Acer Nitro Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Cards debut with FrostBlade cooling and AI Playground
Acer's latest video cards are backed to handle ray-tracing, optimise frame-rates and minimize latency - using DirectX 12 Ultimate, Intel Xe Frame Generation (XeFG) technology and Xe Low Latency (XeLL) technology respectively, as they are based on Arc B-series graphics.
The Nitro Intel Arc B570 OC 10 GB (or AN-B570-OCD) and B580 OC 12 GB (AN-B580-OCA) are clocked at 2,690MHz and 2,740MHz respectively and have up to 20 Xe2 cores apiece.
Acer asserts that they can support up to 8K resolutions, yet strongly hints at 1440p for the best FPS. The B580 OC 12 GB is rated for up to 456GB/s of bandwidth compared to up to 380GB/s in the B570 OC 10 GB, although both should be able to drive a quad-monitor set-up (3 via DisplayPort 2.1 and 1 via HDMI 2.1).
Both cards have "compact" builds with "durable" aluminum backplates and and dual FrostBlade fans with "textured" blades backed to boost air-flow with up to 8% less noise compared to their conventional plastic counterparts.
Like all Intel Arc cards, they confer access to a "creator toolkit" intended to streamline the editing and uploading of the content made using them, not to mention the AI Playground app that should unleash the Xe cores' dedicated XMX engines.
The Nitro Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Cards' pricing and availability has yet to be determined, although it is likely to vary from market to market in any case.
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