Intel's ARC B580 Graphics Card Isn't What I Hoped...

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00:00 The Budget Graphics Card Is Here!
01:20 ARC B580 Unboxing
06:28 Driver Installation Issues
08:54 ARC Software
11:43 Dragon Age Veilguard Gameplay
15:19 Apex Legends Gameplay
17:03 Benchmark Graphs
20:24 Should You Buy ARC?

[PcCentric]

Well, it seems that the B580 is getting plenty of love from other reviewers; which I am genuinely happy about; as we absolutely need this ARC GPU to succeed to bring affordable gaming to more people.

Now, the big question is - "Why are you the only channel that doesn't like this?!" Well, as we see in the video, I had serious issues with Ghosts and Dragon Age, then in the benchmarking process, CS2 and PC2. This meant that of the games tested across three PCs (and yes a clean install on one of them), Four games had big problems. Plus warnings in Halo and Returnal that you have an incompatible GPU. Good to great performance in the rest.

Intel also emailed us with a new driver after the initial film, as follows:
"We will post a new driver Dec 9, Monday morning Pacific Time. This driver will ONLY contain the below app-specific fixes:
Dragon Age: The Veilgard corruption and crash fixes
Ghost of Tsushima improved frametimes
Star Wars Outlaws crash fix
Black Myth: Wukong performance and crash fixes with ray tracing enabled
God of War Ragnarok texture fix
F1 24 improved frametimes
Genshin Impact crash fix"

After this, I then retested the games, and rebenchmarked the card, for the numbers you see here - so a weeks worth of testing.

I appreciate that my results are different to others out there, but it is my job to report on my experience, warts and all. How could I post a video saying that this is a perfect card, and you should all buy one, when I had these issues, of which CS and PC2 are currently unresolved?

Anything but the my honest experience would be disingenuous to you, and this video reflects my week with the ARC card. You are welcome to disagree with my verdict, but in my opinion, it is a wise choice to wait to see how this card fares after a couple of months of maturity.

I love you all - and will always give you the honest truth - it would be a lot easier to say this is great, and to run out and buy it, but that wouldn't be reflective of my experience. Thanks for listening to my ted talk.

[TheHiddenOne]

This was the only negative video about this wtf

[RotNcroch]

anyone buying this card to play at 4k and then complaining about the card not performing well at 4k is just stupid in my opinion. its a 250 dollar card so keep the expectations down kiddos

[jandkwhite]

You are literally the ONLY person testing this that isn't happy about it lol

[Eli-zbyj]

I am not sure how you can call a $250 gpu a "disappointment"

[Chibicat]

Basically the only reviewer against the card.

[ayokmschangedhisname]

of course the nvidia shill is dissapointed

[juanaliruiz]

Definitely not a diss at this video in any way shape or form but this is a great example of why it’s important to cross reference reviews about stuff because while this was a more negative experience others had a much better experience and then us as a consumer pick if the pros outweigh the cons etc etc

[NirvzHD]

So you wanted them to have a flawless launch, they fixed the driver issues you experienced BEFORE launch and you're still giving it a negative review? Lol bro, that's some head-up your own ass analysis.

[ArnoSingh-be]

Is it a coincidence that the three popular gpu company's colour makes it RGB ??

[ColeDaNerd]

In reality, this is a 1080 high refresh rate card or a 60fps 1440p card. for $250 it has 0 competition. I am surprised you're disappointed

[Swarailiaball]

Bro is the reason why youtube hid the dislikes lmao 😂

[LinuxCity]

your the only one with these issues. other channels are praising this card. you may want to revisit this.

[EndgameThor]

this guy: (uses pre-release drivers)

also this guy: "they can't release this" 😠

[cinders]

At a glance, this is the only negative review I've seen so far

[Wild_Cat]

Thank God we have channels like Gamers Nexus because this channel is HORRIBLE for reviews... literally the only one that said something negative in the title about the B580

[delicious_seabass]

PSA: This guy has no idea what he's doing.

[geetee]

Like others, I disagree with your findings especially at this price point. The B580 seems to be unmatched at this price point and even beats the older A770 in benchmarks. I am excited for the Arc future...

[zingwilder]

For budget builders counting every nickel and dime, the unit will sell.

[navdeepsingh]

It's good enough for me. I'm sure it's gonna be better in less than a month