ICYMI: 16GB Arc A770 Priced Just $20 Higher than 8GB; A770 Starts Just $40 Higher Than A750

[btarunr]

The Intel Arc 7-series performance-segment graphics cards announced earlier this week, are all priced within $60 of each other. The series begins with the Arc A750 at USD $289. $40 more gets you the Arc A770 Limited Edition 8 GB, at $329. The top-of-the-line Arc A770 Limited Edition 16 GB is priced just $20 higher, at $349. This puts the Intel flagship at least $30 less than the cheapest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 available in the market right now, which can be had for $380. The dark horse here is the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, which is going for as low as $320.

Intel extensively compared the A770 to the RTX 3060 in its marketing materials, focusing on how its ray tracing performance is superior to even that of NVIDIA RTX in this segment, and that the Intel XeSS performance enhancement is technologically on-par with 2nd generation super-scaling techs such as FSR 2.0 and DLSS 2. If Intel's performance claims hold, the A770 has the potential to beat both the RTX 3060 and RX 6650 XT in its segment. The Arc A750, A770 8 GB, and A770 16 GB, go on sale from October 12. Stay tuned for our reviews.



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[Solaris17]

sick. also is it just me or do these cards like actually look nice? like idk just gets me. I like my dual fan minimalism.

 

[btarunr]

sick. also is it just me or do these cards like actually look nice? like idk just gets me. I like my dual fan minimalism.

They look just as good IRL.

 

[nguyen]

ARC looks to be very price competive, A750 is a nice mainstream GPU in today market

 

[The Quim Reaper]

I really don't see the point of having both an 8GB & 16GB 770 card with only a $20 price difference...very odd.

 

[Keullo-e]

I really don't see the point of having both an 8GB & 16GB 770 card with only a $20 price difference...very odd.

There's been this "pay a little more for a little bettter card" thing as long as I can remember. For a tight budget, that 20USD may be worth saving.

 

[usiname]

I really don't see the point of having both an 8GB & 16GB 770 card with only a $20 price difference...very odd.

Limited quantity of 1000 units 16gb to be sent for reviews and raise the hype further, while the 8GB will be available on the market

 

[ZetZet]

I really don't see the point of having both an 8GB & 16GB 770 card with only a $20 price difference...very odd.

16GB is probably barely better, if any. Considering RTX 3070 is fine with 8GB of VRAM, I don't see how a card in 3060 performance tier would need more. It's not a 4K card anyway.

 

[Hyderz]

sick. also is it just me or do these cards like actually look nice? like idk just gets me. I like my dual fan minimalism.

unlike those lumbering behemoths team green has

 

[ZoneDymo]

16GB is probably barely better, if any. Considering RTX 3070 is fine with 8GB of VRAM, I don't see how a card in 3060 performance tier would need more. It's not a 4K card anyway.

Future textures requirements and rt perhaps

 

[john_]

Performance per dollar against 3060, but what about against a Radeon card?
Also prices are too close between those models. Many look at the glass as half full, saying that 16GB is only $20 more than the 8GB model. But what if the glass is in fact half empty and the 8GB model is only $20 cheaper?
Also I was expecting A750 to be much lower priced. I guess Intel can't go any lower. They where expecting better performance from those cards, probably they where expecting to be selling the A770 for $400 or more, but they can't.

 

[dragontamer5788]

16GB for $349 ?

This is incredible for any compute-oriented programmer.

 

[GunShot]

They look just as good IRL.

Ha!

Alright, we ALL get it now!

*walk away all jelly*

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

I think the A770 8GB model will be more than enough for gaming and some rendering. 16GB seems a little too much for a card with performance comparable to a 3060 IMO. but a $20 increase for double the VRAM is kinda alright.

 

[GunShot]

I think the A770 8GB model will be more than enough for gaming and some rendering. 16GB seems a little too much for a card with performance comparable to a 3060 IMO. but a $20 increase for double the VRAM is kinda alright.

Yeah, until you've reached that title with a lot of eye-candy, etc. and you'll quickly notice that 8GB VRAM, or lower, bottleneck (hell, even 12GB of VRAM) that the next-gen titles will be pushing.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

Yeah, until you've reached that title with a lot of eye-candy, etc. and you'll quickly notice the 8GB VRAM bottleneck (hell, even 12GB of VRAM) that the next-gen titles will be pushing.

probably in another 2-3 years assuming game studios don't optimize their games, the assets used for it and the engine that runs in the bg. Gonna be a little off-topic; if game studios uses UE5 or make an engine that behaves like UE5, then maybe we don't need to get GPUs that has more than 8 or 12GB VRAM and have a minimum of 150GB of free space on a storage drive.

 

[GunShot]

probably in another 2-3 years assuming game studios don't optimize their games, the assets used for it and the engine that runs in the bg. Gonna be a little off-topic; if game studios uses UE5 or make an engine that behaves like UE5, then maybe we don't need to get GPUs that has more than 8 or 12GB VRAM and have a minimum of 150GB of free space on a storage drive.

~2 to 3-years from now? Nah, those titles are already here... today. e.g. Godfall, FC6, etc.

 

[Vayra86]

Almost interesting. Almost!

 

[wolf]

It is just me or is anyone else FAR more interested in the ARC A770 launch over the 4090.

Yeah we get it, it's big, loud, hungry and fast, cool - but the A770 is such a fascinating product it just seems so much more nuanced, interesting, features need to be explored, perf across a massively varied suite will be a roller-coaster

Tempted to pick one up just to play with it

 

[Hyderz]

once they start selling i hope they get some traction and hopefully that be enough for their next gen gpu to compete with
team red n green in the upper gpu segments. I'm tempted to try their gpus but i already have a 3090

 

[Solid State Brain]

I might be interested in the 16GB A770 version if it works well on Linux and actually renders reasonably fast with Blender as Intel suggested a while back.
That's where the more VRAM the better, and most other GPUs of similar price only have 8GB. The non-Ti 3060 which should be slower has 12GB.

 

[Crackong]

So.
Judging from the Xe core vs price
I think the A380 should drop to $80 ?

 

[Vayra86]

Living life on the edge... will I sidegrade from GTX 1080 to an A770 and probably break even on sale/purchase? Hmmmmmmmmm

I kinda know it'll probably not be a good idea, but still tempted

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Living life on the edge... will I sidegrade from GTX 1080 to an A770 and probably break even on sale/purchase? Hmmmmmmmmm

I kinda know it'll probably not be a good idea, but still tempted

I would. FOR SCIENCE!

sick. also is it just me or do these cards like actually look nice? like idk just gets me. I like my dual fan minimalism.

IDK ifs that normal RGB or just intel blue lighting, but yea its not overdone to steal focus off everything else.

 

[Bwaze]

If A770 16 GB is really a limited edition model, it won't be just $20 more expensive, no matter what the MSRP says.