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 (Jamshed Avari/Gadgets 360)

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:
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.

Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware:
Report: discrete and integrated GPU shipments fell 25.1% YoY to 75.5M in Q3, desktop GPUs fell 15.43% YoY, and notebook 30% YoY, the biggest drop since 2009  —  Intel solidifies GPU positions amid graphics market slump.  —  Shipments of integrated and discrete graphics processing units dropped …

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Review of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT: the XTX beats the Nvidia RTX 4080 for $200 less, except in power efficiency and ray tracing, and the XT comes close  —  New $899 and $999 GPUs maintain the status quo in the Nvidia-AMD rivalry.  —  Nvidia’s RTX 4080 and 4090 GPUs are amazing performers.

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 …

Michael Kan / PCMag:
Many crypto miners are shutting off rigs and plan to sell their GPUs, as GPU-based mining for most cryptocurrencies becomes unprofitable after Ethereum’s Merge  —  Crypto-miners are shutting off their rigs and mulling selling their GPUs since few, if any, cryptocurrencies are currently profitable …