There’s a brand new participant within the GPU recreation and Intel’s newly $250 Arc A750 simply managed to crack our record of the best graphics cards because of drastic enhancements (and a $40 worth minimize) since its October launch. But the brawl for supremacy in the important thing $300 to $450 worth vary is a lot tighter. With comparable efficiency and stability updates in hand, how does the flagship Intel Arc A770 ($329 for 8GB, $349 for 16GB) fare towards Nvidia and AMD’s battle-hardened contenders?

That’s what PCWorld contributor Keith May determined to place to the check within the video under. Keith slapped the most recent accessible drivers on the 16GB Arc A770, the 12GB EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming Edition, and the 8GB Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 6600 XT, then let the benchmarks fly.

The outcomes are eye-opening, particularly when you think about that the customized third-party EVGA and Asus GPUs go for $400 or extra on the road proper now regardless of their decrease reminiscence capacities.

All of those playing cards ship rock-solid 1080p/Ultra gaming efficiency throughout our suite of checks, duking it out throughout the board, with Nvidia’s RTX 3060 typically winding up on the underside of the heap regardless that it has the very best avenue worth. The Radeon RX 6600 XT scores some overwhelming wins at 1080p decision, however the Arc A770 picks up the tempo at 1440p and womps on all comers in relation to ray tracing efficiency—sure, Intel even beats Nvidia’s vaunted RTX 30-series ray tracing chops.

The Arc A770 lags a bit in 1 p.c low (learn: smoothness) efficiency, however stays very playable in all checks. It’s an enormous turnaround for Intel’s Arc drivers, which suffered from important stability points and wildly inconsistent efficiency at launch.

You’ll want to observe Keith’s video to see the total outcomes, however the backside line? He declares “There’s very little Arc A770 leaves on the table right now performance-wise, and as opposed to even a couple of months ago, I can comfortably recommend it as an option”—particularly with its ample 16GB reminiscence capability.

While there’s no clear winner right here because of the fluctuating worth factors for the Nvidia and AMD choices, what is clear is that after a number of months of intense software program enhancements, Intel has now earned its proper to sit down at this desk with the Arc A770. These debut Arc graphics playing cards have solely been accessible for a couple of months, however Intel is already squeezing some deliciously fantastic wine from them.