Step Aside AMD & NVIDIA, Intel Now Has The Cheapest 16 GB GPU Priced At Just $339 US
Intel continues to be the better value amongst all brands with its Arc A770 graphics card retailing for a low price of $339 US for 16 GB VRAM.
Recently, AMD has been boasting about its graphics cards offering more VRAM at a far better value than NVIDIA's GeForce offerings. AMD's cheapest 16 GB graphics card is the Radeon RX 6800 which starts at $469.99 US and can easily be found at around $499 US. However, Intel retains the title of the most affordable 16 GB GPU.
The Intel Arc A770 16 GB has an MSRP of $349.99 US but it looks like Newegg and Amazon US are offering a $10 US discount on the GPU. The specific variant that's up for sale is the ACER Predator Arc A770 Bifrost which features a custom cooling design and ships with a factory overclock which allows for extra performance over the stock variants.
That's an absolutely solid deal for content creators who specifically require a GPU with more VRAM. Sure the A770 doesn't come close to the Radeon RX 6800 but it is still a very good option at a price of just $339 US. The competing NVIDIA and AMD options feature anywhere from 8 to 12 GB VRAM. At the same price, the Arc A770 Predator Bifrost is $10 US cheaper than the A770 Limited Edition & only $10 US more expensive than the current retail listing of the A770 8 GB models. The same card dropped to $349 US a few months back.
The addition of higher VRAM is a great thing considering the recent PC ports which have been super unoptimized and require the extra VRAM to run properly without leading to memory leak issues. Intel has been offering swift driver releases which include day-1 game readiness, various performance optimizations, & bug fixes. The cards have seen major improvements to raytracing performance too which now put their
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