Leak: Intel’s Battlemage desktop GPUs are just days away

Under fiscal pressures, Intel’s desktop gaming graphics concern may beryllium connected the chopping block — but it seems that a brace of Battlemages volition flight unscathed. Videocardz is reporting that Intel volition denote the Arc B580 and B570 graphics cards conscionable days from present connected December 3rd, and motorboat them connected December 12th alongside media reviews.

You shouldn’t expect these paper to vie astatine the high-end. Far from it, based connected leaked specs that suggest they person less cores, little memory, and little representation bandwidth than immoderate of their Intel predecessors.

But they could besides beryllium a worth leader. Retailer leaks spotted by Momomo_us suggest Intel’s ain “Limited Edition” Arc B580 could outgo conscionable $250.

While nary confirmed specs person surfaced conscionable yet, one peculiar GPU leak connected Amazon suggested that the B580 volition diagnostic 20 Xe2 cores, a 2.8GHz GPU clock, 12GB of GDDR6 graphics representation astatine 19Gbps with a 192-bit representation interface, and necessitate arsenic small arsenic 2 axial fans and 1 azygous 8-pin PCIe powerfulness connector (though different variant was spotted with 3 fans and 2 connectors.) They whitethorn besides link to a motherboard with a PCIe 5.0 x8 connector.

If Videocardz is correct, we won’t person to speculate for long: afloat confirmed details should get this Tuesday.

It’d beryllium bully to spot the little extremity of the GPU marketplace get shaken up a bit. What with the pandemic, the large GPU shortage, and its aftermath, it’s been a portion since large GPU boosts person felt affordable.