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Martin, České Budějovice 1
Rated 12/03/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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When I was looking for graphics, I didn't want to limit myself in the near future, so I was looking for graphics with at least 12GB VRAM and under 7,5k, so the first choice fell on RTX 3060 (12GB). I want the card primarily for video editing, I'm not a gamer, and this is where I'm stuck with the RX 3060 as it doesn't support GPU render to the latest AV1 format. Not that I use the AV1 codec, but why limit yourself in the same price range for the possible future. RTX3060 can only decode AV1, but not encode. With it, it would go long through the CPU, but I didn't want that. Then I came across the Intel Arc B580, which can and does outperform even the RTX 4060 cards by almost 40% on cut and render, which although they already have GPU support for AV1, are slower to render, but even in overall benchmarks the Arc B580 was better in performance than the RTX 4060, which by the way for the same money only has 8GB of memory. So the price-performance ratio clearly spoke for Intel, despite the fact that it was written everywhere that the drivers are not yet 100pro, but Intel is said to be working hard on it and releasing frequent updates and there should already be more or less enough things debugged. The card also has a nice unique design and what I have to highlight is the very low noise level, the card at least my piece is inaudible, and when I loaded it in FurMark to 100% it was still very, very quiet that I had to check if the fans were spinning at all. otherwise at 100% at FullHD, the card took 150W and did not exceed 70˚C which is not too bad, if the numbers are to be believed. I think the card still has a performance margin for possible overclocking. The TDP is 190, which seems like a lot, but in practice it's around 100-140W under load, and even in the same games it's less than the more paper-efficient RTX 4060. During office work the fans are off, but they start up quite early, already when you start a video for example. Without a load, it draws more watts than the competition. The price with the gold account was a pleasant 7 268, - which corresponds to the US prices of 260USD after deducting VAT. For me, for the price, this 12GB card with performance between the RTX 4060 and 4070 has no competition. Clearly Intel isn't that prolaklenej and in future sales of the card if you want to sell it probably its price will drop more than nVidia cards. But the insider knows and the fool will then buy a more expensive nVidia or AMD. It should also be noted that a full-fledged card runs only from PCs with at least 10th Gen intel processors, i.e., for computers from 2020 and above. It is not suitable for older PCs where it is not possible to enable Resize BAR, i.e. full CPU access to video memory. After installing the card into the PC, the second monitor didn't work, it only worked after installing the Intel drivers for the card, so with the basic driver from windows only one monitor is functional, I was a bit surprised. Otherwise the intel driver installs the Take Audio driver and throws the audio to its HDMI and DisplayPort ports so the speakers stop playing, you then need to select back the soundcard on the motherboard or the one you have and where you have the speakers plugged into in the general audio settings in Win. Conclusion: I'm very happy about the card.
Nice and unique Intel design
Reference card directly from Intel
12 GB of memory
High performance, better than RTX 4060
1x 8pin
Very quiet
GPU encoder and AV1 codec decoder
Bonus game Assasin Creed Shadow
Luxury Pack with Intel Arc Wipe
Nice valuable workmanship and plating.
TDP never went over 150W
with Gold account price 7 268, -
Higher power consumption 150W at 100% utilization
Too dense radiator finning, assumption of worse cleaning.
It could easily be shorter.
Unable to turn off the LED lit logo
Not suitable for older PCs below 10Gen intel processors.
Necessity of a PC with a functional Resize BAR
Non-functional second monitor after installing the card into the PC, it only started up after installing the drivers for the card.
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Rated 12/03/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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The graphics card is suitable for everyone thanks to the 12gb graphics memory and fairly good performance. But there are not some features like nvidia. Abroad where the card is cheaper than rtx 4060 it is very worthwhile but in the Czech Republic where the price is higher everyone has to make up their own mind.
sufficient graphics memory 12gb
relatively powerful graphics card
the price is higher in the Czech Republic and it's probably not worth it
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Anonymous customer
Rated 20/02/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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My graphics card runs with a Ryzen 7700 and 64gb of RAM. I haven't played a game yet that runs badly on these graphics
Very quiet
Low consumption
12 GB of video memory at this price is a lot
Price-performance ratio
Ray tracing better than AMD graphics
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Albert, Benátky nad Jizerou
Rated 18/02/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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Price
Performs fine at 1440p gaming
Driver cpu overhead
Linux drivers don't have as good performance, but since the start of sales it is much better and in the future it will all be fixed
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Anonymous customer
Rated 22/01/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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After switching from the GTX 1060, I am completely satisfied. Games like Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Red Dead Redemption 2 run at high detail with an average FPS of around 90, which is almost double the improvement over my previous card. The card can also handle demanding settings. Even under full load, the card temperatures are around 65°. If you're looking for a card for modern gaming and want to enjoy maximum image quality, the Intel Arc B580 is a great choice. Just make sure the motherboard can handle it! In other words, for the money, a blast!
Price-performance ratio
I have a folding machine on my desk.
12GB VRAM
Super processing and packaging
Transitioning from Nvidia so unusual with alw drivers it will give in
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Anonymous customer
Rated 13/01/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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12GB VRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 can handle High detail in 4k with XeSS with basic RayTracing at 60FPS
Design, no piano black or striped plastic from 99 like on other editions
Composition in the box: )
Temperature does not exceed 61 degrees even after five hours of 100% utilization
High lowest fan speed, which leads to more audible noise than if they were running at lower speeds
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Ondřej, Bílovice nad Svitavou
Rated 03/01/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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I don't use Windows, so I can't describe the performance or experience on Windows. all related to experience on the openSUSE Tumbleweed Linux distribution.
I bought the card primarily for video processing and also for running Ollama home server (local GPT models).
If you're thinking of buying right now and it has to be an Intel GPU, I'd recommend the previous generation Arc A770 16GB, which is almost the same price, has more VRAM and more debugged drivers. Current and higher performance for general purposes.
I bought the card out of curiosity, and I'll probably sell it the moment Intel releases the B770 (or whatever the higher end with more VRAM is called).
Good support on Linux out-of-the-box from kernel version 6.12 and Mesa 24.3
Performance on Linux is generally comparable or a bit lower than Intel Arc A770 16GB (the 4GB is missing) despite the fact that it is new hardware (so certainly a lot of optimizations are not yet implemented). Unfortunately, I haven't tested the "gaming" performance outside of benchmarks. For a last-gen GPU, the price is very reasonable.
Lower power consumption than A770 in idle on Linux, but not lower than AMD Radeon RX 7800XT.
Like the previous generation, this is my number one choice for video encoding. In a lot of objective metrics, it's even capable of outperforming "ordinary" GeForce cards from Nvidia. And throughput is often better than Nvidia cards. Intergenerationally, this card can encode AV1 a bit better, but the VPL library is still struggling with a few bugs, which will be even more noticeable once resolved.
Compared to AMD's GPU, it is better at video encoding in all categories (throughput, encoding quality, latency (in low-latency configuration), bitrate control (far more suitable for archiving), format support), but so was the previous generation of Intel cards. If you don't mind a worse ecosystem of video editing/recording programs than Nvidia cards, I'd recommend trying Intel.
Native support for more professional formats like HEVC 12-bit 4:4:4:4 and even more obscure interlaced video encoded with HEVC/H.264, which hasn't been supported in NVENC on Nvidia cards for years (almost a decade). Still encoding 12-bit content is unsupported (decoding only).
Of course, the card supports B-frame encoding as well as lookup for better bitrate control decisions - the resulting encode is comparable (even in terms of subjective quality) to software encoders in medium (x264/H.264) and fast (x265/HEVC) settings. So on the format side there are not many changes compared to the previous generation.
It's only dual-slot, like the original A770 16GB edition. This is especially useful if one wants to run multiple GPUs in one "ordinary" computer.
only the 12GB version.
So far less AI performance than I expected despite OneAPI. This may be due to the fact that the drivers are not yet optimized. but it's almost identical to the A770 16GB
Generationally it's not that much of a leap, perhaps the only thing visibly improved over the A770 is a better performance/consumption ratio.
As with the previous generation, it is necessary to have ReBAR enabled in the BIOS, without it the GPU performance is noticeably worse. It is therefore advisable to make sure that CSM ("legacy bootloader support") is not enabled in the BIOS and that the board supports ReBAR at all.
On Linux, the driver prints a message on startup that ReBAR is not available.
For AMD and Nvidia, the impact of having ReBAR turned off is far less, but it's still there.
Support for VP9 encoding has been removed compared to the last generation, but VP8/9 decoding remains (in the full specification - i.e. Profiles 0-3, which is not supported by AMD or Nvidia). Intel's strong VP9 encoder artifacts on previous generations and poor compression efficiency alongside other options just didn't make sense. On paper, the GPU lost support for encoding to a single codec, but in reality it just freed up unnecessary silicon.
B580 did not get support for H.266/VVC (successor to HEVC), even though Lunar Lake processors already have support for VVC decoding.
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Jan, Goleszów
Rated 01/01/2025, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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No backlight management.
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Radek, Sokolov
Rated 23/12/2024, variant Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition
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So I was lucky, the card came today. About 10 days after ordering, Alza surprised me: -). And the impressions? The card is very nice, so far I haven't come across anything that doesn't work and I was even surprised by the support in games where you can adjust the settings that the card supports. I'm curious and so I already wanted to get the first generation but the moment I ordered the ARC770 this new generation came out so I waited until it was available: -). And I don't regret it, the card runs more than well so far which is a pleasant surprise for me. Even the price seems fine to me due to the equipment, after all, 12GB of memory is not seen in this price category. It is clear to me that every person's opinion will suit some people, some people will not. I am satisfied, and I will recommend the card for purchase. Just be sure to check the ReSizableBAR support of your motherboard and the system requirements recommended by the manufacturer before buying. Well, if you bought it too, let it serve: -)
12GB memory
Design
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