Intel fixes memory slowdown issue with the reference Arc A770 16GB Limited Edition

Intel has announced that it has solved an issue with GDDR6 memory slowdown in the reference Arc A770 16 GB Limited Edition graphics card.
The manufacturer has released a new beta version of the driver, which fixes this bug in a software way, as well as solving a number of other problems.Image source: IntelIt was previously reported that some owners of the reference graphics cards Intel Arc 770 Limited Edition with 16 GB of memory have encountered discrepancies with the actual specifications of the gas pedal declared by the manufacturer.
In particular, a number of owners noted that their graphics cards did not deliver the claimed GDDR6 memory speed of 17.5 Gbps per pin.
Instead, the memory was running at 16Gbps.
As a result, the memory bandwidth dropped from the claimed 560 GB/s to 512 GB/s.An Intel representative said via its Twitter page that the company has released a new beta version of the Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3793.
The new software solves the problem.
\"For those who haven't seen it yet, we've released a new beta version of the driver that solves the problem.
This was a bug on our end.
We will now double check during the [driver] validation process to make sure we don't make similar mistakes in the future,\" Intel commented.Image source: CapcomThe new Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3793 also fixes a number of issues with Arc graphics cards in games.
For instance, Marvels' Spider-Man (DirectX 12) fixes an issue with textures when Ambient Occlusion is turned off or the HBAO+ setting is used.
Also fixed texture corruption issue in Payday 2 when using DirectX 9 API.
Resident Evil Village with DirectX 11 fixed a bug with distorted colors.
In Age of Empire II & III: Definitive Edition the problem with display text in the game menu has been resolved, and in the application Topaz Video Enhance AI corrected performance problems with the video card Arc A380.In addition, the new driver provides support for graphics cards Arc games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Resident Evil Village Gold Edition and Victoria 3Pick up Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3793 from the official Intel website (in Russia requires VPN).

Intel reveals how to make Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards save power at idle

Intel Arc A770 and Arc A750 reviews have shown that the graphics cards consume at least 41W of power even when idle.
This is significantly higher than competitors whose power consumption in the same conditions can be less than 10W.
Intel has proposed a solution to the problem of excessive power consumption of its graphics cards.Image source: VideoCardzIntel recommends to solve the problem of high power consumption of Arc graphics cards in idle mode to change some BIOS settings of your motherboard, as well as the power management scheme in the Windows operating system.
Idle power consumption comparison chart for arc cards.
Image source: TechPowerUpThe Arc architecture uses L0 and L1 power modes for PCIe 2.0, which are disabled by default and must be manually enabled by the user.
The company recommends changing the ASPM (Active-State Power Management) feature settings in the BIOS.
This is a power-saving technology for the PCIe bus.
It is worth remembering that different manufacturers may use different names for the same parameter in the BIOS.
\"It is necessary to set the Native ASPM parameter to Enabled in the BIOS.
Then you need to find the PCI Express root port ASPM item and enable L1 Substates,\" Intel points out.After that, Intel recommends that you select the maximum power saving mode for Link State Power Management in the Windows power settings, as shown in the screenshot below.

Intel announced the launch of the Arc A770 and Arc A750, but you can't buy the graphics cards anywhere

Intel yesterday announced the launch of the Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics gas pedals.
So far, all indications are that, as was the case with the previously released junior model Arc A380, the launch was more of a formality.
New graphics cards are simply nowhere available for purchase right now - at best the order is suggested to wait until October 17, and many vendors do not even indicate the terms.Image source: IntelIn the case of the Arc A770 and Arc A750 models, Intel has immediately expanded the list of regions where you can find these gas pedals.
The official Intel website indicates that the graphics cards will be available in the U.S., Germany, Spain, Britain, Norway, Sweden, China, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan.
At the same time new items will be available at a very modest number of retailers.
In those stores where graphics cards are already listed in the range, they are not yet in stock.
For example, a large American retailer Newegg cards are out of stock.
Others offer to place an order.
Image source: NeweggFrench retailer Topachat will get the graphics cards only on October 17.
The Arc A770 reference model with 16GB of memory is priced at €460 there and the Arc A750 at €380.
In Germany, only pre-orders are available, only in one store and only for the Arc A750.
The price is €350.
The British store Ebuyer has not yet received the new intel graphics cards either.
No date of their appearance is given.
The reference versions of the gas pedals there are priced at 400 and 330 British pounds, which is about $445 and $367 respectively.
You can already order the Arc A750 and A770 in the reference version from the Polish retailer Komputronik.
Delivery of the purchase is promised on October 20.
Recall, that Arc A770 is based on ACM-G10 graphics processor with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 raytracing modules, and 512 XMX engines.
The card will be available in 8GB and 16GB GDDR6 memory versions.
The recommended price for the version with 8 GB of memory is $329, and the variant with 16 GB of memory is $349.
The Arc A750 uses a slightly \"stripped down\" ACM-G10 GPU with 28 Xe cores (3,584 FP32 blocks), 28 ray tracing blocks and 480 XMX matrix engines.
The card has 8 GB of memory and is priced at $289.
By now only ASRock and Gunnir have presented their versions of video cards.
Also variants from Acer are preparing for release.

Technobloggers showed unpacking of reference versions of Intel Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards

Technobloggers started getting Intel Arc A770 and Arc 750 graphics gas pedals for reviews.
The ban on unboxing video cards was lifted today, so the reviewers rushed to take advantage of this.
They showed off the cards in their Limited Edition reference design in all their glory.Image source: PCWatchThe review kits come in big boxes.
The reference graphics cards themselves will be shipped to stores in blue cardboard boxes, which are shown in the photo above.
Inside, apart from the graphics card buyers will only find documentation, and with the older model even a cable to control backlighting through the motherboard software.
Source image: MyNaviIn addition to the graphics cards Intel has included different promotional materials, a set of branded screwdrivers, as well as a lamp in the shape of the Arc logo in the reviewer's kit.
These things can't be found in retail kits, of course.Image source: MyNavi Image source: MyNaviWhich according to VideoCardz, Intel will allow Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards to be reviewed starting October 5th.
In the sale gas pedals will go on sale October 12.
The older model is priced at $329, the younger - at $289.Above and below you can see the video portal HotHardware, as well as popular technoblogger JayZTwoCents, in which the unpacking of gas pedals.

Buyers of Intel Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards will get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and several other games

Intel Arc A770 and Arc 750 graphics gas pedals will come with a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Buyers of these graphics cards will also be able to get a copy of Gotham Knights, Ghostbusters and The Settlers, says gaming publication PCGamesN.Image source: PCGamesNIn their latest video on the performance of the Arc A770 and Arc 750, Intel representatives Ryan Shrout and Tom Petersen said that the company is \"bringing balance\" to the graphics card market.
Both also claim that the senior Arc A750 \"offers 53% more performance per dollar than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.
\"Image source: IntelShrout added that buyers of the Intel Arc A770 and Arc 750 will receive $70 activation keys for the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Meanwhile, early buyers of the gas pedals who register the graphics cards with the Gaming Access Program will also be able to get keys to three additional games: Gotham Knights, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed and The Settlers.Intel recently announced the recommended price of the Arc A750 graphics card at $289.
The graphics card uses the ACM-G10 GPU with 28 Xe cores (3,584 FP32 blocks), 28 ray tracing blocks and 480 XMX matrix engines.
Claimed expected GPU frequency is 2050 MHz.
The card features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with 16 GHz effective bandwidth (16 GB/s), 256-bit bus bit rate and 512 GB/s bandwidth.
The Arc A770 in turn uses ACM-G10 GPU with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 ray tracing blocks, and 512 XMX matrix engines.
The graphics chip has a claimed frequency of 2100 MHz.
The card supports configurations with 16GB or 8GB of GDDR6 memory with an effective frequency of 17.5GHz (17.5Gbps) or 16GHz (16Gbps), depending on the capacity.
As Intel notes, the latter has a 256-bit memory bus size and a bandwidth of 560 GB/s.
In the reference Arc A770 Limited Edition, the graphics card will only be available with 16 GB of memory.
Intel has priced the Arc A770 at $329.Both of these Intel gas pedals will go on sale Oct.
12.
On the same day, a much higher performance and much more expensive GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card from NVIDIA, which is priced at $1600, will go on sale.

Intel showed off non-standard Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards from Gunnir and ASRock

At yesterday's Innovation 2022 event, Intel showed off non-standard versions of the Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards from its partners Gunnir and ASRock for the first time.
Until now, the company only showed the reference versions of these gas pedals in their own Limited Edition.Arc A770 and Arc A750 in Gunnir and ASRock implementations.
Image source: Cool3CGunnir some time ago confirmed that they are developing their own versions of the Arc A7 series graphics cards.
The manufacturer's range will include solutions with cooling systems with two and three fans.
The graphics cards themselves have a thickness of 2.2 expansion slots.
They got two 8-pin connectors for additional power.
For comparison, the reference versions of these graphics cards have one 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors each.
Image source: Cool3C Gunnir Arc A770.
Image source: EngadgetASRock has also shown two versions of its new graphics cards, the Arc A770 Phantom Gaming and Arc A750 Challenger.
Both ASRock graphics cards are also equipped with pairs of 8-pin auxiliary power connectors.
ASRock A770 Phantom Gaming and Arc A750 Challenger.
Image source: XFastest Intel has confirmed that partners are allowed to change the frequency characteristics of the gas pedals.
In other words, in non-standard versions of video cards will receive factory overclocking of the graphics processor.
Unfortunately, during the presentation Intel did not announce the sales launch date of non-reference versions of Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards.
At the moment we know that the sale of the senior Arc A770 in the Limited Edition reference version will start on October 12.
The card is priced at $329.

The Intel Arc A770 graphics card will begin sales on October 12, with a recommended price of $329

Speaking at the Intel Innovation Conference, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger announced the sales launch date for the Arc A770 discrete graphics gas pedal.
It is scheduled for Oct.
12.
The recommended price for the graphics card will be $329.Image source: IntelAccording to Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger, test samples of the Arc A770 are on their way to reviewers, and reviews will appear when the card comes to market.Intel Arc A770 features have long been known.
It's based on a full-size ACM-G10 GPU with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 ray tracing blocks, and 512 XMX matrix engines.
A frequency of 2100 MHz is claimed for the graphics chip.
As Intel explains, this figure reflects not the maximum, but the expected GPU frequency.
In other words, depending on the load it may be higher or lower than this value.The card supports configurations with 16 or 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with an effective frequency of 17.5 GHz (17.5 Gb/s) or 16 GHz (16 Gb/s), depending on the volume.
As noted by Intel, in the second case, the memory bus bit depth is 256 bits, and memory bandwidth - 560 GB/s.In the reference version of the Arc A770 Limited Edition video card will be available only with 16 GB of memory.

The Arc A770 graphics card's imminent release has been confirmed by an Intel executive, but when it will be released is still unclear

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger posted a photo on his Twitter page showing him posing with the reference version of the Arc A770 Limited Edition graphics gas pedal.
According to him, the company is almost ready to start shipping its first batch of these graphics cards.Image source: Twitter / @PGelsinger \"This rainy Sunday evening I received a surprise package from Raja Koduri - an Intel Arc A770 [graphics card].
We're getting ready to start selling the first batch of A770 cards.
Very much looking forward to it!\", Gelsinger wrote.It's worth noting that Gelsinger is far from the first high-level Intel official to promise to start shipping the Intel Arc A770.
A little over a week ago, Raja Koduri, head of Intel's graphics division, made a similar statement.Unfortunately, neither Kodri nor Gelsinger specified exactly when Intel will start selling the long-awaited Arc Alchemist graphics gas pedals.
Due to various development issues, the manufacturer has significantly delayed their release, although it promised that the latter would take place \"this summer.\" Since many companies in the U.S.
live by the astronomical calendar, the summer ends on the day of the autumnal equinox, which could be the 21st, 22nd, 23rd or 24th of September.
This leaves Intel with only four days to keep their promise and release the Arc graphics cards on time.
However, it seems unlikely.Intel has scheduled the Innovation conference for September 27-28.
It is expected to host the announcement of the 13th generation Core processors (Raptor Lake).
With any luck, the event may present discrete graphics cards.
But they are likely to go on sale no earlier than October.

Intel overclocked the Arc A750 graphics card to 2719 MHz and showed the Arc A770 in a breakdown

Intel continues to educate the public about its Arc A770 and Arc A750 gaming gas pedals, giving away information bit by bit.
Earlier, the company announced the official specs of the graphics cards, and shared their performance data with ray tracing and XeSS scaling technology.
Now, Ryan Shrout and Tom Petersen from the company have shared information about how to manually overclock these graphics cards.Image source: IntelAs usual, manufacturers rarely talk about manual overclocking, let alone talk about the potential of one or another video card from them.
Intel has decided to go against the long-standing tradition.
Ryan Schrout and Tom Petersen showed overclocking of the reference Arc A750 through the proprietary Arc Control app, increasing the GPU Power Limit from 185W to 228W and changing the voltage settings.
The graphics card was overclocked using its regular cooling system.
In the end, the graphics chip frequency was increased to 2719 MHz.
To test it, the game Hitman 3 was run.
The overclocking did not result in any significant increase in game performance.
Before the manipulations with GPU frequency settings, the card was producing 90 frames per second, and after that - 95-96 frames per second.
The temperature of the GPU itself rose to 81 degrees Celsius after overclocking, and the temperature of memory chips - to 88 degrees.
Intel representatives also showed the flagship gas pedal Arc A770 Limited Edition apart.
As it turned out, the reference version of the graphics card is equipped with a cooling system, which includes a solid aluminum radiator, copper evaporation chamber, as well as four flat heat pipes measuring 10 × 3 mm.
The entire design is cooled by two fans.
According to Intel, the noise level of the cooling system is less than 39 dBA.
In the reference version, the Arc A770 has RGB backlighting.
The reference Arc A770 motherboard has a VRM subsystem with six power phases, eight GDDR6 memory chips (total capacity of 8 or 16 GB), three DisplayPort 2.0 connectors, as well as one HDMI 2.1 port, which provides chip PCON.
Non-reference variants of Intel's Arc graphics cards may also be equipped with an HDMI 2.1 connector, but it will be up to manufacturers themselves if they wish to use an additional PCON chip in their circuitry.
Additionally on the reference Arc A770 one 8-pin and one 6-pin power connectors can be noted.

Intel has named the official specifications for the Arc A770, Arc A750 and Arc A580 desktop gaming graphics cards

Intel has announced the official specifications for three desktop gaming graphics cards - Arc A770, Arc A750 and Arc A580.
The first two will be available in the Limited Edition reference version as well as partner versions.
The Arc A580 has no reference version.
It will only be available as a non-reference solution from Intel partners.Image source: IntelThe Arc A770 uses a full-sized ACM-G10 GPU with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 ray tracing blocks, and 512 XMX matrix engines.
The graphics chip has a claimed frequency of 2100 MHz.
As Intel explains, this figure reflects not the maximum, but the expected frequency of the GPU.
In other words, depending on the load it may be higher or lower than that value.
The card supports configurations with 8 and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with an effective frequency of 17.5 GHz (17.5 Gbps).
As Intel notes, in the latter case, the memory bus is 256-bit and its bandwidth is 560 GB/s.
The Arc A750 uses a slightly stripped-down ACM-G10 processor with 28 Xe cores (3,584 FP32 blocks), 28 ray tracing blocks and 480 XMX matrix engines.
The claimed expected GPU frequency is 2050 MHz.
The card features 8GB of GDDR6 memory with a 16 GHz 16Gb/s effective bandwidth, 256-bit bus width, and 512GB/s throughput.
Both graphics cards feature a claimed power consumption rating of 225W.
The reference cards have one 8-pin and one 6-pin connector each.
Both models provide PCIe 4.0 support.
About the third model, the Arc A580, the manufacturer described in a little less detail.
The company indicated that the card is built on an ACM-G10 graphics chip, which has 24 Xe cores (3072 FP32 blocks), 24 ray tracing blocks, as well as 384 XMX matrix engines.
The declared GPU frequency is 1700 MHz.
It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with 16 GHz effective bandwidth, 256-bit bus bandwidth and 512 GB/s bandwidth.
Intel did not disclose power consumption figures for this model yet.In the Limited Edition reference graphics cards will be available for purchase through Intel's online store, various online retailers, as well as various retail chains.
It was previously reported that the launch will be limited, \"only in key markets.\" The company has not yet disclosed pricing for the gas pedals.
In addition, Intel is still not saying when the cards will go on sale.

Intel: Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards \"coming soon\" - senior will be faster than GeForce RTX 3060 and Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intel's Tom Petersen and Ryan Shrout officially confirmed in an interview with PC Games Hardware and Digital Foundry that the company will be releasing two more discrete graphics cards, the Arc A770 and Arc A750, very soon.
It was noted that the performance of senior Arc A770 model is between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, and that it is faster than AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card.Image source: VideoCardzThe statements of Intel representatives mean that Intel will not be opposed to the Arc A770 senior solutions AMD and NVIDIA - it will compete in the middle segment.
Intel officials reiterated earlier statements that the Arc graphics cards' performance in ray traced games is on par with similar NVIDIA graphics cards on the Ampere architecture.Petersen, who was unveiled in an interview, said that the current performance level of Intel Arc A-series graphics cards \"cannot be changed significantly\".
If there will be any performance improvements, they will only be minimal.
The company can't change the price of video cards, but it can control their prices.
Due to this, A-series gas pedals will be competitive, according to Intel.Image source: PC Games HardwareThe company specifies that the Arc A770 model supports configurations with 8 and 16 GB of video memory.
The version of the videocard Limited Edition (limited reference edition) will be available only with 16 GB of memory.
In other words, Intel partners will have the right to choose which amount of video memory to install in this or that version of the video card.
For the Arc A750, the company has confirmed the use of 8 GB of memory.Intel continues to work on optimizing drivers for systems that do not have support for Resizable BAR (ReBAR) technology.
But in general, Petersen advised owners of older PC configurations (without ReBAR support) to opt for graphics cards from other vendors.
Arc GPUs are optimized to handle large data packets, but are inefficient at transferring data in small blocks.
The result is a nearly 40% drop in performance without ReBAR.
And this problem is unlikely to be solved by the first generation of Arc graphics cards on the Alchemist architecture.
However, the company will pay attention to this issue during the development of future graphics architectures.Image source: Digital FoundryTom Petersen said that the Arc A770 and A750 models in the Limited Edition reference version will be available for purchase through the Intel website.
The company plans to hold a simultaneous launch of the gas pedals with its partners.
He never said who exactly is among them, but once again noted that \"the launch will happen soon.\" In addition, he said that the launch is expected \"only in key markets,\" including Germany.The company admits that the exclusive launch of the Arc A380 graphics card in China was not the best idea.
Intel overestimated the media interest in its GPU, thinking that western publications, despite the difficulties, would find the desire and ability to buy entire PCs with an Intel graphics card from China.
Recall that the Arc A380 was originally only sold as part of complete systems, and only a few months later began to be sold as a separate product.Image source: VideoCardzPetersen also confirmed that the delayed launch of graphics cards Arc A-series is not due to problems in the supply chain.
It has to do with the unavailability of the gas pedals.
Earlier it was reported that the reason for the delay of Intel discrete graphics cards could be the company's departure from Russia.

Intel's own tests show the Arc A770 performs better at ray tracing than the GeForce RTX 3060

To prove its claim that its Arc Alchemist graphics performs better at ray tracing than comparable NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards, Intel has revealed performance of its flagship Arc A770 gas pedal compared to a GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card.
Image source: IntelAccording to Intel's internal tests, the Arc A770 is on average 14 percent faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in games at 1080p resolution and ray tracing.
However, in at least four games from the list of tested titles NVIDIA's solution was still faster.
Intel Arc A770 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060The GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card has 28 RT cores.
Intel has not yet announced official specs for the Arc A770.
However, it is assumed that it uses a full-fledged version of the processor ACM-G10 with 32 cores Xe and the same number of blocks of hardware ray tracing.Image source: VideoCardzIntel also first shared the official performance test cards Arc A-series with active technology time scaling image Xe Super Sampling (XeSS).
It should be recalled that the company had promised to release it \"in early summer.
The summer ended and the fall came, but so far the support for XeSS has not appeared in any game.
Today, the company published the data on the performance of XeSS, which operates in two modes: Balanced and Performance.
In total there will be four modes.
The other two, Quality and Ultra Quality, were not included in the comparison.
The \"Performance\" mode allows in some cases (Hitman 3 and Ghostwire Tokyo) a doubling of frames per second.
In general, however, the FPS gain range is between 49% and 113% over the original resolution.
In \"Balance\" mode, the frame rate increases from 26% to 77%.
The Intel Arc Alchemist architecture uses a new type of Thread Sorting Unit cores, which are responsible for asynchronous ray tracing.
In other words, they help maximize the use of Xe cores by distributing tracing tasks in the graphics pipeline to improve efficiency and performance.Arc Alchemist arc-ray-tracing-hardware-1 ray tracing pipeline on Intel Arc Alchemist graphics cards.
jpg See all images (4) asynchronous-ray-tracing-1.jpg INTEL-ARC-GPU-RAY-TRACING-1.jpg thread-sorting-ray-tracing-1.jpg See all images (4) The company has also added that support for its ray tracing technology will appear in the game Gotham Knights, which will release on October 21.
I'd like to believe that by that time Intel's senior graphics cards will be available for sale.

Modders put together gaming PCs with Arc A770 graphics cards for Intel

Intel continues to actively promote its Arc Alchemist series graphics cards and this time turned to computer enthusiasts and modders to put together gaming PCs with the Arc A770 senior discrete graphics gas pedal in the mix.
Image source: IntelBacked by Robeytech, Intel rolled out the graphics cards in a van themed after the Arc series.Image source: IntelThe graphics cards themselves came in large LED-backlit boxes that looked like a teleporting tunnel design from the \"Stargate\" universe.Image source: Intel Intel has yet to release or even officially unveil the Arc A770 graphics gas pedal.
Nevertheless, the graphics card has already been flashed several times in reviews by various technobloggers.
The manufacturer has not said yet when exactly the gas pedal will be available and when it will be on sale.Image source: IntelAnd below are the works of modders, who have assembled gaming systems with Arc A770 graphics.
In most cases, enthusiasts used a blue and purple design theme, the signature colors of Intel Arc graphics.Liquid House blogger's system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Liquid House blogger system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Blue Horse blogger's system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Blue Horse Blogger System.
Image source: VideoCardz PC Werkz blogger system.
Image source: VideoCardz PC Werkz blogger system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Intel Arc A770 gas pedal is reportedly based on the ACM-G10 GPU.
The graphics card is equipped with 16 GB of memory of GDDR6 standard.