Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations • Hacker News Board

Re: Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

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Post by Rohansi » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 11:21 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #266

Rohansi wrote: post #252

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Sure, but not always. Future games will have more detailed assets which will require more memory. Running at 4K or higher resolution will be more common which also requires more memory.

"Because in the real world, I have to write up lists of stuff I have to go to the grocery store to buy. And I have never thought to myself that realism is fun. I go play games to have fun." Gabe Newell - https://www.gamesradar.com/gabe-newell-says-games-dont-need-... Detailed assets don't equate good games.

Doesn't mean games are going to abandon realistic graphics styles.

I also believe Gabe Newell was referring more to gameplay mimicking real life rather than art style. Makes a lot more sense when you remember that the Half Life games have a realistic art style and pushed limits of what was capable at the time.

Re: Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

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Post by cmxch » Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 8:51 PM UTC

adgjlsfhk1 wrote: post #91

cmxch wrote: post #83

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No good if the cost is identical to a 5090.

good news! it's $1200, so roughly half price of a 5090

I’d like to know where, since Maxsun has pointed to a US distributor that had a $2999 order price for the B60 dual.

Re: Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

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Post by dangus » Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 6:58 AM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #106

dangus wrote: post #64

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I have the answer for you, Intel's GPU chips are on TSMC's process. They are not made in Intel-owned fabs. There really is no such thing as "buying American" in the computer hardware industry unless you are talking about the designs rather than the assembly. There are also critical parts of the lithography process that depend on US technology, which is why the US is able to enforce certain sanctions (and due to some…

the thing with iPhone production is not about producing iPhones per se, it's about providing a large volume customer for the supply chain below it - basic stuff like SMD resistors, capacitors, ICs, metal shields, frames, god knows what else - because you need that available domestically for weapons manufacturing, should China ever think of snacking Taiwan. But a potential military market in 10 years is not even close…

> But a potential military market in 10 years is not even close to "worth it" for any private investors or even the government to build out a domestic supply chain for that stuff.

I’m pretty sure the US already has military market has been doing exactly this for decades. The military budget is over twice the size of Apple’s revenue.

The CHIPS act is essentially doing the same kind of thing that helped Taiwan get so good at semiconductors in the first place. Whether it’s been as effective remains to be seen.

Re: Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

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Post by dev1ycan » Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

donkeybeer wrote: post #150

dev1ycan wrote: post #65

I really hope Intel continues with GPUs or the GPU market is doomed until China catches up, Nvidia produces good products with great software, best in industry really, with great length support, but that doesn't excuse them from monopolistic practices. The fact that AMD refuses to compete really makes it look like this entire thing is organized from the top (US government). This reminds me a lot of the LLM craze and…

Do you think family relations between the ceos is a factor or thats not rlevant?

I don't think it matters really, this is a thing happening at all levels in US corporations, it's like an organized mob, and the godfather being the US government itself, as it's the primary beneficiary, just look at the Boeing "accidents" for whistleblowers, that should be all the evidence anyone needs.