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…Arc B370 or B390 graphics, 14 CPU cores, and a maximum TDP of 35W. Intel needs this to succeed to make a dent in AMD's lead. — Richard Pinnock-Edmonds, PC Hardware…
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The implications of a developer doing something like this can be a problem for the broader PC ecosystem. Intel Arc only recently crossed 1% market share in the discrete GPU market, which is a modest milestone, but meaningful in a market that has been a two-horse race for many years. Moves like this have very real potential to push that number back down before Intel gets the chance to grow in a competitive retail space. It's also important to note here that Arc GPUs have a specific space in the market. They're budget-friendly options that appeal mainly to cost-conscious buyers, and across forum
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DLSS has turned buying a GPU into analyzing different software tiers, and I can't keep up
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…It runs on Intel Arc and even runs on integrated graphics, which is the entire reason it's become a fixture in the Steam Deck and Legion Go community. The frame quality…
The Alienware 15 cuts the fluff and doubles down on what actually matters — performance and price
…to put that hardware to good use. They also come with up to 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, up to 2TB of SSD space, and up to an Intel Arc B390 graphics chip…
XPEnology gave me Synology's operating system on my own hardware, and now I can't justify the official price
…was a cakewalk I used ARC Loader for this project For the uninitiated, XPEnology is an unofficial bootloader capable of running DiskStation Manager on technically unsupported hardware. Think of it as a…
No, Resizable BAR isn’t the universal performance booster you think it is
…Even with AMD's SAM or Intel ARC, ReBAR remains a fundamental shift in memory addressing. This feature is a hardware-level handshake, so if the software doesn't know how to…
Intel's Arrow Lake just got a lot better, and most people missed it
…and 250K Plus at $199, Intel is bringing the Arc equation of value proposition to its desktop CPUs, which is a refreshing turn in the PC hardware market in the last couple…
Intel Quick Sync is the reason I will never buy another Nvidia card for my Jellyfin server
…During my early days as a Jellyfin user, I’d rely on my Nvidia GPU for hardware-accelerated transcoding jobs. However, Intel’s Quick Sync is a game-changer for media servers…
This mobile workstation made me realize my desk was just a convenience
…Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 9.5 /10 Operating System Windows 11 Pro CPU Up to Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX with vPro GPU Intel Arc, Up to Nvidia RTX Pro 5000…