Intel's New Arc iGPU ... Ultra Settings on a CRT?

Hello everyone and welcome to another Budget Builds Video where today we're taking a look (Thanks to the fellas over at GEEKOM) at Intels New Arc-XE LPG within the GT1 Mega (Mini) PC. Finding out the important question of not just can it game? But can it game at Ultra Settings when we scale things all the way down to 480i. So join me as we find out can it?

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Intro - 0:00
What's the Plan? - 0:22
The Specs - 1:02
Let's get things ready - 2:28
The Latest Arc Drivers...Basic but they work - 3:18
Trinitron Time - 4:23
We need a 640x480i image - 5:08
The Final Bits - 5:57
The (480i CRT) Benchmarks! - 6:44
Well that was impressive - 15:32
Desktop Usage (In 480i) - 16:08
Conclusion 17:07

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Specs:
CPU: Core Ultra 9 (Very Fancy)
GPU: Intel Arc Xe-LPG
RAM: 32GB 4800Mhz
OS: Windows 11

[daemonspudguy]

This channel is the very concept of pointless computing personified and I'm here for it.

[daemonspudguy]

Fallout 4 running at perfect frame rates but only if you run it at 640x480 is entirely in character.

[-bitcentral]

17:17 Bang and the dirt is gone! Quality wallpaper.

[ugzz]

This scratched an itch i've nearly forgotten about. Back when budget building and lowspec content was popular on youtube and folks would go to great ends to play modern titles on old hardware, usually requiring modding ini files, hex editing, changing drivers and res, crazy workarounds etc. This really hit that feel again, even though it's a different kinda thing. Very fun!

[-bitcentral]

I actually used to play beamNG like this, because before I got a dedicated GPU (this was a long time ago) I used to have to play beamNG at 480p and I found that it looked better on my 480i Bush CRT telly that I used for my Commodore 64 and NES. I already happened to have a vga to composite adapter so I did actually play the game like that for a year or so as the game looks at 9:32, expect I resized the hud so it a normal size and had to run the game still at lowest settings as it was a 4th gen iGPU. Running the game at ultra settings on my GTX 980 now is soooo much better but I still look back on that fondly. I do however still daily drive duel HD CRTs (mostly because they are very cheap for how good of an image you get) + an old LCD (1024x768) monitor. The main monitor is 1600x1200 @ 65Hz but sometimes its quite fun to run fps games at 480p @ 160Hz cause you can do that on CRTs!

[RDILRCER]

iGPUs running Crysis properly, Fallout 4 at a solid 60fps, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

[Mrocznykefir]

CRT gamer here, I love using old PC monitors cause you can push them really hard for great effects like 800x600 at 160hz and 1024x768 at 140hz and super crisp looking 2048x1536 at 90hz - I often use my CRTs to run raytrayced games at high framerates without DLSS as well as old gems - funny thing I have a pretty powerfull system but I just love CRTs and retro games - I own 11 CRTs (monitors TVs and PVMs) I love the video btw

[homelessEh]

i regret sending my tube tvs to the e-waste.. oh what foools we were lol.

[Jrodsly]

I think it's pretty poetic that when originally watching this while grocery shopping, it defaulted to 240p for no reason. The ideal way to watch.

[StoneyK]

For $989 you can probably find an AMD Ryzen-based miniature PC which packs way more punch and you can install Bazzite (SteamOS) on it out of the box, with AMD's integrated graphics. You''ll have better performance than a Steam Deck.

I'd honestly want to see a decent comparison between this IGPU and the Deck.

[exturkconner]

Saying that the picture had depth and realism isn't a dumb thing to say. It's always been true of dark tube curved crts. It was (along with the fact that the image is made from dots which is like free anti-aliasing, and the response times/input lag being non-existent) CRT's primary advantages over other technologies. And it's still true today. It's kind of a shame that CRT's didn't maintain a following that was large enough to keep them commercially viable.

[JamesSmith-swnk]

Good video. I did something like this at a friend's house. They had a 40" Sony tv "Digital LCD TV" (20yrs old?) in their spare room that was 720p. It was probably "Top of the line" when it was released.
A gtx 1060 6gb is still a powerful card at 720p, lol!

[aleksazunjic]

CRT was magic in itself. Somehow managed to multiply information contained in the picture. All those old games that look low-res and grainy on modern displays, yet they were super smooth on CRT.

[paulwilson]

The 14 inch trinitron was the display for my Commodore Amiga, excellent display, perfect for the bedroom setup and definitely a long way from my original ZX spectrum 48k setup, on a 12 inch black and white TV!

[sitordan]

I never saw this one coming. Then again, this channel is all about "expect the unexpected". Nicely done!

[AveragePootis]

If you still have it, a Power Mac G5 retrospective would be cool, planning on actually editing some of my future videos on one for the hell of it

[tadeustad]

Damn, Crysis with RT looks *mesmerizing* on that little Trinitron

[Rumms-Bumms]

I tried something like this YEARS ago and was astonished how good the image was. If we only had modern CRT technology today ...

Am I the only ine who wants CRTs coming back?

[thomaswilliams]

I can imagine the follow up to this video being

"Building a computer inside the box it came in"

[DejMills]

6:10 my guy clicks yes on Norton. I like to live dangerous too, but you're a mad man!