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Intel's Arc A770 has been through many delays, but it will not be long before gamers can get their hands on the desktop GPUs. The Arc A770 is a mid-range Intel graphics card that will reportedly compete against the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060.
Many of the details of the Arc A770 GPU have been revealed, but the information about its specific hardware and benchmarks is yet to be known. Intel claims gamers will be able to use this GPU for 1440p gaming with "peak" ray-tracing performance.
This is always great to hear as competition will increase with the release of the Arc lineup, forcing competitive prices and better hardware. All the details of the new GPU are rounded-up in this article.
Intel ARC A770 will support DLSS, XeSS, and Ray Tracing
Overview
During Day 1 of the 2022 Intel Innovation event, currently being held in San Jose, California, some details of the upcoming Intel GPU were announced. The two-day event is set to end on September 28, but no further details of their GPU lineup are expected.
Intel confirmed that the A770 will feature Xe Super Sampling (XeSS), which is an answer to Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technologies.
Like its rivals, the XeSS technology uses AI (Artificial Intelligence) as an upscaled resolution, which enables more performance and higher frame rates with the added benefit of high image fidelity.
XeSS works by rendering the game at a lower resolution and using AI to upscale it, which uses lesser computing, allowing for more performance. Moreover, it is not limited to the dedicated GPU lineup, it is compatible with Intel's integrated GPUs as well. By the end of 2022, the technology should be available in over 20 games.
Ray tracing will also be supported by the Arc A770 with up to 65% stronger RT performance compared to rivals, although Intel did not specify which rival specifically.
Specifications
Intel confirmed some of the base specifications of the A770 GPU. The specifications of the 16GB model are:
- Xe Cores: 32
- Ray Tracing Units: 32
- Render Slices: 8
- Intel Xe Matrix Extensions: 512
- Xe Vector Engines: 512
- Graphics Clock: 2100 MHz
- Memory Size: 16GB GDDR6
- Memory Interface: 256 bit
- Memory Bandwidth: 560 GB/s
- Memory Speed: 17.5 Gbps
- TDP: 225W
The A770 GPU will have the Xe HPG microarchitecture, with TSMC N6 lithography type. It will be available with 4.0x16 PCI Express configurations with support for four displays with a maximum resolution of 7680 x 4320@60Hz on DisplayPort. The only difference between the 16GB and the 8GB model is the memory size with a probable difference in TDP.
Release date and price
The Arc A770 GPU is confirmed to be available worldwide on October 12, with both models available on the same day. The 8GB model will cost $329. The price of the 16GB model was not revealed by Intel.
