2 reasons why you should buy an Intel Arc GPU instead of AMD or Nvidia – XDA Developers

Intel is the third player in the duopolistic discrete GPU market. Graphics cards are more powerful than ever, but they’re also way more expensive than prior generations. While price bumps are to be expected with new hardware and software improvements, many find it difficult to part with upwards of $1,000 (if not more) to enjoy games with reasonable results. Even more affordable AMD and Nvidia cards will set you back $500 or more. Enter the second generation of Intel Arc GPUs with the mighty B580 leading the way at just $250. But why should you buy an Intel GPU over what AMD and Nvidia will inevitably launch in 2025?Intel has a lot of ground to cover to catch up with AMD and Nvidia. To help achieve this, the company continues to price its GPUs aggressively, offering excellent deals for gamers looking to enjoy all their favorite games at 1080p or 1440p. This also results in some of the best price-to-performance ratios of their respective classes, especially with the latest Intel Arc B580. This GPU is an absolute monster for 1440p gaming with ray tracing enabled. Intel’s XeSS also works magic by allowing the GPU to punch above its weight class.Competition is great for all involved parties. It keeps companies on their toes and paves the way for innovation. Customers get better deals with more competitive pricing, and the GPU market is generally healthier, benefiting the gaming industry. By supporting the undergo, which has been AMD for a good number of years, you’re voting with your wallet on something new, unique, and wanting change. That’s not to say the current range of hardware from AMD and Nvidia isn’t short of incredible, but they’re also out of reach of many.Intel vs. AMD will no longer be just about CPUs, as Battlemage goes head-to-head against RDNA 4What’s great about modern graphics cards is the available performance, even with the more affordable models. You won’t have any trouble running the latest, most demanding games with AMD, Intel, or Nvidia GPUs, so long as you’re not attempting to run Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K with ray tracing enabled on an Nvidia RTX 4060. Always spend as much as you can on the GPU, but spend the budget wisely on a graphics card that will provide the best bang for your buck. Intel is certainly up there at 1080p and 1440p resolutions, undercutting both of the established players.We want to hear from you! Share your opinions in the thread below and remember to keep it respectful.Your comment has not been savedBad article to write when Nvidia and AMD are going to announce their new generations this month and in Nvidia’s case the next few days. It’s a very disingenuous article.You say Intel is up there with Nvidia and AMD at 1080P and 1440P but you’re also comparing Intel’s new generation to Nvidia/AMD’s older generation. You’re also ignoring the Intel driver problems which while vastly improved since Alchemist, still exist especially for older games.I’m not saying there aren’t any reasons to choose Intel but you need to compare like-for-like.The average customer doesn’t have $1,000 plus to just throw away. That’s why Intel is such a great buy.The writer is comparing video cards best buck for performance wise for 1080p and 1440p regardless of generation, so it is spot on with comparisons actually.The article is dead on accurate.Nice surface skimming article. I think we should expect more here. There are problems with Intel GPUs on 1st and 2nd Gen Ryzen processors, and they are quite significant. Maybe it’s drivers, maybe it’s the hardware interface, this is TBD. Bottom line is this article is premature, was NOT thoroughly researched, and is very light on facts. What has happened to you people?XDA got bought by Valnet and turned into a cookie cutter normie tech news outlet. To be fair, the enthusiast Android hacking community is still active in the forums, but I don’t quite understand why they use the same brand for.. this.This is one of those “do it for the company” articles!😂 Beware of this drivel. It’s bad advice. Neither Nvidia or AMD have launched their next gen GPUs yet. There is waay too much unseen, unsaid, and uncertain to take that kind of advice. I buy the best GPU that I can afford. That means it’s usually not the cheapest. By waiting until ALL of the of the companies products are released, you can make a better “informed” decision of what to buy.It doesn’t even matter about AMDs and NVIDIAs next generation because they will be far too expensive, that is already known.The whole point of this article is for those who want a certain price to performance ratio and the article was spot on for that, there is no better perf to dollar ratio better than the Intel GPU platform currently or something even when the next generation gets launched (as they will be even more expensive)Where you can in find it at that price?Arc B580 is $250 only in papers. In Indonesia it’s introduced at around $350 by Asrock.The issue is like that with all GPUs, take a look at NVIDIA, you won’t find any of their cards at RRP either.Reason not to buy: No VR support. I don’t know why none of the Arc write-ups ever mention this, but it matters to people that use VR or want to in the future.I’m all for a more diverse hardware landscape, and I do think Intel GPUs have the potential to establish themselves, but I would never buy or recommend one at the moment, at least not for a “production” system. Intel as a company isn’t in the best shape at the moment, and GPUs are very much not their core business, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they reallocated resources away from them, or drop/sell that segment completely.For a site which is fast going downhill in terms of article quality, this is a new low.Terrible advice.I used to be a proud amd gpu owner in early years of Nvidia domination. Even though your amd card cost less but it would not run some games or you had to patch gpu specifically for it. I don’t think that in the world where dlss is a must for any pretty game fsr GPUs can be really competitive. Prolly u gonna be better off buying the cheapest RTX that can run the best dlss. Sad but true. Xess from Int l is very nice though, it is much better than FSR. Not quite up to DLSS but is close and much better than AMDs FSR.I love nvidia and I did ash my local computer shop as they are building me game pc now and ask about Intel and they said they will not build them as they have loads of problems with crashing so I im sticking nvidia Why not AMD? Bang for the buck tends to be far better! Unless you particularly value raytracing. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.Despite its somewhat disastrous 2024, there’s reason to believe Intel will be back with a vengeance next yearIntel is suffering a fall from grace as two other tech giants are reportedly circling like vultures.Ray tracing is over 6 years old now, but it’s still pointless for the majority of gamersA new leak has revealed the release date of the much-awaited Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU.AMD might be targeting the mid-range with its next-gen Radeon GPUs but that’s okay by me

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