In a recent interview, Tom Petersen and Ryan Shrout, Intel’s graphics team, confirmed that the launch of the Arc Alchemist A750 and A770 will happen very soonand that includes the 8GB and 16GB Arc A770 models. Both graphics cards will offer clearly differentiated performance, as according to the latest tests we’ve seen, the Arc A750 will be slightly higher than the GeForce RTX 3060, and the Arc A770 should be between the GeForce RTX 3060 and the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. .

The first rumors were that the Intel Arc A770 would be more at the level of the GeForce RTX 3070, which will not come true in the end, as it is confirmed that it will be somewhat below the GeForce RTX on average. 3060 You. Obviously, performance will vary depending on each specific game, but no, the graphics card listed fits more into the mid-range rather than the high-end. Obviously, its price will be according to this factand that’s good news because it ultimately means there will be more to choose from in the crowded middle class, and at more competitive prices.

Another interesting point Petersen made is that Intel’s Arc-A series cannot “dramatically change its performance”, meaning that if there is any performance improvement from this series, it will be rather small. On the other hand, Intel cannot even change the price of its GPUs, but it can control the selling price, modify it to be cheaper, even if in return it has to reduce the revenue per unit sold. It is this that will allow the chip giant to offer a competitive value, good price-performance ratio of its Arc-A series.

We already know that in terms of raw performance, the Arc A750 and Arc A770 fall into the mid-range, but the truth is that both graphics cards will be very interesting for supported technologies. Both have hardware designed to accelerate ray tracing, RTU units as well as XMX arrays that accelerate AI and XeSS technology, the chip giant’s well-known intelligent resizing. To all of the above, we must add compatibility with the AV1 codec and ResizableBAR technology.

And speaking of ResizableBAR, Intel has been very open about it, saying it’s a must for the Arc A750 and Arc A770. they can develop their true potentialso much so that Intel said that if we don’t have a computer compatible with the mentioned technology, it’s better to look for other types of graphics solutions, because the loss of performance without the mentioned technology around 40%.

Finally, Petersen also confirmed that the launch of the Arc A750 and Arc A770 is very close and that they will reach key countries in Europe such as Germany, although its initial availability will be very limited. As for the Intel Arc A380, he acknowledged that it wasn’t a good idea to release a limited version for China, and that the move wasn’t due to a stock issue, but rather that it wasn’t really quite ready for launch. You can find the entire interview in the attached video.