{"video_id":"ylJC0C6zQ48","title":"I hope it's as good as it looks - Intel Arc A770","channel":"ShortCircuit","show":"ShortCircuit","published_at":"2023-05-05T14:58:16Z","duration_s":645,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":7.02,"text":"the only one more excited for this day to come than me has got to be Intel they","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.04,"end_s":13.679,"text":"have been hard at work on their Arc series dedicated gpus since at least","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.519,"end_s":16.139,"text":"2017 when they hired Raja kaduri from","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.679,"end_s":23.1,"text":"AMD who was leading up their Radeon graphics Division and it's finally","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.14,"end_s":28.34,"text":"freaking here this is their Alchemist","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.1,"end_s":30.14,"text":"code name first generation Arc Flagship","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.34,"end_s":35.46,"text":"the a770 and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":32.719,"end_s":42.239,"text":"it comes with important safety and regulatory information","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.76,"end_s":43.7,"text":"Nate let's play indeed it's a cute case","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.239,"end_s":52.379,"text":"badge holy crap this is it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":48.239,"end_s":55.92,"text":"You Gotta Give Them full credit it looks","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":52.379,"end_s":58.079,"text":"flipping sick hold on this plugs into a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.92,"end_s":65.28,"text":"USB header and this is going to handle the RGB Lighting on your graphics card","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.3,"end_s":67.939,"text":"that's right a reference card with RGB","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":65.28,"end_s":71.54,"text":"is this international power plugs","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.72,"end_s":80.82,"text":"is this seriously a stand for the card is that what it is is it a stick","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":78.36,"end_s":87.78,"text":"oh oh I see why does it come with two bases wait shut up that's their solution","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":84.78,"end_s":90.9,"text":"to be able to wall mount it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.78,"end_s":93.96,"text":"or wall mount it this way","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":90.9,"end_s":95.88,"text":"is to have two completely separate bases","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":93.96,"end_s":98.479,"text":"with the power switch in a different spot","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":100.939,"end_s":107.64,"text":"yeah I couldn't engineer a better solution but you know what fine oh fatal","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":105.6,"end_s":112.34,"text":"flaw we got the top down camera and I have no way of showing it to the top","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":109.68,"end_s":112.34,"text":"wait","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":114.0,"end_s":122.7,"text":"a solution now the performance embargo hasn't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":119.939,"end_s":127.2,"text":"lifted yet but we can talk about all the detailed specs and Intel has released","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":125.219,"end_s":132.3,"text":"enough performance information about this GPU that we can make some pretty","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":129.599,"end_s":137.7,"text":"educated guesses first the basics though the arc lineup is divided up into three","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":134.879,"end_s":143.58,"text":"five and seven series products just like you would see on their desktop CPUs so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":140.58,"end_s":146.22,"text":"this being an a770 makes it the top","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":143.58,"end_s":151.319,"text":"performer of their top series it uses their dg2 512 processor clocked at 2.1","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":149.34,"end_s":157.5,"text":"gigahertz that means it has 32 of their XE cores and 32 Ray tracing units it's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":154.5,"end_s":159.3,"text":"equipped with 8 or 16 gigabytes of video","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.5,"end_s":165.0,"text":"memory that's what makes this the limited edition it has 16 gigs of memory","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.0,"end_s":168.78,"text":"and that's connected via a 256-bit bus","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":165.0,"end_s":172.44,"text":"and it's rated to draw 225 watts of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":168.78,"end_s":175.739,"text":"power which is our first red flag","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.44,"end_s":178.62,"text":"because Intel says that this card is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.739,"end_s":184.98,"text":"designed to compete against NVIDIA's RTX 3060 and AMD's Radeon that's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":181.76,"end_s":189.72,"text":"6650xt both of which draw in the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":184.98,"end_s":193.2,"text":"neighborhood of 160 to 170 Watts also","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":189.72,"end_s":196.019,"text":"neither of which use a 256-bit memory","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":193.2,"end_s":200.34,"text":"bus that means that especially once we dig in a little deeper and find the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":197.879,"end_s":206.94,"text":"transistor count of this card that Intel was hoping for better performance out of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":203.519,"end_s":210.659,"text":"this GPU more along the lines of a 3070","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":206.94,"end_s":213.06,"text":"or a 6700 glass card making matters more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":210.659,"end_s":219.36,"text":"complicated for Intel NVIDIA has already announced their RTX 40 series of cards","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":215.819,"end_s":222.239,"text":"however NVIDIA's pricing is so far out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":219.36,"end_s":226.68,"text":"to lunch that if at the price Intel has announced which is 330 dollars for this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":224.519,"end_s":232.68,"text":"card they do manage to be competitive with a 30 60 30 60 TI and if the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":230.7,"end_s":237.0,"text":"overclocking Headroom is anywhere near what they've talked about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":234.42,"end_s":240.36,"text":"Ark could actually end up being pretty competitive I guess we should take a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":238.86,"end_s":245.159,"text":"closer look at the card man did they ever nail the Aesthetics you've got a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":242.64,"end_s":251.04,"text":"diffused RGB strip down here diffused RGB lighting around both of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":247.56,"end_s":252.54,"text":"fans meant in real life once it's lit it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":251.04,"end_s":256.5,"text":"looks amazing oh do you have a test bench for me right there Bell Events has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":254.34,"end_s":261.84,"text":"got a test bench for me hey thank you so welcome all right let's just uh yeah what could","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":259.739,"end_s":264.84,"text":"go wrong uh that could go wrong one thing to note is that probably because","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":263.22,"end_s":269.52,"text":"it was intended to come out a lot sooner the art series does not use any of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":267.36,"end_s":275.22,"text":"new funky PCIe power connectors it just has a standard eight pin plus six pin oh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":271.68,"end_s":277.68,"text":"and that USB is right here is that what","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":275.22,"end_s":281.28,"text":"that USB connector is for I don't remember them telling me that it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":279.479,"end_s":285.72,"text":"was for RGB but like you're connected via PCIe can you just do it that way","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":283.02,"end_s":289.44,"text":"can't wait to show this to you guys oh after this message from our sponsor","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":287.34,"end_s":293.88,"text":"thanks to iFixit for sponsoring today's video iFixit wants to help you skip your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.139,"end_s":298.259,"text":"next phone upgrade helping you save money if your battery life sucks put in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":296.46,"end_s":304.259,"text":"a new battery if your screen is broken replace it using one of ifixit's fix","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.479,"end_s":306.24,"text":"kits starting at just 10.99 USD you can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":304.259,"end_s":310.44,"text":"repair everything from camera lenses to screens batteries and more and their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":308.759,"end_s":313.919,"text":"step-by-step guides are designed to help you along the way with photos and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":312.06,"end_s":317.52,"text":"detailed instructions you can visit the link in the video description to find","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":315.36,"end_s":322.259,"text":"the repair kit that's right for your phone","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":318.96,"end_s":325.8,"text":"okay there we go does that look awesome","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":322.259,"end_s":328.08,"text":"or what of course there's more to a GPU","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":325.8,"end_s":332.46,"text":"than just looks starting with is it even gonna fit in your case so we grabbed a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":330.78,"end_s":336.78,"text":"couple of objects that we can compare our a772 starting of course with our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":334.919,"end_s":341.1,"text":"classic ShortCircuit banana for scale and a little something like that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":338.58,"end_s":345.96,"text":"lttstore.com but also some more useful things","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":342.12,"end_s":348.56,"text":"for context here is a 3080 TI this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":345.96,"end_s":354.0,"text":"the top tier Flagship level card it's pretty big isn't almost as big as a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":352.44,"end_s":357.9,"text":"3080 TI um here's a 36 DTI this is more along","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":356.28,"end_s":362.1,"text":"the lines of the kind of Founders Edition card that you might be competing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.12,"end_s":367.44,"text":"with in terms of performance it's a little on the long boy side here's our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":364.259,"end_s":368.88,"text":"6700 XT which is actually okay higher","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":367.44,"end_s":373.919,"text":"tier card than this one's about the same size which again would give you some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.539,"end_s":379.139,"text":"idea of what Intel was actually targeting and you can see this in some of the other specs as well when we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":376.919,"end_s":385.02,"text":"compared the raw pixel rate and texture rate memory bandwidth with something","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":381.12,"end_s":388.259,"text":"like a 3060 TI the a770 kinda craps all","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":385.02,"end_s":390.6,"text":"over it but because Intel is kind of new","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":388.259,"end_s":396.12,"text":"to the driver game when it comes to high performance dedicated gpus","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":393.0,"end_s":397.8,"text":"it's speculated that aside from any","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":396.12,"end_s":401.94,"text":"architectural oversights there might have been on a first-gen product they","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":399.78,"end_s":407.699,"text":"have a lot to learn especially when it comes to optimizing for older especially","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":404.58,"end_s":409.08,"text":"DirectX 9 and earlier titles and you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":407.699,"end_s":414.66,"text":"can't not support them because that's part of the beauty of PC gaming is that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":411.36,"end_s":416.28,"text":"you've got this incredible back catalog","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":414.66,"end_s":420.96,"text":"of games that you can go back and play even on Modern Hardware that sometimes","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":418.319,"end_s":425.1,"text":"does little bit of hackery in spite of all the delays one reassuringly modern","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":422.759,"end_s":428.94,"text":"thing about this card is its feature set Intel is claiming that right out of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":427.259,"end_s":433.68,"text":"gate they're going to have Ray tracing performance that is up to 65 percent","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":431.1,"end_s":438.479,"text":"stronger Peak compared to their Rivals the up to Peak that's a lot of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":436.919,"end_s":444.599,"text":"qualifications but hey at least they're going to support Ray tracing right out of the gate and they're going to have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":441.9,"end_s":448.08,"text":"support for XE super sampling xcss which is a competitor to NVIDIA's deep","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":446.28,"end_s":453.06,"text":"learning super sampling and AMD's Fidelity effects super resolution using","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":450.66,"end_s":458.699,"text":"AI to boost frame rates at higher resolutions how well it works though it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":455.94,"end_s":462.539,"text":"remains to be seen and based on how much work NVIDIA and AMD have already put","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":460.74,"end_s":466.979,"text":"into this technology I would say Intel is going to be playing catch-up where","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":465.12,"end_s":471.66,"text":"they won't be playing catch-up is in their display interfaces on the back","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":468.96,"end_s":477.36,"text":"here we're going to find HDMI 2.1 so you'll be able to do up to 4K","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":474.02,"end_s":480.3,"text":"120 hertz or 8K 60 I believe you can do","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":477.36,"end_s":486.84,"text":"on HDMI 2.1 and this is where things get really cool this is our first Hands-On","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":483.0,"end_s":489.199,"text":"with DisplayPort 2.0 however","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":486.84,"end_s":495.3,"text":"unlike previous version of DisplayPort DP 2.0 is not just a cut and dried","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":492.36,"end_s":504.84,"text":"here's what you get it's divided up into ultra high bitrate uhbr 10 13.5 I think","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":500.819,"end_s":509.28,"text":"and 20. and what those numbers mean is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":504.84,"end_s":515.099,"text":"the data rate times four so these are DP","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":509.28,"end_s":518.159,"text":"2.0 uhbr 10 for a total of 40 gigabit","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":515.099,"end_s":520.58,"text":"per second ports okay it's a little","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":518.159,"end_s":525.54,"text":"confusing kind of which it was just uhbr40 so that that would be a little","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":522.959,"end_s":529.8,"text":"more intuitive for normies but in a world where USB naming conventions exist","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":527.279,"end_s":534.899,"text":"I guess this is a win another win and another modern feature","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":532.2,"end_s":539.04,"text":"is Intel support for av1 encoding and not on this GPU but we have actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":537.3,"end_s":546.3,"text":"played around with it a fair bit in the last week on Intel arc on the A380 and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":542.459,"end_s":548.94,"text":"it's pretty freaking cool at 3 500","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":546.3,"end_s":555.839,"text":"kilobit per second our encoded game streaming footage looks about the same","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":551.22,"end_s":558.12,"text":"as NVIDIA's nvank at 6 000 kilobit per","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":555.839,"end_s":562.44,"text":"second so what this means is that once platforms like twitch support it you can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":560.22,"end_s":567.12,"text":"expect to be able to stream at the same quality that people can today on a much","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":565.14,"end_s":572.1,"text":"lesser internet connection or you can expect to see better quality twitch","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":569.399,"end_s":576.48,"text":"streams pretty cool for all my positivity though and as much as I would","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":574.32,"end_s":579.42,"text":"love for there to be a valid third competitor in the dedicated graphics","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":578.16,"end_s":584.339,"text":"card space I do have to temper my enthusiasm a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":582.12,"end_s":587.82,"text":"little bit because Intel is up against a lot of obstacles they've got to figure","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":585.839,"end_s":593.16,"text":"out that backwards compatibility game performance they've got to compete with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":589.98,"end_s":595.5,"text":"AMD and NVIDIA both releasing new series","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":593.16,"end_s":601.08,"text":"of gpus when Arc Alchemist was really supposed to be competing with the last","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":597.54,"end_s":603.36,"text":"series of gpus and another big one is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":601.08,"end_s":607.98,"text":"that we talk about second-hand gpus a lot and given the recent crypto crash","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":605.459,"end_s":613.08,"text":"there's a lot of them out there at very aggressive pricing and the reality of it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":609.839,"end_s":614.64,"text":"is that Intel doesn't have any used gpus","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":613.08,"end_s":618.42,"text":"and they certainly don't benefit from selling them so it's going to be an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":616.5,"end_s":623.58,"text":"extremely competitive market they seem pretty confident in their 329 pricing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":620.459,"end_s":625.68,"text":"and I certainly wish them luck but hey","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":623.58,"end_s":630.36,"text":"if that doesn't work out for them then it can only be a win for gamers because","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":627.6,"end_s":635.279,"text":"they've made them so now they definitely have to sell them just like I'm gonna","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":632.16,"end_s":637.62,"text":"sell you uh that you should go subscribe","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":635.279,"end_s":642.779,"text":"to LTT while you're subscribing to ShortCircuit so you don't miss our full","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":639.12,"end_s":645.8,"text":"review view of this and other Arc","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":642.779,"end_s":645.8,"text":"Alchemist cards","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"the only one more excited for this day to come than me has got to be Intel they have been hard at work on their Arc series dedicated gpus since at least 2017 when they hired Raja kaduri from AMD who was leading up their Radeon graphics Division and it's finally freaking here this is their Alchemist code name first generation Arc Flagship the a770 and it comes with important safety and regulatory information Nate let's play indeed it's a cute case badge holy crap this is it You Gotta Give Them full credit it looks flipping sick hold on this plugs into a USB header and this is going to handle the RGB Lighting on your graphics card that's right a reference card with RGB is this international power plugs is this seriously a stand for the card is that what it is is it a stick oh oh I see why does it come with two bases wait shut up that's their solution to be able to wall mount it or wall mount it this way is to have two completely separate bases with the power switch in a different spot yeah I couldn't engineer a better solution but you know what fine oh fatal flaw we got the top down camera and I have no way of showing it to the top wait a solution now the performance embargo hasn't lifted yet but we can talk about all the detailed specs and Intel has released enough performance information about this GPU that we can make some pretty educated guesses first the basics though the arc lineup is divided up into three five and seven series products just like you would see on their desktop CPUs so this being an a770 makes it the top performer of their top series it uses their dg2 512 processor clocked at 2.1 gigahertz that means it has 32 of their XE cores and 32 Ray tracing units it's equipped with 8 or 16 gigabytes of video memory that's what makes this the limited edition it has 16 gigs of memory and that's connected via a 256-bit bus and it's rated to draw 225 watts of power which is our first red flag because Intel says that this card is designed to compete against NVIDIA's RTX 3060 and AMD's Radeon that's 6650xt both of which draw in the neighborhood of 160 to 170 Watts also neither of which use a 256-bit memory bus that means that especially once we dig in a little deeper and find the transistor count of this card that Intel was hoping for better performance out of this GPU more along the lines of a 3070 or a 6700 glass card making matters more complicated for Intel NVIDIA has already announced their RTX 40 series of cards however NVIDIA's pricing is so far out to lunch that if at the price Intel has announced which is 330 dollars for this card they do manage to be competitive with a 30 60 30 60 TI and if the overclocking Headroom is anywhere near what they've talked about Ark could actually end up being pretty competitive I guess we should take a closer look at the card man did they ever nail the Aesthetics you've got a diffused RGB strip down here diffused RGB lighting around both of the fans meant in real life once it's lit it looks amazing oh do you have a test bench for me right there Bell Events has got a test bench for me hey thank you so welcome all right let's just uh yeah what could go wrong uh that could go wrong one thing to note is that probably because it was intended to come out a lot sooner the art series does not use any of the new funky PCIe power connectors it just has a standard eight pin plus six pin oh and that USB is right here is that what that USB connector is for I don't remember them telling me that it was for RGB but like you're connected via PCIe can you just do it that way can't wait to show this to you guys oh after this message from our sponsor thanks to iFixit for sponsoring today's video iFixit wants to help you skip your next phone upgrade helping you save money if your battery life sucks put in a new battery if your screen is broken replace it using one of ifixit's fix kits starting at just 10.99 USD you can repair everything from camera lenses to screens batteries and more and their step-by-step guides are designed to help you along the way with photos and detailed instructions you can visit the link in the video description to find the repair kit that's right for your phone okay there we go does that look awesome or what of course there's more to a GPU than just looks starting with is it even gonna fit in your case so we grabbed a couple of objects that we can compare our a772 starting of course with our classic ShortCircuit banana for scale and a little something like that lttstore.com but also some more useful things for context here is a 3080 TI this is the top tier Flagship level card it's pretty big isn't almost as big as a 3080 TI um here's a 36 DTI this is more along the lines of the kind of Founders Edition card that you might be competing with in terms of performance it's a little on the long boy side here's our 6700 XT which is actually okay higher tier card than this one's about the same size which again would give you some idea of what Intel was actually targeting and you can see this in some of the other specs as well when we compared the raw pixel rate and texture rate memory bandwidth with something like a 3060 TI the a770 kinda craps all over it but because Intel is kind of new to the driver game when it comes to high performance dedicated gpus it's speculated that aside from any architectural oversights there might have been on a first-gen product they have a lot to learn especially when it comes to optimizing for older especially DirectX 9 and earlier titles and you can't not support them because that's part of the beauty of PC gaming is that you've got this incredible back catalog of games that you can go back and play even on Modern Hardware that sometimes does little bit of hackery in spite of all the delays one reassuringly modern thing about this card is its feature set Intel is claiming that right out of the gate they're going to have Ray tracing performance that is up to 65 percent stronger Peak compared to their Rivals the up to Peak that's a lot of qualifications but hey at least they're going to support Ray tracing right out of the gate and they're going to have support for XE super sampling xcss which is a competitor to NVIDIA's deep learning super sampling and AMD's Fidelity effects super resolution using AI to boost frame rates at higher resolutions how well it works though it remains to be seen and based on how much work NVIDIA and AMD have already put into this technology I would say Intel is going to be playing catch-up where they won't be playing catch-up is in their display interfaces on the back here we're going to find HDMI 2.1 so you'll be able to do up to 4K 120 hertz or 8K 60 I believe you can do on HDMI 2.1 and this is where things get really cool this is our first Hands-On with DisplayPort 2.0 however unlike previous version of DisplayPort DP 2.0 is not just a cut and dried here's what you get it's divided up into ultra high bitrate uhbr 10 13.5 I think and 20. and what those numbers mean is the data rate times four so these are DP 2.0 uhbr 10 for a total of 40 gigabit per second ports okay it's a little confusing kind of which it was just uhbr40 so that that would be a little more intuitive for normies but in a world where USB naming conventions exist I guess this is a win another win and another modern feature is Intel support for av1 encoding and not on this GPU but we have actually played around with it a fair bit in the last week on Intel arc on the A380 and it's pretty freaking cool at 3 500 kilobit per second our encoded game streaming footage looks about the same as NVIDIA's nvank at 6 000 kilobit per second so what this means is that once platforms like twitch support it you can expect to be able to stream at the same quality that people can today on a much lesser internet connection or you can expect to see better quality twitch streams pretty cool for all my positivity though and as much as I would love for there to be a valid third competitor in the dedicated graphics card space I do have to temper my enthusiasm a little bit because Intel is up against a lot of obstacles they've got to figure out that backwards compatibility game performance they've got to compete with AMD and NVIDIA both releasing new series of gpus when Arc Alchemist was really supposed to be competing with the last series of gpus and another big one is that we talk about second-hand gpus a lot and given the recent crypto crash there's a lot of them out there at very aggressive pricing and the reality of it is that Intel doesn't have any used gpus and they certainly don't benefit from selling them so it's going to be an extremely competitive market they seem pretty confident in their 329 pricing and I certainly wish them luck but hey if that doesn't work out for them then it can only be a win for gamers because they've made them so now they definitely have to sell them just like I'm gonna sell you uh that you should go subscribe to LTT while you're subscribing to ShortCircuit so you don't miss our full review view of this and other Arc Alchemist cards"}