Sparkle Arc B580 Titan OC

[W1zzard]

The Sparkle Arc B580 Titan OC is a custom-design version of Intel's newest card. It comes with a triple-fan cooling solution that still fits into two slots. Data in our review confirms that the cooler is considerably improved over Intel's reference card, reaching much lower temperatures.

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[Mr. Perfect]

What happened to the 4060 Ti 16GB in Space Marine 2? At 1080p it's pretty much where you'd expect it to be, but at 1440 and 4K it just dies.

 

[lexluthermiester]

This a decent card, my choice is still the AsRock model.

 

[Chaitanya]

While its good to see 2 slot cards making a comeback here its just too long to fit in some SFF builds and given the power rating of cards sure it can be smaller than whats on offer here.

 

[AKBrian]

What happened to the 4060 Ti 16GB in Space Marine 2? At 1080p it's pretty much where you'd expect it to be, but at 1440 and 4K it just dies.

The 3060 12GB also magically gets faster and tops the chart at 4K.

A few values are mixed up in each of the SM2 charts, it would seem.

ETA: I made a conspiracy chart showing some of the weirdness!

Spoiler: it's all connected, man!

Some wackiness, indeed! 4060 Ti 16GB and 8GB could be transposed for the 2160P chart, but that doesn't explain the magic 3060 12GB. Maybe it and the 4060 Ti 16GB were swapperooed? But then that doesn't explain its position on the the 1440P chart! <crumples up paper and rips tie off>

 

[Desktopstu]

While I like the Titan design the cooler is overkill for this card and the reference design is easily good enough (if you can find one) and here in UK is £10 cheaper. The reliance on resizeable bar is going top put off people wanting a drop in upgrade to their aging gaming pcs that predate bar (im looking at you, Sandybridge!) But that said, its a great effort by Intel and this is a decent build by Sparkle.

 

[Vincero]

Hang on...

So, the Sparkle card is pushing higher clocks / power but the ASRock has a better cooling solution at stock speeds...? Think ASRock missed a trick there in terms of an improved offering.

Can't say I like the Sparkle card backplate - I think that part-grill could just be a larger cut-out and let more air flow freely...

 

[W1zzard]

ASRock has a better cooling solution at stock speeds...?

At any speed. The test is normalized by power and noise. It tests just the capability of the cooler

 

[Vincero]

At any speed. The test is normalized by power and noise. It tests just the capability of the cooler

Sorry... that statement was more questioning what/how that has worked out, i.e. they have a bigger than 2 slot cooler which performs better than what Sparkle have put on their factory OC'd product....

Clearly either are better than the Intel stock, which itself seems quite adequate - just seems that ASRock went a bit overkill even for a 'Steel legend' product which isn't pushing the performance envelope in any way.

Edit: misread specs - ASRock are higher OC

 

[AcE]

The 3060 12GB also magically gets faster and tops the chart at 4K.

A few values are mixed up in each of the SM2 charts, it would seem.

ETA: I made a conspiracy chart showing some of the weirdness!

Spoiler: it's all connected, man!

View attachment 375567

Some wackiness, indeed! 4060 Ti 16GB and 8GB could be transposed for the 2160P chart, but that doesn't explain the magic 3060 12GB. Maybe it and the 4060 Ti 16GB were swapperooed? But then that doesn't explain its position on the the 1440P chart! <crumples up paper and rips tie off>

Wow that’s pretty weird.

 

[W1zzard]

Sorry... that statement was more questioning what/how that has worked out, i.e. they have a bigger than 2 slot cooler which performs better than what Sparkle have put on their factory OC'd product....

Not sure I understand your question, please elaborate. ASRock uses a bigger cooler with three slots, so it has more cooling capacity, which is reflected in these test results. Happy to explain more. This could also lead to a better explanation on the test's page itself

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Looks like I should save up for a B580!

 

[Vincero]

Not sure I understand your question, please elaborate. ASRock uses a bigger cooler with three slots, so it has more cooling capacity, which is reflected in these test results. Happy to explain more. This could also lead to a better explanation on the test's page itself

Note: edited to remove stupidity...

Question I have is did you reach out to Sparkle to confirm this is the expected performance prior to releasing the review?

For Sparkle It seems like the card is a bit of a non-event - it reviews well in terms of cooling but due to either a bug in Intel drivers or the board configuration, that frequency bump from factory delivers nothing / seems to cancel out during usage.

For ASRock, it reviews a bit better showing better performance (when there is a difference to show).

They are charging the same premium as Sparkle, but somehow are extracting more performance from their OC bump when it is able to make an impact - I'm guessing that alongside the use of an additional PCIe power connector, they've maybe some way massaged the power limits in the VBIOS or maybe gone more aggressive with some other configuration aspect (e.g. memory timings, VRM temp, etc.).

From the results the ASRock card would seem the one to get if you're gonna pay a premium - unless a Sparkle rep can confirm that they have a solution to the average performance of their card there is little to recommend it. Although neither offered a 'premium' experience compared to Intel reference other than case aesthetic...

 

[W1zzard]

but they've stuck with stock clocks

ASRock is actually the highest OC'd card

showing better performance at stock than the intel reference card

By a tiny amount, not even 1 FPS

http://imgur.com/KDN5Gb3

 

[Vincero]

ASRock is actually the highest OC'd card


By a tiny amount, not even 1 FPS

http://imgur.com/KDN5Gb3

Yep, I misread the specs table column....
When the number of cores and GPU clock MHz start to be the same number....

Adjusted previous post accordingly. Still would be interested if Sparkle have any comment. Sure the OCs overall don't offer a lot of improvement but this should be more in the middle of the result offered by stock intel card and ASRock card, not just shading the Intel card by a tiny margin (I'm talking about in benchmarks where this actually shows an improvement, e.g. Witcher 3 4K, CS2).

I mean in CS2 the Intel card is beating the Sparkle card....