I Used an Intel Arc GPU for 30 Days... Here's How It Went

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4 ай бұрын

I challenged myself and used an Intel Arc A750 for 30 days. Should you, use an Intel graphics card in your PC? Or should you stick to Nvidia or AMD? Well, it's time to find out, as I deliver my verdict.
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@TOSStarTrek 4 ай бұрын

They fixed the Drivers. It made a huge difference.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

It was a quick turnaround too. Very impressive for Intel's first try with discrete GPUs.

@butmunchass 2 ай бұрын

They need to fix their power efficiency. Intels cards require 2X the watts for same fps.

@MightyMenFromEarth 20 күн бұрын

... yeah , Intel need fresh meat that dunno much about PC , because experience users with lower budget will go for AMD cpu + gpu , when you have high budget they will go for Intel cpu + Nvidia gpu , I have Nvidia gpu + Intel cpu , I plan soon get 2 PC one for work full AMD and second for playing games with RT = Intel + Nvidia , I dont consider Intel I think they where 10 years to late with own gpu.

@vvdebovv4199 2 ай бұрын

Im building a pc right now and was on the fence with puting an a770 in it, i think you just pushed me in the right direction my friend

@desktopstu4145 2 ай бұрын

A770, RTX4060 and RX7600 all around the same price (more or less) new. Of the three id pick the RTX due to its 115w power draw compared to 225w of the Arc and i think its 180w for the RX. All are very similar in their capabilities though. For the same price second hand though, id go RX6700XT.

@DatBoiJrSan408 3 ай бұрын

Day 1 A770 Arc user. The Arc card has come a long way since release. Like, a LONG WAY. I am really hyped for the battlemage GPU. Nice video man! New subscriber!

@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty 20 күн бұрын

Could you actually recommend the A750 to a casual budget gamer in 2024? Like 1080p high settings? Asking for a friend.

@Tatar- 14 күн бұрын

@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty for budget i would usw the a5 series but intel really got impressing for an good pc like cpu and everything i would use the a750

@Tatar- 14 күн бұрын

@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty or 770

@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty 14 күн бұрын

@@Tatar- My buddy and I like the A750 alot shortly after I made that comment.

@Tatar- 14 күн бұрын

@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty so are you going to buy it? iam sorry my english is not best

@kelownatechkid 4 ай бұрын

Really interesting! Thanks for sharing your arc experience with the net

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

You're absolutely welcome mate!

@AarenPho 2 ай бұрын

Your channel is very underrated and I'm so glad I stumbled upon this.

@syntheticprimegow4642 3 ай бұрын

I have the Acer Predator A770 16GB card and love it. Jamming New World at 1440p 90fps 4K I get 45-60fps. Quiet and runs around in the low 70's C. No issues with stability. Jam 12hrs straight not one issue. BF2042 plays okay, but if you are looking for high FPS look somewhere else. BF2042 is playable at 1440p. Image Quality and colors IMO are much better than Nvidia and just a bit better than AMD. Had a buddy stop by and his first comment was WOW your colors look so much better why? For $285.00 for the A770 can't go wrong. Besides we need a 3rd player in the GPU world...

@Miley_00 2 ай бұрын

I went from amd to Intel and instantly noticed how smooth and bright the colors are 🤙

@shourav3443 2 ай бұрын

Well arc a770 is 344 bucks here

@aaldrich1982 4 ай бұрын

i think that intel have a long way to go to gain the mindset of the public. it's great that they have and continue to work on the drivers. i hate to say it but AMD's numbering of their GPUs to show which of the GTX/RTX cards they equate to helps me know what sort of performance to expect but with the intel ones i have no clue, so to me it would be helpful if they kinda got on that bus.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

They do, and it will come in time. It will be hard to shake the Nvidia mindshare

@mirarid 4 ай бұрын

I think the A770 is the best one so far?

@ryanspencer6778 3 ай бұрын

Intel uses the CPU tier divisions for the GPUs. Arc 3, Arc 5, Arc 7, and presumably Arc 9 someday. Just like i3, i5, i7, i9. The first number in the name also signifies this. For example, the Arc 3 A380 is a budget entry level card, and the Arc 7 A770 is a midrange to high-end card.

@aaldrich1982 3 ай бұрын

@@ryanspencer6778 genuinely thanks for clearing that up for me. I hope they go from strength to strength.

@monkeywheel5522 3 ай бұрын

@@aaldrich1982from what I know the arc a750 has similar performance to an RTX 3060ti and on specific optimized games an RTX 4060

@thehimself4056 4 ай бұрын

Definitely helps start the push for more competition. We all benefit from it.

@da1punisher 4 ай бұрын

Good update Yam Yam. And I can't agree more about ARC control and the need for a hotkey for recording. I don't like the pop ups when you get to desktop either. Also, every time I install drivers it gives that "your system is not compatible" error message. Have you seen it yet in you testing? I am wondering if it's because I paired it with Zen3 and it's referring to deeplink support? I studiously ignore it. BTW, This latest driver update failed the first time when doing a clean install. It rebooted and when it was back at desktop the audio drivers were missing. I reran the update without checking the clean install box and that did the trick. I have updated drivers probably a dozen times or more on this ARC card so I consider it a one off. I use the A750 LE with a 55" 1080 TV so none of the problems with multiple displays. Starfield with the new Steam beta is a big performance improvement using hardware XeSS. Looks much better than FSR as well. I don't stream, so you have my vote to test it out. Interested in how it goes.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I agree, Arc Control has a long way to go. As for the incompatible error, I will need to have a look into it, I can't say I've experienced it. I will report back. I'll be streaming sometime soon to test the AV1 encoder too!

@AshenTech 4 ай бұрын

note, colour controls are not in arc control but in IGCC that installs with the latest driver builds along side arccontrol if you dont have it, windows store, "intel graphicss command center" choose the beta ver and away you go... its a bit confusing but, its not far from what and and nv did not so long ago with some pop-out apps for tweaking specific things... so.. not a big deal to me... im old.. i remember nv1, tnt, rage, rage ii...etc... lol...

@godspeedfilthypeasantblack1968 4 ай бұрын

wow ,didn't expect the full switch at the end. excellent vid

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

Thank you man! I wasn't expecting it either, but for my needs and work, Arc has proven itself on being an excellent option for me

@Rcgary24 2 ай бұрын

I recently built my first PC , had a bad mobo which the new one shows up today but after hours of research and comparing , I ended up with the Sparkle A770 OC edition as my GPU choice. I felt being newish with this , the a770 seemed a good fit to grow with and learn from. Plus after every update things seem to only get better so it's only up from here right? Let's hope everything runs well later

@ghostrally1071 17 күн бұрын

Thank you mate I still have new Brand new in the box,,Oh by the way what CPU are you sporting ?

@djstef4549 3 ай бұрын

Are they gonna release stuff at the high end? I would like to see competition in the $600 and above range

@PrinzMidas 2 ай бұрын

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@MsIzzat91 2 ай бұрын

subscribed for a very underrated channel yet great info.

@ProYamYamPC 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy the content!

@tmbardsen88 4 ай бұрын

I swappee my 4070ti with the A770 in my Intel Nuc. Works great. Yes, there was performance loss, but now one year later with many driver optimalizations, i cant regret. It works great, it is totally silent and looks good.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

Very similar secenario to me. I'm selling my 3080 beacuse the A750 is toyally fine for my needs

@Direwoof 4 ай бұрын

currently have a 3080 and it's hot and loud frequently and i live in a hot climate. Might be a good optionne for me. @@ProYamYamPC

@cornfedturbojoe 4 ай бұрын

Thats the fattest downgrade u can do lol, im still confused as to why u would give up a 4070ti for far less powerful gpu and be fine with that?trolling? Lol

@vonsakamoto 4 ай бұрын

@@cornfedturbojoe he probably wants to save on that electric bills While stll having somewhat of a decent gaming experience

@Daniel-ul8kr 4 ай бұрын

@@vonsakamotowhat? The 4070ti is also more efficient than Intel arc

@ZenKnights 2 ай бұрын

just upgrade to A770 16gb last week. the FPS are expected. but i did not facing any issue. all game i played run flawlessly.

@reset1101 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your honest and in-depth review. I think Intel drivers need more work so you can play any game you want without worrying about issues. But I hope they keep releasing new gererations, cause if they launch a price-competitive model with no issues in any game, they might have a winner there. To break the AMD and specially Nvidia duopoly on the GPU market

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

You're absolutely welcome mate! I think Intel are here to stay, they already have multiple more generations planned

@PhoenixKeebs 3 ай бұрын

I think I'm going to wait for Battlemage. I don't really see a large performance leap from my 3060 with this generation. So I'm considering getting a b970/980 whatever the highest model is

@nicksterba 2 ай бұрын

Same boat here. I'm stoked to see what Intel's flagship Battlemage card will be capable of.

@freudia 4 ай бұрын

The only real issue I faced during my seven months (March '23 to October '23) daily driving an Arc A750 LE were the drivers would sometimes seem to partially crash when I didn't reboot my PC for a long time. There would still be a visual display on my monitor and I could do general tasks, but I wouldn't be able to playback videos, run games, or screen record. Rebooting always fixed it. Beyond that, I just didn't like its relatively high idle power draw (around 30W for 1080p 60Hz). I feel like the perception of bad drivers was overstated, but admittedly I don't play a lot of games, especially not new AAA titles where Arc does seem to struggle.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

Did you do a full DDU when you encountered the driver issues? As for the idel power draw, mine is around 30W too. But it's lower than a lot of Nvidia cards I've tested (usually around 40W).

@freudia 4 ай бұрын

@@ProYamYamPC No, I don't suppose I did. It was a minor inconvenience and helped remind me to reboot my PC, so I never really tried to see if it were fixable. As for idle power, I see about 15W on a GTX 1660 Ti, 10W on an RTX 3050, and 7W on an RTX 4060 Ti (1080p 60Hz single monitor). Perhaps it's higher for higher tier cards.

@ardithconley2628 Ай бұрын

I just started watching this video but I do not think you gave up your RTX 3080. However, I pulled the trigger on a Arc A770 16g due to giving my TV gaming computer RTX 3060 12g away. I am just not sure I will keep it do to I have a RTX 3070 8g that does well at anything I put it to. Do I keep or send back the Arc? I thin I will. Watching to the end I was wrong and had to edit my comment. Good video. The Arc I am getting is a new modern 16g GPU maybe I do the same and sell my RTX 3070.

@thomaswood8167 4 ай бұрын

I think the best thing about the ARC is Intel was kind of honest about the series when released. Everyone knew that there would be growing pains, unlike AMD and Nvidia releasing GPUs, only to scramble when serious issues arise.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

That's why I can get behind Arc because their driver/development team seem to really care.

@Kiwing827 3 ай бұрын

@@ProYamYamPC If you have watch the interviews with Tom Peterson, he knows what he's talking about and his enthusiasm shows. He was the one that pushed Nvidia to allow easier user overclocking when he was there.

@LinkSquish 4 ай бұрын

I bet it's a God at rendering videos. I just started watching the video, I guess I'll fine out if you mention it.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, for content creation, Arc is the budget king

@KushiKush 4 ай бұрын

I bought a a770 and used it for a year. I have a 4070 super which costed about double, but gives about double the frame rate for a bit more power wattage. I am super tempted to just return the 4070 super and stay with the arc a770. Cause it wasn't a bad experience and Nvidia has bugs I do not like. No av1 exporting in davinci relosve free, and second monitor video playback lagging and monitor not waking up from sleep when 2nd monitor plugged into motherboard rather then GPU. I tried everything and man such a headache for what's supposed to be a good Nvidia card.

@AshenTech 4 ай бұрын

i went from a 1070 to the a770 when newegg got their 2nd batch of acer cards and, every RTX user i know has complained about how nv have f-ed up multi monitor support. as to video lagging... is it in chromium based apps/browsers? if so, its nv's drivers video acceleration being borked with chrome.. the only fairly consistent solution i found for that is the vulkan beta drivers that... rarely break anything just add more vk support for upcoming vk features. and.. i know a few people who sold 3080's after getting a770's because they could get over 2x the money and, in some cases not lose any fps at all.. hell in a few betas we are in.. they gained because 10gb vram even at 1080 is not quite enough these days... try waterfox if its a browser lag issue though, we discovered this 8+ years ago and you can find my buddies reddit thread still getting replies all these years later.. lol

@fubkegt4964 2 ай бұрын

Have you tested how stream works on this gpu?

@mrbabyhugh Ай бұрын

5:10 it is my opinion that ARC was made for content creators who occasionally game. Just look at it, that does not say gaming. I think Battlemage is where things are gonna get reeeeaaallllyyyy interesting!

@YoutubeiSuppose 3 ай бұрын

Will it be abel to run Starwars BAttlefront 1- and 2 the newer ones

@bawarmohamed1209 4 ай бұрын

nice work

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks bro🙏

@lokeung0807 4 ай бұрын

I used Arc A750 in Windows 10 for almost a year It is fine except for a few minor bugs After using the built in driver update function to update driver, it was not able to connect to the sever to check for update, so I have to DDU every time to update the driver The screen might black for a second randomly, but it just happen might be like once or twice a week Some old game, such as Sherlock Holmes might have a bit graphical errors or low performance (but didn’t tried in these few months) Cossacks 3 had very bad performance (didn’t tried to play for few months) Sinking City might have a little stutters but still playable Other than that, the cards is quite good. I love my card!

@northelf 2 ай бұрын

Wait, you said you connected one monitor to integrated graphics and the main to the 750? Is it even possible?..

@p00ner 2 ай бұрын

I got an A770 16gb sparkle card for a new build with a 12100f. Starfield is the only game that gives me issues with random crashes. And it doesn’t like me trying to use Xess upscaler instead of fsr. It crashes then when I switch to xess.

@Saabjock 4 ай бұрын

I've used my A770-16LE since late December of 2022. In the simracing titles I run, I have not had a single crash. That's not to say all is perfect. AMS, AMS2, AC, ACC, RRE, LFS all launched and ran flawlessly. Sadly...but understandably, it took a few weeks of updated drivers, before RF2 would even launch. The first few driver installations were not great. The installer would crash after gathering information prior to installing the driver. I had to download the driver's exe file...extract it using 7zip...then manually install the driver from the Device Manager. That lack of a game recording capture hot key is an annoyance. It has kept me from using that feature since buying the GPU. I'm still having to use OBS. I do love the card though....very smooth in all sim titles. I keep it properly fed with an R7-5800x3D.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

Intel seems to be getting better weith new game relases for their drivers compared to 2022/23. But I'm glad yopu managed to fix your driver issues as well

@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy 4 ай бұрын

It would be nice to see some Intel ARC Gpu's that compete with NVIDIA and AMD's top offerings. Competition is good for consumers.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

From what I've heard, the next generation Battlemage cards are looking to be a lot more competitive.

@bryanwages3518 4 ай бұрын

I have been running arc since amd killed support for my radeon vii. Im running am asrock a770 phamtom gaming 16 gig and it runs flawlessly. Ive had minimum issues and intel quickly fixed them. The only thing i wish they would add was a fps counter in the metric overlay

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

That would be a useful feature. I would like an A770 16GB. I’ll see if I can get my hands on one

@Rose.Of.Hizaki 10 күн бұрын

Currys currently has a good deal going on an Acer Predator Arc 770. Im honestly VERY tempted. Im currently running a 6700XT - In theory a much better card but I have had no end of headaches with the drivers and I dont think it runs very well with my 8th gen intel system. The 6700XT was bought out of necessity after my 1080Ti died and my 1080Ti ran unbelievably smooth. I know im probably taking a performance hit but if the Arc 770 is anywhere as good as the 1080Ti then i'll be plenty happy as I dont play all the latest and greatest AAA titles anyway.

@Ornal64 2 күн бұрын

That’s interesting I’ve never had any problems with RX6700XT. Drivers are rock solid and performance is still enough for 1440p. Using newest drivers, chipset and Windows 11 version on AM4 with Ryzen 5600X. I’m looking now at getting A770 for my Intel 11700K system and see what full blue experience will be for me.

@Rose.Of.Hizaki 2 күн бұрын

@@Ornal64 Like i said. Im not sure if its just down to W10 being a hoe or because im running on an outdated Z-370 chipset that this card doesnt like. I mean i know this card is being bottlenecked anyway despite me being clocked at 4.8Ghz. I'll be going AM5 very soon if things go in my favour so im crossing my fingers that this frustrating situation goes away.

@basementbanter366 4 ай бұрын

I have nothing bad to say about my a750

@jandraelune1 3 ай бұрын

A770 specs wise is comparable to a 6800 xt, but drivers pull that down to a 6650 xt, the price point is that of a 6650 xt as well. If the drivers were in a better spot as there is the couple titles that they just fail with but most no issue, you would never find these in stock.

@saschapurner9579 Ай бұрын

I have 6 Arc Chips at Home. Nice little Calculating Power For The Buck-

@decriptedperson4516 4 ай бұрын

Hola, mi amigo.

@squshy1 4 ай бұрын

My only issue I had with mine was multitasking apps. With discord, youtube, and games running at the same time.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

That's a similar issue to what I had, was it video playback on a secondary display?

@squshy1 4 ай бұрын

I do have multiple monitors, but I'm unsure if it was related.

@QuentinStephens 3 ай бұрын

Please do try streaming. Many other sites have covered gaming and productivity but none have covered streaming.

@ProYamYamPC 3 ай бұрын

I will try in the coming weeks. I’ll be using the AV1 encoder, to see how well it gets on

@QuentinStephens 3 ай бұрын

@@ProYamYamPC Excellent!

@Wild_Cat 4 ай бұрын

Intel Arc FTW

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

100%

@realnamesnotgiven6193 4 ай бұрын

That's very interesting, I swapped to an older flagship and been ok. 1080ti

@papac6831 4 ай бұрын

VR would be the icing on the Cake ive been waiting over a year for them to make good on there word with my a770 le but its a great card all the same.

@Kravitam 3 ай бұрын

Are you able to play VR games with your A770? I want to play with an Oculus Quest 2 (possibly 3) through my PC.

@papac6831 3 ай бұрын

@@Kravitam VR isnt supported yet with any intel gpu's and by the sound of it not for a while yet.

@Kravitam 3 ай бұрын

@@papac6831 Thank you for saving me from taking a bad decision. I'm trying to decide which GPU I'll buy: - RX 6600 - RTX 3060 - RX 5700 XT I'll be playing in 1080p, I just need 60fps for single player games and 120 for competitive ones. VR and VRChat are a must too. Casual 3D modeling. Any thoughts?

@papac6831 3 ай бұрын

@@Kravitam your welcome. id go for the 3060 or 4060 theres not a lot diff in price bud .

@Kravitam 3 ай бұрын

@@papac6831 It's almost 150$ for me and I'm doing a budget build. 😅 I was mainly wondering if the 6600 can run VR without much problems

@tredfxman 3 ай бұрын

Nice and all, but a big warning in case your motherboard is still PCI-E 3.0 while this is 4.0...

@ProYamYamPC 3 ай бұрын

Erm, I think you're mistaken. I have a Z690 Force WiFi with a 13700K. My GPU is 100% running at PCIe gen 4 16x.

@maniacpsycho_ 4 ай бұрын

Yo dude don't suppose you have tried running vr on the arc have you???

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

I haven't. I can't say how well VR performs on the Arc A750. If I had to guess, it should be better than launch. But I encourage you to watch a channel which focuses on VR, so you can get the best recommendation!

@rck-lp7389 4 ай бұрын

Is that true??? no performance issues on GTA IV ?. I would buy that card exclusive for it if that is true..

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

I only played a few missions, but it was totally fine. I’m planning a future video, looking at DX9 performance

@richardhunter9779 4 ай бұрын

Given that it just uses DX9on12, you might be able to achieve your goals with your current GPU.

@punkbutler88 2 ай бұрын

this is their second crack at making a gpu😊😊

@Mr11ESSE111 4 ай бұрын

i will choose rather Arc 580 then those nVidia rtx 3050 6gb shit and both costs same while performance are huge on arc 580

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

For real mate. The A580 looks to be a decent GPU if you can get it in your area

@Mr11ESSE111 4 ай бұрын

@@ProYamYamPC i can get and its cheaper then rtx 3050 6 or 8gb and in same time its faster

@RandomMe508 3 ай бұрын

I am literally cheering on Intel. Its like the only company that actually cares of the general gamers and I am hyped for the battlemage. It is probably gonna cause price drops from Nvidia and AMD.

@erikbritz8095 4 ай бұрын

*Intel PLEASE Just release some good ENTRY level GPU's and you will takeover the market $80-$180 can house Two options both at 8gigs just beating a GTX 1080/RTX 2060 super and your good*

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

The Arc A750 can go for as low as $205 (not quite at $185), but I still think cards like the A750 are a brilliant value right now. And they will only get better with driver updates

@erikbritz8095 4 ай бұрын

@@ProYamYamPC yes i agree i just hope the newer cards will really fill that much needed entry level gap.

@sulaylul 2 ай бұрын

can't wait for battlemage

@qwerty-dm8gr 4 ай бұрын

The worst part of the build is that corsair aio.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

I agree, but don't worry, I've got a project planned which involves getting rid of it

@georgesmith5201 4 ай бұрын

I have full confidence that Intel will only improve its GPUs.

@ProYamYamPC 4 ай бұрын

I think they will too. Like AMD Fine Wine, but better

@lokeung0807 4 ай бұрын

@@ProYamYamPCAMD isn’t fine wine I used a Vega 8 APU, they simply refused to give it RSR, which definitely have 0 technical issue, it was so disgusting. After that, they simply ditch GCN cards while it is still very capable. On the other hand, Nvidia, they are still supporting GTX900 series. I really glad that I sold my Vega 8 APU computer after a year that there is no sign AMD would give it RSR.