Intel Acknowledges Performance Degradation When Arc GPUs Are Paired With Older Processors; Investigation Has Been Started

After several months of silence, Intel finally admits a problem of declining performance affecting its Arc Battlemage graphics cards, especially when they are used with older generation processors. The company announces that it has opened an investigation to identify and correct the source of the problem. Half-tone performance with older GPUs [...] The Intel article recognizes a concern for the performance of Arc graphics cards with older proces…

In 2024 we were waiting for the arrival of a new generation of graphics cards, but this never arrived. At least not from AMD and NVIDIA, because in the end it was Intel the only one that launched its new GPU before the end of the year. Intel Arc Battlemage did not go wrong, as they offered an interesting improvement on the previous generation while keeping that price so attractive to consumers. However, not everything was as good as we thought a…

Intel Acknowledges Performance Degradation When Arc GPUs Are Paired With Older Processors; Investigation Has Been Started

Intel has finally taken the performance loss issue seriously with the Arc GPUs and has started its investigation to find out and fix the problem with older CPUs. Intel Responds to the Arc GPU Performance Issue with Older Ryzen and Intel Core Processors The Intel Arc B580 and B570 GPUs looked decent on the launch but weren't seen on the charts even after offering more VRAM than their competitors. Nonetheless, one of the reasons why many didn't se…

Intel is looking into CPU overhead associated with Arc GPUs on older chips

Intel is developing a fix to improve the performance of its Arc B580 GPUs when paired with an older processor.

Arc graphics cards may be significantly less powerful when combined with older CPUs. Intel has now officially announced to follow up on reports about this CPU overhead.