A very sturdy and tough graphics card
Pros:
I didn't expect less from a electronics builder as Sparkle, despite its absence in the graphics cards niche. in fact, this is a company who build nice things.
A G.c. well built, with a nice size, not oversized or too compact, with enough heatsink to keep the beast cool under 40.c in a room over 32.c with no fan noise.
In rendering or gaming, with all the power that she wants to engulf, don't come over 70 c. maybe I have to work or gaming harder with this.
A very silent G.c. . the fans on the card, don't exceed the 1300 rpm. this is just logic, related to kind of usage and room temperature, (25c. when is cold, 34.c when is hot) this at normal video playing and working, photo editing and, graphics design, average office work. etc... is just imperceptible and very stable.
the industrial design of the graphics card are flawless.
straight lines, nice "intel blue" color, not overloaded with unnecessary "rgb" like an "spielberg ufo", a nice trio of well built fans, and a useful light that indicates the temperature in real time, besides being aesthetic.
I think that this G.c. is one of a kind, and Intel is right now, despite the critics or weaning and moaning from of millennials users, making a very nice job, as usual with
Intel products, a nice engineering, and is noted that intel and its software team are working hard to support this line of product and make it grow, powerful and stable.
the cost-benefit ratio is unbeatable.
In my whole pc career, using Pcs daily, is very nice to see a third fighter in this arena, offering a very wide variety of products and prices, according to the most of peoples budgets and needs, not only bloating with merchandising and overdosing Rgb lights, selling to you things that you don't need at all at ridiculous prices
cons: none at this very moment.
If you want to buy one of this G.c. you have to know, this is not a product for an average puberty boy or teenager who wants just "lights and numbers".
..."look mine is better because I get 10k fps". "more Rgb for more fps" kind of user.
despite this, you will get nice numbers if that's only worrying you about. you only need to know, some games are optimized for some G. cards than others, and this is the world we living right now.
in any case, "choose wisely which game to play in your card, or just buy a G.c. for play your game".
also, if you' re more a creator or I.t. worker than a gamer, like me, this Arc G.C. line up is for you.
I hope that this will be useful to you.
Grettings
RenDraco · 2024-10-06 · via amazon
★★★★★I really really wanted to like and keep this gpu.
My older computer's graphics card broke and I needed it replaced. I wanted the most bang for my money and specs wise, this is it.
Pros:
This gpu has plenty of power and potential to unlock with better drivers. It has plenty of vram which makes it somewhat future proof. The gpu is not that loud when the fans are on full speed. It rarely does. The performance of the gpu is a mixed bag. When the gpu plays a game with a well optimized drivers, it runs it flawlessly. Super smooth and unbelievable to the eyes. One such title is Ratchet and Clank. I couldn't believe that it performed that well. I turned on ray tracing and all I can say is wow. I cannot praise Intel enough for their effort into their gpus and their drivers. Bravo is all I can say.
Cons:
The biggest con I experienced is that it wouldn't work on my computer. I have a 9th generation Intel and I couldn't get it to work. Now before you all come down on me, I know that a 10th gen is highly recommended by Intel. I researched and there have been people who were able to get the gpu to work on a 9th and even 8th gen cpu so long as resizable bar was enabled. RB was enabled on my motherboard. I could not get it to work. Maybe it just didn't like my cpu and motherboard combination. I did install the gpu on my 12th gen gaming machine and it worked great. My biggest gripe with the gpu is the micro stuttering I experience while playing many games. It isn't smooth at all especially if you experienced a high end Nvidia gpu with g-sync.
Conclusion:
I really wanted to keep this gpu. I really do. If it worked with my 9th gen computer, I would be willing to hang with Intel and wait as they smooth things out on their end. But I don't have a choice because my older pc needs a gpu and this just wouldn't work. That's just too bad. We so need to have a 3rd competitor in the gpu world to help control prices. But since it just wouldn't work on my device I couldn't keep it. I'm not willing to buy a new cpu, motherboard just so I can use this.
If your cpu and motherboard works with this gpu, go for it. Intel is really putting their heart and soul into ARC and any support they can get from consumers will just allow them to continue that. I really really hate to do this but this is going back since it doesn't work for my needs.
