Okay, so let me tell you about Intel and their whole GPU saga, because, honestly, it’s one wild ride. Picture this: Intel’s not ready to throw in the towel just yet on their Battlemage GPUs. Nope. They’ve got another one on the horizon, and it might just shake things up for the regular folks’ graphics cards. At least, that’s what the whispers are saying.
So, Intel’s got this Arc B770 desktop GPU that’s apparently already rolling off the production line. Yeah, you heard right. Could be hitting the shelves in just a bit—like next quarter or something? Which, considering Intel’s usual pace (not exactly lightning speed compared to AMD or NVIDIA), is kinda impressive. Anyway, back in the last quarter of 2024, they launched some mid-tier stuff, the Arc B570 and B580, decent but nothing groundbreaking. Now, with AMD and NVIDIA tossing out their RX 9060 and RTX 5060 series, respectively, Intel’s got some catching up to do.
Recently, this whole B770 buzz started from, of all places, shipping logs. I mean, who knew reading shipping manifests could be this intriguing, right? The BMG-G31 silicon die, the potential heart of the B770, popped up headed to Vietnam. Why Vietnam? Turns out, that’s where they cook up the limited edition goodness of Intel’s GPUs. So, if the stars align (or the shipping logs, in this case), the B770 might be our new reality soon.
Oh, and get this: OneRaichu—a leaker with some serious street cred—hinted that this bad boy’s on the horizon. Optimism is high, folks. They’re talking specs like 24-32 Xe2 cores, a 256-bit memory bus, and 16 GB of GDDR6. But—always a but—it might also veer off into AI or professional GPU territory. I guess we’ll see.
There’s a lot of buzz around Computex 2025, just around the corner. Who knows, maybe Intel will wow us with their latest Battlemage card. Or not. Guess we just have to wait and find out, right? But stay tuned because it’s bound to be one heck of a show.