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GUNNIR Announces Custom Arc A380 Photon OC Graphics Card

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The GUNNING A380 Photon OC appears to be the first custom variant of the recently released Intel Arc A380 graphics card. The card features an upgraded dual-fan cooling solution and aluminium block heatsink along with a single 8-pin power connector. The card is equipped with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 15.5 Gbps which is a slight downgrade from the reference that runs at 16 Gbps. The performance should however be higher than the reference model with an increased maximum clock speed of 2450 MHz and a 92 W power draw. The A380 Photon includes four display outputs with 3x DisplayPort and 1x HDMI 2.0 and will be available as part of pre-built systems initially. The company also teased an upcoming flagship Arc graphics fan with a triple-fan cooling setup that could possibly be based on the A770 or A780.



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I can't shake off this feeling that the shroud is 3D printed, like there's something off about it.
 
Wait, no announcement from Intel on this? Does Intel even know?:rolleyes:
 
These Arc updates were getting old 6 months ago...its well beyond time for something legit.
 
If I can't buy/order one from my usual vendor here in the US, it's still v.A.p.O.r.W.a.R.e.Z IMHO, therefore...

y/A/w/N........
 
"Into The". What?
 
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Wouldn't this be a issue ?, would it not course uneven mounting(pressure\stress ) or some issue down the road with it being offset.
 
I hope 92W not to be an indication for A380 requirements.
If there are slot powered versions even at reference frequencies everything is fine, but the 75W official TDP, doesn't Inspire much confidence.
After the RX480->RX580 transition that we went from "150W" with "compatibility" drivers for the reference model (6pin) , to 185W (8pin) for just a 6-7% performance boost (was it Raja's proposition?) and the positive reviews that RX580 got in relation with RX480, it seems that the industry got a message that most of the people is fine with a 23% increase in power as long as we get a misly 6%- 7% increase in performance, which i think is wrong (just look how much more popular is RX6400 vs RX6500XT, in Europe they are selling with only 10€ difference with one reason being that RX6400 being slot powered opens up a whole market that the higher powered RX6500XT just can't reach)
 
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ZeppMan217 said:
I can't shake off this feeling that the shroud is 3D printed, like there's something off about it.
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The lines in the bottom part do give some 3D printed vibes but looks fine to me, it's a simple design, way less off-putting than what MSI/Asus/Gigabyte usually put out.

I like they went with 8pin instead of 6pin power connector, no 2 extra pins hanging off of the cable. The heatsink though doesn't seem particularly nice, looks to be a simpler and cheap metal piece with some fins formed instead of a cold plate+heatpipes+fins design
 
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Wouldn't this be a issue ?, would it not course uneven mounting(pressure\stress ) or some issue down the road with it being offset.
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Uh, Intel and AMD have been doing offset dies on their processor packages for years now. It's completely normal...

From left to right:
Ryzen 5, Tiger Lake laptop, Intel NUC
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Bwaze said:
"Released" in what meaning of the word?
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They made a drawing of it. Seems most Intel releases are that way in 2022.
 
trsttte said:
It's actually pretty centered, the packaging is just misleading

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That's my point ( i think that would put more presure on one side of the pcb), but maybe they will have support like nVidia\amd chips do or done like CPU's are today.

It's a crappy picture anyways, should of known not to said any thing.
 
AsRock said:
That's my point ( i think that would put more presure on one side of the pcb), but maybe they will have support like nVidia\amd chips do or done like CPU's are today.

It's a crappy picture anyways, should of known not to said any thing.
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The package is soldered to the board, I don't think it will move anywhere
 
ModEl4 said:
I hope 92W not to be an indication for A380 requirements.
If there are slot powered versions even at reference frequencies everything is fine, but the 75W official TDP, doesn't Inspire much confidence.
After the RX480->RX580 transition that we went from "150W" with "compatibility" drivers for the reference model (6pin) , to 185W (8pin) for just a 6-7% performance boost (was it Raja's proposition?) and the positive reviews that RX580 got in relation with RX480, it seems that the industry got a message that most of the people is fine with a 23% increase in power as long as we get a misly 6%- 7% increase in performance, which i think is wrong (just look how much more popular is RX6400 vs RX6500XT, in Europe they are selling with only 10€ difference with one reason being that RX6400 being slot powered opens up a whole market that the higher powered RX6500XT just can't reach)
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The RX580 was'nt released on purpose. It's more like TSMC optimizes the proces or wafers and simply shoves that under the nose of AMD. You get either xx w less power at same clocks or you get higher performance at the expensive of the initial gains. So it's rebranded into a RX580 model. Bit higher clocks and a bit more power.

For the 480/580 to compete clocks had to be turned up. It was going against the 1060 and for 200 to 250$ it was the best 1080p card you could get.

Now as for intel; the performance just did'nt match the initial goal. It's simple as that. I see left and right more and more that compute is perhaps equal to a Geforce or Radeon but in real life scenarios it lacks punch. It's another Vega, computational card ported to function as a graphics card.

This generation of Arc's will simply flop, fail, not just on hardware level but also on software level. There's so many games it just does'nt function properly, check the changelog here of the latest drivers:

videocardz.com

INTEL Arc Graphics Driver 30.0.101.1736 - VideoCardz.com

Launch driver for Intel® Arc™ A380 Graphics (Codename Alchemist). Intel® Game On Driver support for Redout 2, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard on Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics
videocardz.com videocardz.com

Or here: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-a...ance-prediction-for-the-whole-series-suggests

Here's your graph for the Arc 380:

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It will be simular to a RX6400. To put that into perspective: https://www.techspot.com/review/2456-amd-radeon-6400/

A RX580 or 1060 will beat that quite easily. It's raja all over again. Unable to deliver.
 
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