Wednesday, August 25th 2021
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Intel Arc Graphics Cards Set to Feature Official Overclocking Support at Launch
Intel Vice President and General Manager of Client Graphics Products and Solutions Roger Chandler has recently announced that the companies upcoming Arc gaming graphics cards will include overclocking support at launch through the official driver UI. This offering may resemble that of AMD's with their Radeon Software that offers various overclocking tools including clock speeds, power settings, and fan curves. Intel has also been working on various other driver improvements in the lead-up to release including enhancing shader compiling and improving throughput. The post also confirmed the implementation of complete DirectX 12 Ultimate compliance which will enable variable-rate shading tier 2 and mesh shading. Intel is expected to release the first Arc gaming graphics cards for desktops and notebooks in Q1 2022.
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Intel (Medium)
IntelWe're even integrating overclocking controls into the driver UI to give enthusiasts the tools they need to push the hardware to the limit.
28 Comments on Intel Arc Graphics Cards Set to Feature Official Overclocking Support at Launch
So yeah, gotta keep up with the Joneses!
In this case, I feel Intel is trying to portray a gaming friendly experience by allowing OC in their driver just like AMD. But my opinion is, Intel should focus on making their drivers stable/ well optimised before jumping on additional features. In particular OC where it can complicate things by contributing to further stability issues.
medium.com/intel-tech/the-next-chapter-in-our-graphics-story-intel-arc-high-performance-graphics-f68e7d2dc068
Bios oc'ing/ adjustments a dirty word now days
Last thing people want/ need is more bloatware along with uefi security holes
Edit:
I do have the software installed, and I have a dark pc now... ahh.
I mean gpu oc'ing is one thing and yeah I do like and use msi afterburner and all but I do prefer limiting cpu oc settings to bios.
There have been many cases of just asus ai suite being complete junkware and hard to get rid of and now they push armoury crate that isn't any better just more bloatware installed automatically if the bios setting isn't known lol
So Intel now pushing it's bloatware things/ drivers are just getting forced and guess win-10 and 11 will install this stuff automatically too just like the razor crapware lol
Intel's dGPU was supposed to compete with the GTX 1060.
Yes, that five year old graphics card was current when Intel were originally intending to release their dGPU.
RELEASE THE PRODUCT ALREADY. We'll overclock them once we have them, thanks.
Their mesa driver is VERY good. Used to be the best option until Skylake and Gen 9 graphics arrived.
The ANV driver needs a lot of love.
what everyone else do! feel grateful! we are so generous!" well, that's a first ...probably already mentioned by someone ... will there be K ARC and non K ARC ... :laugh:
personal take : will this be a rental OC capability? ... because i still haven't gone over my 6600K not being able to OC after a few time with a 100/200mhz OC (roughly 18 month :laugh: )
also i hope they will not get cocky with the price and disturb nV and AMD pricing