In this special edition of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chakos, and Adam Patrick Murray are joined by Intel’s Tom Petersen and Ryan Shrout, who dropped by to inquire about the company’s debut Arc graphics cards, and even let us talk a bit about the Arc A770. practical play time.
After what could only be described as AF’s ugly launch of China’s first low-cost Arc GPUs, Petersen and Schrout stopped by the Full Nerd set for a candid and honest conversation. Intel even let us install a retail Arc A770 card into the system so we could play Borderlands 3 at a very decent 90-100 fps at 1440p high settings. Yes, we’ve finally played the game on Intel’s Arc Discrete Desktop Card!
Our extensive interview reveals why PCIe Resizable BAR is a must-have feature for Arc and why most A770 cards will have 8GB GDDR6 while the Intel Limited Edition comes with 16GB. Petersen and Shraut also touch on pricing, explaining Intel’s groundbreaking new features like Smooth Sync, and discussing whether Intel XeSS can compete with Nvidia DLSS 2.0 or not. The Intel Dynamic Duo will also walk us through how to set up a motherboard to work with Arc and all about Arc-enabled hardware and software.
Finally, in a sign that Intel is taking the first major foray into discrete graphics in decades, we ask Intel how it can convince gamers and PC enthusiasts to recommend Arc over GeForce and Radeon right now. The answer may shock you.
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