Tuesday, September 13th 2022
MSI Low-Profile Arc A380 Graphics Card Pictured
Here are the first pictures of a low-profile Intel Arc A380 graphics card by MSI. The half-height card is 2 slots thick, and is probably the first A380 card we've come across that appears to lack a power connector. The card surfaced on Japanese IT news portals, when a DAIV-built commercial desktop was disassembled revealing this low-profile card. The desktop combines a Core i7-12700 with this A380 card. The card appears to feature a complex aluminium fin-stack heatsink instead of a cheap aluminium monoblock one. The typical board power of A380 running at stock frequencies is exactly 75 W, and so MSI could build this card without any power connectors. Other board partners have been known to include at least a 6-pin connector to minimize power draw from the slot.
Sources:
ITMedia.co.jp, VideoCardz
27 Comments on MSI Low-Profile Arc A380 Graphics Card Pictured
It looks like internally it would have 3x 5'25'' bays, yet front panel suggests either you can remove top half to have all 3 and ugly empty space uncovered, or none at all? Interesting design, to say the least...
And a single HDD.EDIT: It's got a 512GB PCIe 3.0 SSD.
Also, pairing a 12700 with an A380, how odd. Even the GPU specs in that screenshot are incorrect :confused:
EDIT: Here's more pics of the case. "The metal knob on the far right is the power switch, turn it to the right to turn on the power" The HSF fan is 92mm.
(Image credit: MSI / JD)
MSI Arc A380 Low-Profile, Source: ITmedia
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I think you will like also something like the Cougar Panzer Max-G.
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The reported numbers are a mix of A770 and A380, possibly GPU-Z v2.48.0 fixes that.
the RX 6400 4gb PCIe 4.0 X4 does not suck as much as the A380 6gb PCIe 4.0 X8 :laugh: it take more skill to make a product with seemingly superior specs into a bad product that perform like a roller coaster and consume more (the RX 6400 can thanks the A380 for making her look good, while at launch everyone hissed and screeched at it for the X4 and "only" 4gb... (i did :oops: ))
but if a LP A380 would cost let's say ... 135$ max (160$ max is a bit optimistic but as mentioned a RX 6400 4gb LP is ~170chf/$ max ) i would still put it on the list since my curent only sane choice is a RX 6400
i always joke about getting a 200chf+ Tesla T600 4gb or a 665chf RTX A2000 6gb ;) but the 6400 is the only choice.
well the one i have now is a GT730 2gb DDR3 PCIe2.0 X8, that one really ... sucks... it is still in stock and cost 70ish chf :laugh: so even a GTX 1030 would be an upgrade :laugh: (but a bad one as it cost more than a RX 6400 which in the end is an excellent card, for a HTPC even PCIe3.0 )
No power connector yet two fans :laugh:
Most of the data on it is terribly wrong.
Intel Arc A380 Specs | TechPowerUp GPU Database
But the frequency report should have been correct, 2450MHz seems iffy.
like the reference one
or many others,
but well, the RX 6400 is a 53 watts not a 75 (the dual fan is a tad overkill, heck it could even run passive, like a 38 watts GT730 with an adequate heatsink )
"No power connector yet two fans"
No power connector and 2 fans are not contradictory factors in order to criticize something since even RX 6400 at 53W has designs such this although in AMD's case not necessary in LP form.
Everyone knows that RX6400 is 53W while ARC needs much more than that.
Such designs were selected the last 6 years for other cards also like 60W 1050Ti or 50W RX550 for example, nothing rare about it, that was my point.
aside the A380 which i suspect will have issues due to that ... it already behave badly, i can't imagine if constrained to "only" what the slot can give, luckily the card is stock and most buyer interested in a card like that know better than OC a card that is already at the upper limite :) the RX 6400 1050Ti and RX550 have a bit marging on that aspect
although i doubt the : "No power connector yet two fans" comment was about the rarity of the thing, but rather about the ridicule of having a heavier cooling solution for a card at 75W, although given the A380 i suspect it would need it just to be borderline stable.well for those who need it ... ARC is the ... well i could be a way for anyone without a potato conversion HTPC like me
although given CPU load video encoding could be defaulted to the i7 3770k in my case ...not that i would need it, although if i was a budget streamer, i'd rather go with a RX 6400 than an A380, luckily i am not
it's, nonetheless, a good point for ARC GPUs, yay i found a pro to it thanks to you :toast:
If it was classic design then it could be cooled passively requiring 2 slots, again just like GTX 1650.
Any card with 75W TBP from any vendor would require similar treatment, so essentially Intel & partners had 2 options, either use 2 fans in LP or leave the low profile market to AMD essentially, maybe the comment was about that.
Anyway, like I said in the past AMD already has the only serious proposition for anyone wanting LP+1 slot solution and in general in most LP chassis a 53W TBP card is preferable to a 75W one regarding heat/noise etc.
for the rest i totally agree, well ... i still want an A380 LP nonetheless, i hope that MSI will go retail and preferably at a decent price (although where i live i have little hope :laugh: )
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