £330)īoth Arc GPUs are strong 1080p and 1440p contenders, although they perform at their best in DirectX 12 and Vulkan titles, with older DirectX versions running through a compatibility layer that diminishes performance.Today, the cheaper of the two cards, the Arc A750, is available for £250 plus shipping at Overclockers UK, a steep £80 reduction from their £330 launch price. Six months of patches and performance improvements later, and these GPUs look even better - especially as neither AMD or Nvidia has launched mainstream desktop graphics cards from their most recent generation. Intel's Arc graphics cards debuted to surprisingly warm reviews late last year, including over at Digital Foundry where I endorsed them as a 'pleasant surprise' that were 'already cards worth buying' thanks to better-than-expected performance in modern titles.

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