Friday, October 14th 2022
Acer's Predator BiFrost Arc A770 Goes on Sale in Taiwan for as Low as US$313
Acer has launched its Predator BiFrost Arc A770 graphics card in Taiwan and the official pricing appears to be NT$12,900 or US$404, local shops are already selling the card for far less. The BiFrost comes with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and an overclocking option that boosts the GPU speed from 2,200 MHz to 2,400 MHz. The latter also increases the TDP from 250 to 280 Watts. As seen in the launch announcement pictures, the card has a rather unusual fan design and Acer has even come up with some marketing names for the setup. The blower fan is referred to as Aeroblade 3D and the regular 92 mm fan as Frostblade 2.0. We're not sure how there's a version 2.0 when this is Acer's first retail graphics card.
The card measures 267 x 117.75 mm and has as we've also seen, a pair of 8-pin power connectors. The port configuration consists of three DP 2.0 ports and one HDMI 2.1 port. Local shops are offering the card on sale for US$372 to as little as US$313 (NT$9990), which is only US$13 more than Intel's own Arc A750 cards retail for in Taiwan. This price point makes it a fair bit more attractive, even taking potential driver related issues and hardware limitations into account.
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The card measures 267 x 117.75 mm and has as we've also seen, a pair of 8-pin power connectors. The port configuration consists of three DP 2.0 ports and one HDMI 2.1 port. Local shops are offering the card on sale for US$372 to as little as US$313 (NT$9990), which is only US$13 more than Intel's own Arc A750 cards retail for in Taiwan. This price point makes it a fair bit more attractive, even taking potential driver related issues and hardware limitations into account.
30 Comments on Acer's Predator BiFrost Arc A770 Goes on Sale in Taiwan for as Low as US$313
So a blower combined with a regular rgb fan, at least it stands out.
Regarding the price, isn't $313 a bit less competitive given that it goes in direct competition with Radeon RX 6600 for $240?
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The cooler is definitely interesting and not the quietest, but props for trying some thing new
Also, such a business practice will fail. Intel must begin with lower prices, such as 50% of the current, or $149, at least for this generation to try to attract some gullible buyers, and only if this works, next gen to be priced much more aggressively for high profit margins.
Under 200$ for a 16GB GPU I see.
Do they confuse themselves that this will be "fine wine" or what? lol
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It's low compared to what Intel charges for its limited edition cards.
I mean, it's only $13 more than an A750 from Intel in Taiwan.
While $300 for the 16 GB version is a bit more realistic when compared to its well-established rivals, I still wouldn't buy it at this price knowing its shortcomings.
EDIT: Just saw the 6600XT on a flash sale for the equivalent of $250. Intel, I hope you're reading this :nutkick:
DX 12 used to be in a beta phase in BL 3 for a long time but not anymore and in other ppl's tests the ARC cards does better with DX 12 in BL 3.
As a long time BL 3 player I've already told W1z that if possible re check those numbers with DX 12 instead of 11.
Tho I agree that the performance is way all over the place with the current gen ARC cards + drivers and that needs to be fixed first.
On a side note I like how this Acer card looks.:oops: