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Intel won’t kill off its graphics card business (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And your wrong.

Its severely impacting current gen budget processors smashing performance by 35% or more. Catchup on the reviews over the past few days.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, I just reviewed them quickly, and I see this:

  • Nvidia announced 5000 series - no third party reviews, and the official numbers are sus due to different settings; looks like they're relying on AI for perf improvements, so we'll see what that ends up looking like
  • AMD announced 9000 series CPUs and GPUs (GPUs through the press only) - CPUs are higher end (not applicable here) and GPUs have no details

So all I see are dubious claims by Nvidia about products nowhere near Intel's lineup with the cheapest one going for $550 (>2x higher than Intel's top end) and the most expensive going for $2000. If those are interesting to you, you aren't the target market for Intel's GPUs, and if Nvidia's are too expensive and you're unsure about Intel's GPU, you'll wait to see what options AMD launches with, and there's a lot of room between Intel and Nvidia.

So I'm not exactly sure what the new releases change that you're claiming.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hardware canucks 5 days ago(the intel arc B580 is broken), hardware unboxed 4 days ago (B580 overhead issue upgraders beware) and then updated with more testing 3 days ago to address skeptics (B580 overhead issue Ryzen 5..).

The performance loss is worse in older processors so it will impact the upgrade market the most which will be this card. Its a budget card perfect for upgrades. Not any more.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, all of that is for old systems, like 6+ years old, as was stated earlier. Intel has been clear about needing a recent-ish CPU (Intel 10th gen or AMD 3000 series) with resizeable bar support enabled. So if you're seeing terrible performance, options are:

  • upgrade CPU - a 5600X runs ~$120 and works with many older boards
  • hack around missing option for resizable bar support
  • wait for Intel to address the problem
  • buy a different GPU - RX 6700 XT is a good deal used

If you're building a new system or upgrading from an APU, the B580 is a phenomenal deal. If your system is 6+ years old, you'll probably want to upgrade your CPU anyway.