Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Re: Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Post by rbanffy » Tue, Dec 03, 2024, 6:04 PM UTC

For me, the most important feature is Linux support. Even if I'm not a gamer, I might want to use the GPU for compute and buggy proprietary drivers are much more than just an inconvenience.

Re: Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Post by Night_Thastus » Tue, Dec 03, 2024, 6:06 PM UTC

We'll have to wait for first-party benchmarks, but they seem decent so far. A 4060 equivalent $200-$250 isn't bad at all. for I'm curious if we'll get a B750 or B770 and how they'll perform.

At the very least, it's nice to have some decent BUDGET cards now. The ~$200 segment has been totally dead for years. I have a feeling Intel is losing a fair chunk of $ on each card though, just to enter the market.

Re: Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Post by rbanffy » Tue, Dec 03, 2024, 6:10 PM UTC

Night_Thastus wrote: post #6

We'll have to wait for first-party benchmarks, but they seem decent so far. A 4060 equivalent $200-$250 isn't bad at all. for I'm curious if we'll get a B750 or B770 and how they'll perform. At the very least, it's nice to have some decent BUDGET cards now. The ~$200 segment has been totally dead for years. I have a feeling Intel is losing a fair chunk of $ on each card though, just to enter the market.

I'd love to see their GPGPU software support under Linux.

Re: Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Post by jmclnx » Tue, Dec 03, 2024, 6:11 PM UTC

>Battlemage is still treated to fully open-source graphics driver support on Linux.

I am hoping these are open in such a manner that they can be used in OpenBSD. Right now I avoid all hardware with a Nvidia GPU. That makes for somewhat slim pickings.

If the firmware is acceptable to the OpenBSD folks, then I will happly use these.

Re: Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Post by rmm » Tue, Dec 03, 2024, 6:11 PM UTC

I put an a360 Card into an old machine I turned into a plex server. It turned it into a transcoding powerhouse. I can do multiple indepdent streams now without it skipping a beat. Price-performance ratio was off the chart

Re: Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support

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Post by Lapra » Tue, Dec 03, 2024, 6:12 PM UTC

Unlabelled graphs are infuriating. Are the charts average framerate? Mean framerate? Maximum framerate?