A review of Intel’s pre-release AI upscaling tech XeSS, used in its new Arc A770 GPU, shows competitive results against Nvidia’s slightly older DLSS (Alex Battaglia/Eurogamer.net)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
A review of Intel’s $329 Arc A770 and $289 Arc A750: ideal for 1080p gaming, slick design, and good performance, but weird driver bugs and few software controls  —  Intel’s GPU effort is impressive but early … Intel’s Arc graphics cards are finally here, and they’re priced to take on Nvidia’s popular RTX 3060 for budget PC gamers.

Jacob Ridley / PC Gamer:
Intel plans to launch its Arc A770 graphics card for $329 on October 12, hoping to compete with Nvidia’s budget GeForce RTX 3060 on price and performance  —  That’s the same MSRP as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 it goes up against, but Intel says that the green team’s card isn’t actually that cheap.

Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
Intel to launch Arc A770 Limited Edition with 16GB of GDDR6 for $349 and A750 Limited Edition for $289 on October 12, alongside A770 with 8GB of GDDR6 for $329  —  A770 comes in two tiers; Intel claims “perf-per-dollar” wins over Nvidia RTX 3060.  —  Intel’s highest-end graphics card lineup …

Jamshed Avari / Gadgets 360:
Q&A with Intel VP Raja Koduri on bringing Arc GPUs to India, future generations, GPU design cycles, constraints on Arc’s development, PC form factors, and more  —  Having recently launched Intel’s first discrete GPU lineup for gamers, Raja Koduri was in India to chat about PC gaming, AI, and future plans.

Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware:
Intel reveals specifications for its Arc desktop GPUs for demanding, budget, and casual gamers; top of the line GPU will have 32 Xe cores and 16GB of GDDR6 RAM  —  Specifications of Intel’s A770, A750, and A580.  —  the specifications of all of its Arc Alchemist A-series discrete graphics cards for desktop PCs.

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nvidia RTX 4080 review: great 4K performance, transformative DLSS 3, and 16GB of VRAM, but huge, expensive, and the dongle adapter is annoying  —  Nvidia is back with another new 40-series card.  The RTX 4080 can deliver impressive 4K gaming compared to the RTX 30-series.