Intel's $249 Arc B580 is the GPU we've begged for since the pandemic
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Powered by the new Xe2 "Battlemage" architecture and a new XeSS 2 frame generation feature, Intel's $249 Arc B580 is FINALLY bringing 1440p gaming to the masses.

If even half of Intel’s claims are true, this could be a big shake up in the midrange market that has been entirely abandoned by both Nvidia and AMD.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Funny the Radeon RX 480 came out in 2016 at a similar price. Is that a coincidence?
    Incidentally the last great generation offering a midrange GPU at a midrange price. The Nvidia 1060 was great too, and the 1080 is claimed to maybe be one of the best offers of all time. Since then everything has been overpriced.

    The RX 480 was later replaced by the 580 which was a slight upgrade at great value too. But then the crypto wave hit, and soon a measly 580 cost nearly $1000!!! Things have never returned quite back to normal since. Too little competition with only Nvidia and AMD.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      16 days ago

      30 series started to look like a return to good priced cards. Then crypto hit and ruined that. Now we have AI to keep that gravy train going. Once the AI hype dies down maybe we’ll see cards return to sane pricing.

    • Radioactive Butthole@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      14 days ago

      I’m still rocking my RX480 and its going strong. Starting to show its age and not sure what I’ll upgrade to next, but for now it works nicely.