Info Intel ARC Alchemist owners thread. Now 75 games tested, retested, and counting. Includes productivity experiences. Feel free to add your results.

[igor_kavinski]

Looks very decent.

 

[511]

Looks very decent.

it was at roughly around ~30W for the whole package with a max of 37W

 

[DigDog]

new drivers are out https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241598/intel-arc-b580-graphics/downloads.html

 

[DigDog]

a word of advice; i am convinced that these last drivers changed my mouse settings. How, i have no idea - although this driver package does say it includes other firmware updates, i think for HDMI. I cannot find any corroborating evidence online, but two games i play regularly felt very much off in the aiming speed, and i had to turn down the sensitivity settings on both.
my mouse itself is driverless and it's not a hardware issue.

 

[igor_kavinski]

but two games i play regularly felt very much off in the aiming speed, and i had to turn down the sensitivity settings on both.

Maybe they reduced the latency? Or the driver control panel contains some input latency setting that is on by default?

 

[DigDog]

Maybe they reduced the latency? Or the driver control panel contains some input latency setting that is on by default?

.. why would W11 add artificial latency to my mouse?

i admit i haven't messed with my mouse settings since i stopped playing Quake, but i wouldn't expect that a video driver change things dramatically in a videgame. i know this sound stupid - but why would the mouse be tied to anything a video driver can change? this isn't the 90s anymore, it's not like stuff like "mouse speed tied to FPS" still happens.

 

[511]

.. why would W11 add artificial latency to my mouse?

i admit i haven't messed with my mouse settings since i stopped playing Quake, but i wouldn't expect that a video driver change things dramatically in a videgame. i know this sound stupid - but why would the mouse be tied to anything a video driver can change? this isn't the 90s anymore, it's not like stuff like "mouse speed tied to FPS" still happens.

Well if the mouse cursor is rendered by the GPU than it makes sense

 

[igor_kavinski]

.. why would W11 add artificial latency to my mouse?

Is Low Latency mode enabled in your Intel Graphics control panel? Try turning it off.

 

[DigDog]

1. i do not have installed the Intel control panel; i only have the driver, and the new (from previous drivers) OneAPI Level Zero. I think the name already tells you what this does.
2. i may be wrong, but i don't think mouse speed is any more tied to frame rate, on desktop or in an application. If for some reason you were getting such a bad framerate that you mouse wouldn't render, it would skip, but the computer would still keep track of the location based on the info from the sensor.

oh and if i had a low latency mode, i would want it on. i'm not a XxX*1337*Sh0tz!360 gamer anymore but i'd still prefer to have my mouse input raw.

 

[igor_kavinski]

1. i do not have installed the Intel control panel; i only have the driver

So suppose the previous default was keeping LLM off and in this driver they switched it on by default so you noticed the difference. My theory.

 

[DigDog]

So suppose the previous default was keeping LLM off and in this driver they switched it on by default so you noticed the difference. My theory.

Likely no; remember that i recently had a RX590, moved (with some embarrassing failures) to the B580, then to W11, all without needing to change the mouse settings.
There is something inside this driver that made it change. I understand you too now have a Intel card, a A770? which means you'll use it too, see if you too notice any changes.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I understand you too now have a Intel card, a A770? which means you'll use it too, see if you too notice any changes.

Yeah but I use it in LM Studio. Haven't been able to play a PC game in ages. Such is life

 

[Io Magnesso]

Yeah but I use it in LM Studio. Haven't been able to play a PC game in ages. Such is life

To be honest, I'm in the same situation...
Not only can't you enjoy the game, but you can't play the game much... You can enjoy it, but...

 

[Io Magnesso]

ARC has said it was canceled and persistently said like a broken clock...
A man who says Exsit50...

 

[511]

ARC has said it was canceled and persistently said like a broken clock...
A man who says Exsit50...

that guy is saying so much about arc getting cancelled that's not true tbh they are going to make dGPUs and keep improving their IP but i don't know what will be the biggest fattest GPU will they make

 

[Io Magnesso]

that guy is saying so much about arc getting cancelled that's not true tbh they are going to make dGPUs and keep improving their IP but i don't know what will be the biggest fattest GPU will they make

That person only says that ARC has been canceled, and he doesn't say anything in detail, so it's suspicious. If I had to say it, I would only say speculation.
In such a state, I can't tell you to believe what Leeker is saying. This is arrogant

 

[Io Magnesso]

That person only says that ARC has been canceled, and he doesn't say anything in detail, so it's suspicious. If I had to say it, I would only say speculation.
In such a state, I can't tell you to believe what Leeker is saying. This is arrogant

In terms of persistence, it's more than Intel

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Honestly though, would an Arc cancellation surprise anyone at this point given Intel's history and it's current "we over diversified and need to get back to basics" CEO at the helm?

TBF Arc is likely a rounding error on Intel's financials so easier to pass over by the bean counters.

 

[511]

Honestly though, would an Arc cancellation surprise anyone at this point given Intel's history and it's current "we over diversified and need to get back to basics" CEO at the helm?

TBF Arc is likely a rounding error on Intel's financials so easier to pass over by the bean counters.

if they want inference they need dGPU or chungus SoC

 

[Io Magnesso]

Honestly though, would an Arc cancellation surprise anyone at this point given Intel's history and it's current "we over diversified and need to get back to basics" CEO at the helm?

TBF Arc is likely a rounding error on Intel's financials so easier to pass over by the bean counters.

Why do you throw away the GPU to do AI?
In order to extend the GPU, try putting it on the market. I have no choice but to get feedback
That will be connected later

 

[igor_kavinski]

Hoping even if it's a cancellation that it's more a hibernation in disguise while they focus on the Pro market.