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Intel Demos Arc A750 GPU VRR, HDR & HDMI 2.1 Capabilities-Death Stranding @ 100 FPS+ @ 3440x1440

Intel has showcased VRR, HDR & HDMI 2.1 capabilities of its upcoming Arc graphics card lineup using the Arc A750 Limited Edition.
Intel Arc Graphics Cards Are VRR, HDR, & HDMI 2.1 Ready - Arc A750 Limited Edition Demoed In Death Stranding With Over 100 FPS at 3440x1440

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ABizzel1642d ago

The price will be the make or break for these GPUs. They've already stated they want their GPUS to be the best value and aiming for price:performance, so that's good.... But they're also releasing GPUs that honestly are looking more like competition with the RTX 2000 series (although with some interesting software and AI to go along with it), meanwhile, NVIDIA and AMD are moving on to their RTX 4000 and RX 7000 GPUs literally at the same time if not a few months after Arc.

So not only is Intel fighting a losing battle right now when it comes to performance. They will also be fighting against discounted and discontinued RTX 3000 and RX 6000 series GPUs which will likely be in the exact same price range with proven and supported drivers as Intel's Arc GPUs. And the used market is finally returning to acceptable pricing is only going to reach new lows once the RTX 4000 and RX 7000 GPUs release.

JeffGUNZ641d ago

Yeah, this is what confuses me so much about these cards. Why are they a full series behind the competitors? The only thing that makes sense to me is if this is really targeting the mid-lower tier build audience. Like you said though, the price point is what will make or break it. If they are really affordable, they can pull a lot of low to mid-low builds in.

ABizzel1641d ago (Edited 641d ago )

I don't want to be negative, because I 100% get they have to start somewhere, so really what I'm trying to say is the first-gen or Arc is going to be an extremely HARD sell for them. The real win / benefit they have is finally getting NVIDIA and to a lesser extent AMD out of their laptops, that's where the win is, and honestly, NVIDIA needs to get into the CPU market ASAP.

Intel did a video with gamer nexus (which was highly informative) demoing the A750 and it was performing slightly better than the RTX 3060 in certain games making it likely on par with an RTX 2070 super. The A770 is supposed to be the flagship and aiming for the RTX 3070 / 3070 ti, making it also on par with the RTX 2080 Ti. So the cards aren't bad at all, and if the A750 launches at $299, and the A770 launches at $399 then the price:performance is really good......currently. But the RTX 3060 could drop to $299 or less, and the RTX 3060 ti or 3070 could drop to $399 or less, and while the Intel cards might performance a tad better, NVIDIA is a proven product possibly and a tad cheaper and that's again ignoring the RTX 2000 used GPU pricing. The good news is their aiming for 12m - 18m windows for their successors Battlemage, Celestial, Druid, which means they can eventually catch up considering NVIDIA and AMD seem to be on closer to 24m windows. And it's good they're in it for the long run because it does bring more competition and the lineup will get better with each iteration, and based on the naming sku, theoretically, they have at least 26 architectures to go through A - Z.

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GoodGuy09641d ago

Cool. We do need more competition for gpus.

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Square Enix Declares $140m Loss Amid Game Pipeline Shakeup

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.

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Furesis11h ago

What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.

-Foxtrot9h ago

I hope IX is still on the cards

Just a straight up remake which they expand a little bit nothing over ambitious

If IX dosent happen then VI and VIII will never be thought of.

TiredGamer8h ago

What are they doing? Sales are falling and the costs are out of control. Big releases need to be absolute sales home runs now, and Final Fantasy sales have stagnated.

Now we know why Square didn’t fall over themselves to remake the original FF7 all these years ago. It certainly wasn’t a license to print money, at least not with what the expectations were. Each of these full on remakes drains an enormous amount of company resources for a razor thin profit margin.

TwoPicklesGood8h ago

Breaking the game up into multiple parts was a mistake IMO.

blackblades6h ago

The loses came from cancelling games nothing else.

shadowT10h ago

Do not miss Final Fantasy 16. Great game!

raWfodog10h ago

I'm waiting for them to release the complete edition bundle, but it's definitely on my list.

PhillyDonJawn9h ago

Wth is going on with the gaming industry?

mandf8h ago

Corporate investors taking everything

TiredGamer8h ago

Not rocket science. Compare sales numbers, development cycles, and budgets to the previous gens. We are all collectively burning up the industry from the inside out. Expectations are ludicrously high now for every release and sales are dropping for even the most prestigious of series.

We used to be satisfied paying $50-60 for a game that took 1/100th the budget and staff to make. Now gamers feel cheated if they have to pay the same for a game that took 100x the budget. We may be reaching the end of the line for this model of gaming.

wiz71914h ago

@tiredgamer I think your point is one that ppl don’t understand and you hit it on the nose .. some gamers don’t want to take accountability but it’s some of the gamers fault the industry is where it’s at .. we as gamers set the standards for the industry not the shareholders , ppl forget that the shareholders and the industry want and need OUR Money. Both the Xbox and PlayStation are seeing a drop in hardware , the industry is very stagnant right now.

Tacoboto5h ago

Speaking to Square:

Turns out their mismanagement wasn't related to the western studios they dumped to Embracer, but their own fault.

With regards to Xbox - a good way to kill your brand is to pull support on high quality titles and only dump B and C-tier titles to it

With regards to PC - Epic Games Story exclusivity for any duration and piss-poor optimization will hurt you.

With regards to FF Pixel Remasters - y'all messed up by barely releasing them on physical, like wtf that was free money!

And lastly, you don't help a franchise by releasing a mainline title that undermines every title that came before it. FFXVI was a DMC-like with bottom-of-the-barrel side quests and I can't imagine that helping Rebirth at all considering its marketing is directly tied to how big that game is.

Tacoboto4h ago

Sony is getting their best titles and with the most polish, so what about it? Nintendo gets their top properties too, for titles that can run on Switch hardware.

It's the other fanbases that get the second- and third-class treatment from Square. If that's due to agreements with Sony, that's not a Sony issue but a Square one for accepting those terms. Sony is doing its best to look out for Sony.

TiredGamer9h ago

The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.

CS79h ago

Sad. Rebirth was one of my favorite games in a long time. Should have sold more.

CrimsonWing698h ago

Oh I’m with you. What’s worse is they can say, “Well we tried to make this amazing game and spend all this money on, but not enough people showed an interest. So no more of these since we can’t take a hit like that.”

The industry is going to take a dramatic shift. Mark my words on this.

rpvenom7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

I think there is quite a large portion of individuals like myself who held out on buying it on PS5 because I can get it on PC eventually. To be able to mod the game and also have custom graphical settings to my liking

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Xbox Games Showcase Followed by [REDACTED] Direct Airs June 9

- Xbox Wire - Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase followed by [REDACTED] Direct airs June 9. More info inside.

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bionicstar9h ago

Will they show Fable 4, Stalker 2, GoW 6 & Perfect Dark?

PhillyDonJawn9h ago

Crossing fingers for Fable and perfect dark. And State of Decay 3

RaidenBlack4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

And maybe Clockwork Revolution, South of Midnight, Contraband, Project 007 & OD? lol
and whatever happened to Everwild ?
+ that rumored Wu Tang RPG

Sonic18813h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Will they have official release dates and gameplay?

anast9h ago

Another game pass event with their plans to go all streaming.

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Lightning778h ago

It's an Xbox showcase that they have every year.

Make smarter comments for once.

anast5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Tell me what a smarter comment is.

If they don't sell game pass the entire time, then I will be wrong. All of this can be proven once the show gets underway. Let's wait and see.

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Lightning774h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Wow too easy.

You went from MS going all streaming to selling gamepass content in which we all know they are.

Which one is it?

Pretty clear you don't know what a smart comment is at least you admit you don't know.

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anast1m ago(Edited 0m ago)

"Another game pass event with their plans to go all streaming."

It's both. I would worry about your own intelligence at this point. It seems that there is not enough to go around for you to worry about how smart other people are.

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darthv729h ago

Wonder if they will address the handheld rumors....?

jimb0j0nes9h ago

For a brief moment I thought we might get a whole Direct for Gears 6 - seems like it's COD though!

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PlayStation x PUMA Collection Releases April 2024

PlayStation x PUMA orders open April 18, 2024, Priced between $100 - $120!

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Barlos2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Well, they're ugly aren't they?

phoenixwing2d ago

Isn't any better or worse than any other shoe. Most of them are made in sweat shops no matter what logo they have

Ironmike2d ago

Playstation should have went with nike

JackBNimble2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I'd be embarrassed wearing any clothing with a console sponsored brand unless is was 12 years old.

Tody_ZA2d ago

It ain't real until LeBron tells us what this shoe means to his career.

DefenderOfDoom22d ago

Puma the unofficial sneakers for the NYC Breakers from the movie Beat Street (1984)

Abnor_Mal1d 22h ago

Those were the suede ones like the burgundy ones with the fat shoe laces. If you were really nice you had the checker board laces done up. A pair of Lee or Guess jeans a BVD nylon T-shirt. Rocking some Gazelles and Kangol cap preferable the beaver fur.

DefenderOfDoom21d 7h ago

Roc Steady Crew wanted to wear Adidas but was told must wear Pumas because they are funding the movie . Awesome time to be a teenager in the early 80's
. Cool thing about being in your 50s is we were there for the beginning of HIP HOP and Video games.