Neowin News Feed for: Alchemist

Intel's Innovation 2023 conference revealed for September 19-20

Omer Dursun — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 12:28:01 +0000

Intel's Innovation 2023 conference on September 19 and 20 is expected to offer new updates on Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs, Meteor Lake mobile processors, and insights into future Arc GPUs. Read more...

Intel's Arc A310 could become the poor gamers' saviour

Sayan Sen — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Intel has quietly released its Arc A310 graphics card today. However, it deserves to make some noise seeing how the A310 is the first modern day entry level GPU in a very long time. Read more...

Intel claims Arc A770 is better than Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, AMD RX 6700 XT for just $329

Fiza Ali — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:00:02 +0000

Intel has announced the launch of its latest addition to the Arc graphics family, Arc A770 Limited Edition GPU. It is said to take on the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti and AMD 6700 XT for just $329. Read more...

Intel puts up video to clean up Arc confusion, ends up creating some more with wrong specs

Sayan Sen — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:04:01 +0000

Intel has officially shared the specifications of its first gen Arc “Alchemist” GPUs. Strangely, however, the company appears to have messed up as it has put up the wrong specs for its A380 card. Read more...

Intel admits Arc isn't as good as Nvidia for ray tracing, pits A770 against RTX 3060

Sayan Sen — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 06:48:01 +0000

Intel has shared ray tracing performance figures for its Arc Alchemist GPUs for the first time. The company however has inadvertently admitted that it isn't as good as mighty Nvidia, just yet. Read more...

Intel wants to convince Arc is the real deal, shows off 50 games in DX12/Vulkan vs RTX 3060

Sayan Sen — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:10:02 +0000

Intel has shared more gaming benchmarks for its Arc A750 graphics card. Unlike the measly five-game benchmark data it gave away last time, the company has now included 10 times more benchmarks. Read more...

Intel Arc 30.0.101.3259 beta driver fixes Forza Horizon 5, Call of Duty bugs, and more

Sayan Sen — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:46:02 +0000

Intel has released its new 30.0.101.3259 Windows DCH beta driver today. The release brings bug and application crash fixes for several games. These include Call of Duty, Forza Horizon 5, and more. Read more...

Intel shares official Arc A750 GPU benchmarks showing better than RTX 3060 performance

Sayan Sen — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:30:01 +0000

Intel today offered a glimpse of the performance of its upcoming Arc A750 Limited Edition graphics card. According to the company, the A750 is often much faster than Nvidia's RTX 3060. Read more...

Intel Arc A770M apparently tested with WDDM 3.1 Windows 11 22H2 driver

Sayan Sen — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:42:01 +0000

A leaked 3DMark score of Intel's flagship mobile Arc discrete graphics card, the Arc A770M, has leaked. Interestingly, the card was tested with what appears to be a Windows 11 22H2 WDDM 3.1 driver. Read more...

Intel officially confirms AMD Smart Access Memory (SAM) support is coming to Arc

Sayan Sen — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:00:01 +0000

In a recent guide by Intel regarding its new Arc GPUs, the company had hinted that AMD's Smart Access Memory support could be coming to Arc in future. Today, the company has officially confirmed it. Read more...

Intel's new Arc A380 desktop GPU hates being coupled with an AMD Ryzen CPU, for now at least

Sayan Sen — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 05:52:01 +0000

Intel's first Arc GPU in the form of A380 is out and reviews are pouring in. The latest testing suggests that Arc still has a lot of optimization work left when it comes to pairing up with AMD Ryzen. Read more...

Review shows Intel Arc A380 is beaten by AMD RX 6400 and Nvidia GTX 1650

Sayan Sen — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:20:01 +0000

Intel launched its first Arc graphics card last week with the A380. Today, the card has been tested against its main competitors, the RX 6400 and 1650, where the A380 disappoints somewhat. Read more...

Intel confirms Arc GPUs must have AMD SAM / PCIe Resizable BAR for "optimal" performance

Sayan Sen — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:10:01 +0000

Intel recently commenced the release of its desktop Arc GPUs with the A380 model. Following that, the company has also published a document outlining the system requirements for initial Arc support. Read more...

Intel's new Arc driver 30.0.101.1736 adds A380 support, fixes Far Cry 6 bug, and more

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:18:01 +0000

Intel has released its new 30.0.101.1735 Windows DCH driver today. The new release adds support for Arc A380 desktop GPU, fixes Far Cry 6 texture corruption bug, adds game optimizations, and more. Read more...

Intel releases Arc A380 desktop GPU and it's better than AMD and Nvidia's offerings [Update]

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:44:01 +0000

Intel has launched its Arc A380 graphics card in China, like the company had promised last month. The A380 is an entry level GPU and price-wise, it looks better than AMD and Nvidia's offerings. Read more...

Intel 30.0.101.1735 Arc driver adds support for A730M discrete graphics and more

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:38:01 +0000

Intel released its 30.0.101.1735 Windows DCH driver earlier today. The new release adds support for Arc A730M and brings optimization for Sniper Elite 5 for other Arc A-series mobile GPUs. Read more...

Intel officially releases more photos of Arc Limited Edition graphics card

Sayan Sen — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:02:01 +0000

Intel has released more pictures of the upcoming Limited Edition Arc graphics card that's scheduled for release in the summer. So far, only glimpses of the card's backplate were available. Read more...

Intel's Arc Alchemist and DG1 discrete GPUs are buggy with problems in DDT and PCIe 4.0

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 May 2022 15:34:01 +0000

Intel is in its infancy in the discrete graphics card market and as such, its Arc Alchemist GPUs as well as last gen DG1 have certain issues which are related to its DTT and PCIe 4.0 respectively. Read more...

Entire Arc Alchemist GPU lineup has leaked thanks to Intel's own driver

Sayan Sen — Sun, 15 May 2022 16:14:01 +0000

Intel, likely unknowingly, has leaked its entire first Gen Arc Alchemist graphics card lineup, several of which are yet to be announced by the firm. Broadly, Intel's Arc consist of the A3, A5 and A7. Read more...

With Arc nowhere in sight, Intel continues to release drivers with new version 30.0.101.1330

Sayan Sen — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 18:50:01 +0000

Although the firm recently confirmed that it has delayed Arc in major parts of the world outside Korea, Intel continues to work on its drivers and has released the latest 30.0.101.1330 version today. Read more...

Intel beats AMD and Nvidia to become the first with full AV1 support with its new Arc GPUs

Sayan Sen — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:56:01 +0000

Intel's Arc GPUs are the first in the market to offer full AV1 support. This means the cards can also encode AV1 content, a feature that is still not available on AMD nor on Nvidia. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Book2 with Intel Arc inside was already on sale before official launch date

Sayan Sen — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:52:02 +0000

Intel Arc laptop GPUs are scheduled to be announced at the end of the month and retailers have already started listing units online. Such is the case with the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Book2. Read more...

Intel shares Arc Alchemist performance data for the first time and it's really impressive

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:32:01 +0000

Intel revealed earlier today the release date for its Arc discrete graphics products. And along with that, the company has also, for the first time ever, shared some performance numbers for Arc. Read more...

Intel's highly anticipated Arc GPUs finally get a release date and its not too far away

Sayan Sen — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:48:01 +0000

Intel has finally unveiled the release date for Arc discrete graphics. The company will be launching its first-gen Arc mobile GPUs on March 30 at a special event dubbed "A New Stage of the Game". Read more...

SiSoft posts first official review of Intel Arc Alchemist A380, says it's "nothing special"

Sayan Sen — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 05:12:02 +0000

SiSoft Software has once again spilled the beans on the performance of a yet-to-be-released Intel part. The firm has published an early review of the upcoming Intel Arc Alchemist A380 discrete GPU. Read more...

Flagship Intel Arc 512EU Geekbench score leaks and it's impressive for a start

Sayan Sen — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:04:01 +0000

Geekbench OpenCL score of the flagship Arc 512EU SKU shows that Intel is clearly not competing in the "ultra-enthusiast" segment like it had stated recently. The score is impressive regardless. Read more...

Intel assures Arc is definitely coming this Q1, but don't expect "ultra-enthusiast" showing

Sayan Sen — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:32:01 +0000

Intel has confirmed that its first-gen Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs are definitely going to launch this quarter (Q1). The company also unveiled much more details on its Arc roadmap and products. Read more...

Intel Arc Alchemist GPU becomes even less camera-shy as more alleged pictures leak

Sayan Sen — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:16:01 +0000

More pictures, purportedly of engineering samples (ES) for the first-gen Intel Arc Alchemist GPU, have leaked, this time featuring a similar but darker shade of the previously leaked photos. Read more...

Raja Koduri aims to deliver millions of Intel Arc GPUs, but for now here are some wallpapers

Sayan Sen — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:44:01 +0000

Intel GPU head Raja Koduri says that the company is looking at ways and working hard to deliver millions of its upcoming Arc GPUs into the hands of gamers. New Arc wallpapers are now available. Read more...

Upcoming Intel Arc Alchemist (DG2) discrete GPU lineup with specs apparently leaks

Sayan Sen — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:38:01 +0000

The full lineup of Intel Arc Alchemist (DG2) GPUs for the notebooks has leaked. As confirmed earlier, the SKUs and their EUs have stayed the same but now we have details regarding the memory system. Read more...

Acer Swift X 2022 could be historic as it reportedly packs the first Intel Arc discrete GPU

Sayan Sen — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:24:02 +0000

In the coming days at CES 2022, Acer could debut the first laptop in the world featuring Intel's brand new Arc Alchemist discrete graphics. Arc is Intel's discrete GPU brand like GeForce and Radeon. Read more...

Intel's driver allegedly leak upcoming Alchemist A-series GPU SKUs plus next-gen "Elasti"

Sayan Sen — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:06:01 +0000

A NUC driver has perhaps unveiled more than Intel would have liked. The SKU names of the upcoming first-gen ARC Alchemist GPUs have been revealed and also the codename of the next-gen architecture. Read more...

Intel ARC gameplay video at The Game Awards may have revealed some interesting details

Sayan Sen — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:22:01 +0000

Intel demoed some gameplay of its ARC Alchemist GPU yesterday at The Game Awards 2021 event. One of the images in the video may have unveiled some information regarding ARC, like temperature. Read more...

Another high-end NVIDIA RTX laptop GPU to contend with upcoming Intel Arc Alchemist?

Moshe Jacobs — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:16:01 +0000

Joining the previously rumored NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti GPU for laptops, another high-end NVIDIA laptop-based GPU has been spotted in the PCI Devices Database. Do Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs stand a chance? Read more...

Intel's DG2-448 GPU could be another SKU in the Arc lineup

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:42:02 +0000

An update to the drivers for Intel's upcoming GPUs reveals that there might be a new SKU that was not known, the DG2-448, which could be part of the Arc lineup coming out in early 2022. Read more...

Intel's flagship GPU makes an appearance in leaked photos

Moshe Jacobs — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:56:01 +0000

Photos of Intel's flagship Arc Alchemist graphics card begin to surface, giving a detailed look at the upcoming GPU contender from Intel. In addition, renders of the slower desktop GPU are shared. Read more...

Alleged naming for Intel's highly anticipated Arc discrete GPU family has leaked

Sayan Sen — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:52:01 +0000

Intel recently at its Architecture Day event unveiled the Arc family of discrete graphics that are slated to launch next year. Today, the alleged naming of first-gen Alchemist GPU has leaked. Read more...

Intel details Arc architecture, XeSS and more at Architecture Day 2021

Sayan Sen — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:22:01 +0000

At its Architecture Day 2021 today, Intel has revealed more information on its upcoming discrete graphics cards. The company has detailed the architecture of first-gen Arc products called Alchemist. Read more...

Intel to give away its Arc discrete GPUs to five lucky winners from around the world

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 21:16:01 +0000

To promote its newly-unveiled Arc branding for the upcoming discrete graphics cards, Intel is giving away, among other stuff, an Arc branded discrete GPUs to five lucky winners from across the world. Read more...

Intel Arc is the official brand for the Xe HPG (DG2) discrete gaming graphics

Sayan Sen — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:12:01 +0000

Intel has unveiled today its new "Arc" brand. Arc will be similar to GeForce and Radeon and will denote all of Intel's hardware and software that will be designed for its upcoming discrete graphics. Read more...