Sparkle B570 Guardian OC

[W1zzard]

Intel's Arc B570 "Battlemage" is out, and at $230 it's a highly attractive option for 1080p gamers on a budget. Sparkle's Guardian OC comes with a factory overclock and a great-looking dual-fan cooling solution that runs quietly.

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[Chaitanya]

Price really needs come down a little to justify this GPU

 

[Dr. Dro]

I really like the design. But it's too expensive. Needs to be cheaper. With the $20 difference, just get the B580.

 

[cerulliber]

found the 1080 ti killer

 

[Macro Device]

With the $20 difference, just get the B580.

You can discount the 7900 XT but you can't discount the idea.

 

[chstamos]

It's more expensive than a 6750 XT in my country. The 6750 outperforms a B580, let alone the B570 - which it beats silly. Like a red headed stepchild. I don't understand why anyone would buy the battlemage cards at these inflated prices, but, since they're being sold at these, I guess some people actually do... for whatever reason.

Even at MSRP, though -where it's nowhere to be found in europe- while the B580 seems like a good buy, I don't see why anyone would go B570 for a couple of pizzas worth of savings. The B570 is mediocre value any way you look at it, in contrast to the B580 which is actually good at the ghost sticker price. Eat pasta with plain tomato sauce for a couple or three days and get the B580, in whatever universe these GPUs are available at sticker price.

In any case, it's been a real rollercoaster with these intel gpus. I went from pessimism to positive surprise, all over to disappointment again.

Currently the intel GPUs can be described as great value GPUs that can't be found at the nominal great value and that need a high end CPU to perform optimally as budget GPUs... which are nowhere to be found at their official budget prices. So... back to disappointment, then. It's another dud.

 

[Macro Device]

that can't be found at the nominal great value

In Russia, it's some extreme case you can only purchase them from Chinese stores which means a couple million years waiting for its arrival to then realise this GPU's street price is cca 100 USD. Risk lovers would rather spend this $380 on a second hand RX 6800 XT / 3080 12 GB.

 

[Vincero]

@W1zzard is there a reason you don't do group roundup / testing of (in this example / scenario) both of the Arc B570 cards?
Or is that a condition of getting the samples to review, that they are done solo?

 

[Vecix6]

There is a typo in page 34 "Ray Tracing performance" in the 4K chart ¿B570 perfomance above B580? probably swapped

 

[lexluthermiester]

Or is that a condition of getting the samples to review, that they are done solo?

Ding ding!

 

[mechtech]

Nice to see more cards / competition in this range, and the 10-bit, 10GB is nice, but still not really an upgrade option to the RX6600.........at least here in Canada.

If you had to get a new card and this was your budget was $330cad it's cheaper than the RX7600 though.

 

[Vincero]

Ding ding!

Well, that certainly takes the sparkle off of the product...

The lack of a ba-dum-tsss emoji is disturbing...

 

[toooooot]

Price really needs come down a little to justify this GPU

MSRP is 200 which seems perfectly reasonable. Sparkle puts a little tax on its cards, doesn't it?
But at 200, the only similar solutions would be those ancient 5500 xt or 1660. And may I remind you
that they simply do not have new tech. I do not say I would refuse this card if it cost something like 180,
but it is a reasonable price, will be even more reasonable with basic coolers like the ones I saw on
Asrock cards before.

 

[W1zzard]

@W1zzard is there a reason you don't do group roundup / testing of (in this example / scenario) both of the Arc B570 cards?
Or is that a condition of getting the samples to review, that they are done solo?

Not at all, but as potential buyer wouldn’t you want to see a full review instead of 1080p avg perf raster, rt, one chart power, heat, noise, some pics, next card? If you prefer that, check out our yt channel.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not at all, but as potential buyer wouldn’t you want to see a full review instead of 1080p avg perf raster, rt, one chart power, heat, noise, some pics, next card? If you prefer that, check out our yt channel.

Fair enough.

Well, that certainly takes the sparkle off of the product...

The lack of a ba-dum-tsss emoji is disturbing...

Some reviewers do have that contractual obligation. Glad that is not the case with W1z.

 

[Vincero]

Not at all, but as potential buyer wouldn’t you want to see a full review instead of 1080p avg perf raster, rt, one chart power, heat, noise, some pics, next card? If you prefer that, check out our yt channel.

Hmmm, same charts just the additional entries for both cards...?
So where you have say the stock B570 you also have the Sparkle B570, Sparkle B570 OC, ASRock B570, ASR B570 OC, and then everything else ranging from the crap to the best, etc.

Not a complaint, just genuinely wondering - slightly bigger charts vs 2 articles, whatever is easier