ASRock Arc B570 Challenger 10 GB OC Cards Sell Ahead of Jan 16 Embargo

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Over the past weekend, an Intel Arc GPU enthusiast has picked up a pair of embargo-busting ASRock Arc B570 Challenger 10 GB OC graphics cards. Intel has mandated an official launch at retail on January 16, yet Redditor genxontech presented photo proof of his two Arc Battlemage purchases and claimed that their local Micro Center store had stock available on shelves. The lucky customer stated that he was not willing to experience post-Thursday shortages or dreaded price gouging over limited supply: "I'm upgrading my son's PC from a GTX 1080 and the other one is for me. I work, I don't need to scalp it."

Team Blue's Arc B580 GPU series (starting price: $249) launched mid-December and retail units were snapped up swiftly—budget-conscious hardware enthusiasts have oft complained about a lack of choice/value within their market segment of choice. The incoming Intel Arc B570 GPU family is priced $30 below the slightly more capable B580, so it will be interesting to see how the two tiers perform against each other in 2025. Meanwhile, genxontech has toyed around with the latest Arc Drivers—official software is not available until this Thursday, so mixed results have been documented: "My workstation/server/gaming rig now sees the Arc B570 as a B80. Crazy, right?"



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[Daven]

I'm not even in the market for a GPU right now (bought a 7900XT two years ago) but with all the GPU releases going on, I feel left out.

I might have to buy something just so I can be part of it.

 

[hsew]

Not much of an upgrade if he’s coming from a platform that is roughly 8 years old (assuming this since it said GTX 1080). Arc is, unfortunately, heavily dependent on new CPUs and Resizable BAR to perform at its peak.

 

[Vayra86]

I'm not even in the market for a GPU right now (bought a 7900XT two years ago) but with all the GPU releases going on, I feel left out.

I might have to buy something just so I can be part of it.

I know the feelz man

 

[Octavean]

I'm not even in the market for a GPU right now (bought a 7900XT two years ago) but with all the GPU releases going on, I feel left out.

I might have to buy something just so I can be part of it.

Sort of in the same boat.

I bought an ASRock Radeon RX 7800 XT Phantom Gaming 16GB OC (whenever it was released) and its a decent card that I rather like. However, I'm trying to keep two systems quasi current. The RyZen 7950X system has the 7800XT and the older RyZen 3950X has an Asus RTX 3050 that replaced an GTX 970. The Asus RTX 3050 is a POS and now it seems to have a failing DisplayPort.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Not much of an upgrade if he’s coming from a platform that is roughly 8 years old (assuming this since it said GTX 1080). Arc is, unfortunately, heavily dependent on new CPUs and Resizable BAR to perform at its peak.

I’m tempted to try one of these on my Ivy E rig with rebarUEFI enabled. For science and all that.