It has been put forward by a popular tech YouTuber that Arc graphics cards are almost at the end of the road, and that if we do see Battlemage it will be just a handful of low-end SKUs.

We think it is worth highlighting the way TAP addressed the rumors of Intel Arc's demise. To learn more, please sit back and enjoy the above embedded video.

TAP shared a lot of technical information about ray tracing and the underlying graphics hardware. This was an aspect of the Arc Alchemist graphics series that was also well-served by Intel's XeSS-its upscaling tech designed to rival NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR. Its architecture meant that adding ray tracing frills to modern games caused only a modest dip in frame rates compared to competitors. On the topic of ray tracing performance, TAP was very confident about Intel's standing. Likewise, this is the first disclosure that these cards will carry 3-year warranties and that popular Linux distribution Ubuntu will be officially supported. Information gleaned from this slide solidifies the card length at 10.5-inches (approx 266mm) which should probably be trusted over TAP's earnest attempt to measure on stream. TAP shared a new slide with full specifications for the Arc A770 and A750 Limited Edition cards for the first time. TAP gave us another look at this GPU and hand measured the twin fan design at roughly 10-inches in length (approx 254mm). It is a cleanly designed graphics card but with ample RGB lighting zones for those that prefer to show off their PC hardware. You will have seen the Arc A770 before, probably multiple times, in Intel videos and our reports. TAP says the card was used for some Hitman 3 gaming fun. All it needed was some minor voltage and fan tweaking with the standard air cooler for the purported overclock: nearly 30% faster than stock. The graphics card up to this feat was the Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition model, and it didn't push past the 80 to 90 degrees Celsius zone or 228W (just 3W more than advertised TBP). Probably the biggest news to slip from TAP's lips was that the upcoming Arc A770 is a monster overclocker, with a 'random' sample being able to game at 2.7GHz. HotHardware Editor In Chief, Dave Altavilla and Managing Editor, Marco Chiappetta sat down for an hour with the ebullient Tom 'TAP' Petersen from Intel Graphics for a reader-driven livestream fireside chat of sorts.

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