Wednesday, August 17th 2022

Intel Arc A380 Desktop Graphics Card Pre-Orders Open in USA for 139 USD

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The Intel Arc Alchemist A380 desktop graphics card is now available to pre-order in the USA with Newegg listing ASRock's Challenger ITX model for 139.99 USD and shipping from August 22nd. The ASRock Arc A380 Challenger ITX 6GB OC is a custom design featuring a singular cooling fan and a GPU clock speed of 2250 MHz running at a 75 W TDP paired with a single 8-pin power connector. The card features PCIe 4.0 connectivity and 8 Xe-Cores alongside triple DisplayPort 2.0 connectors and a single HDMI 2.0b. The card will compete with the similarly priced NVIDIA GTX 1650 and the AMD Radeon RX 6400 as seen in our review of the GUNNIR Photon Arc A380 model.
Sources: Newegg, @momomo_us (via VideoCardz)

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37 Comments on Intel Arc A380 Desktop Graphics Card Pre-Orders Open in USA for 139 USD

#26
DeeJay1001
I very recently bought 3 1650 Supers for an average price of $130 each tax and shipping included. They are all EVGA dual fan models that run cool and quiet, have a single 6 Pin PCI-e connector, and from what benchmarks I can find wipe the floor with the A380. Not to mention it is a proven stable card with no issues. Other than novelty I cant see any reason to buy this.
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#27
TheinsanegamerN
It's a real shame that without BAR enabled the A380 is so much slower. For an older system like ine a RX 6400 would honestly be a better choice, and that is with the 3.0x4 limitation cutting performance on older systems!

Maybe in 6 months intel will have the drivers hammered into shape. I really want that 6GB 75w GPU goodness.
DeeJay1001I very recently bought 3 1650 Supers for an average price of $130 each tax and shipping included. They are all EVGA dual fan models that run cool and quiet, have a single 6 Pin PCI-e connector, and from what benchmarks I can find wipe the floor with the A380. Not to mention it is a proven stable card with no issues. Other than novelty I cant see any reason to buy this.
The 75w limit is allowing MSI to make a slot powered low profile version. In that market the 1650 isnt an option, only the 1650 and rx 6400, both of which only have 4GB VRAM.
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#28
HisDivineOrder
Assuming their AV1 encoder works properly and their gaming support remains meh, I could see using this as a streaming PC or Plex server GPU on the cheap.
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#29
GreiverBlade
Interesting, Intel, come on surprise me ... (going like that, your drivers must be ready? right? right? riiiiiiight? )

do it right, even tho the product is not, and by far, right at the moment, unless they lower the price by quite a bit.

i have a GT 730 Silent LP in dire need for a replacement, if you can't there is plenty of RX 6400 LP or Nvidia equivalent for the same price that perform slightly above the A380 without Rebar.
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#30
RedBear
I was actually expecting worse, considering the $200 (VAT included) price tag of the first ARC 380s sold in China... At this price it's at least competitive against the similarly priced RX 6400 (with room for improvement, if Intel can deliver decent drivers soon enough) while featuring modern video decoding/encoding capabilities and running on a X8 PCIe connection, which is useful for people using relatively modern motherboards that support ReBAR but are limited to PCIe Gen 3 connectivity (like AMD's series 400 and Intel's series 400).
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#31
Solaris17
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At the very least atleast they updated the UI. While non functional it atleast looks better than the previous ugly also non funtional Intel GPU CP.

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#32
lightofhonor
TheinsanegamerNIt's a real shame that without BAR enabled the A380 is so much slower. For an older system like ine a RX 6400 would honestly be a better choice, and that is with the 3.0x4 limitation cutting performance on older systems!

Maybe in 6 months intel will have the drivers hammered into shape. I really want that 6GB 75w GPU goodness.


The 75w limit is allowing MSI to make a slot powered low profile version. In that market the 1650 isnt an option, only the 1650 and rx 6400, both of which only have 4GB VRAM.
There is also the outside option of the WX 5100. Older card but also 75W and has 8GB. Even overclocked it's not quite as fast but for certain workloads it could be better. Full x16 3.0 lanes too.
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#33
LabRat 891
Wish I had the extra scratch.
I want one of these as a collector's artifact: "Intel's 2nd attempt at entering the graphics accelerator market"
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#34
RedBear
LabRat 891Wish I had the extra scratch.
I want one of these as a collector's artifact: "Intel's 2nd attempt at entering the graphics accelerator market"
I think it's the third attempt, if you count the unreleased Larrabee terminated in 2010, which is seriously a collector's artefact, and the 1998/1999 vintage i750/i752.
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#35
TheinsanegamerN
LightofhonorThere is also the outside option of the WX 5100. Older card but also 75W and has 8GB. Even overclocked it's not quite as fast but for certain workloads it could be better. Full x16 3.0 lanes too.
Good card, but AFAIK there is no low profile version, the LP was limited to the WX 4100 GPU.

If I was going to go down that road though I'd try to track down a A2000 6GB card.
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#36
LabRat 891
RedBearI think it's the third attempt, if you count the unreleased Larrabee terminated in 2010, which is seriously a collector's artefact, and the 1998/1999 vintage i750/i752.
Good point, but the i750 and now Alchemist both *actually* could be purchased. Larrabee never saw a retailer.
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