Intel ARC for gaming?

a year ago by olenko to c/pcmasterrace

According to some benchmarks, some Intel ARC GPUs are better than some AMD ones. However, I have not seen many people actually using them for gaming. Are there any drawbacks when using these GPUs? Should I get an AMD RX 7600 or an Intel ARC B570 for about the same price and why?

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 13 points a year ago

It's been a few years so their drivers are largely fine. As long as you play more popular games they should run just fine. At this point it's pretty rare for a game to not run/run so unbearably bad that it's unplayable. The Arc will probably get your better performance per dollar, but the RX will be a more consistent experience. (This feels like talking about amd 15 years ago lol)

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toe 11 points a year ago

Ran an Arc A750 for a couple of years. Perfectly capable card. Don‘t expect miracles of performance@4k but it could hold its own on modern games (BG3, CS2, Helldivers2). Mostly ran 1440. (also old games like Company of Heroes.. but not really stressing the card with that one)

Also ran it in Linux for quite a while. Set and forget there. It was easily a smooth card. I‘m a fan of Arc. I‘m running a 7900xtx these days as I snagged one cheap, but I‘d easily look at Arc again. I‘ve heard Battlemage is really a good step up.

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SolidShake 7 points a year ago

AMD. Because well known. Works good. Lasts a long time, FSR.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 4 points a year ago

Nvidia and Intel GPUs can use FSR too. Outside of FSR4 which is 9000 series only so a 7600 wouldn't even get it.

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SolidShake -2 points a year ago

That is DLSS.