Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPU with 16GB VRAM noticed in information log

Is 8GB of video RAM sufficient to your video card? That is determined by lots of components, however with video games like Borderlands 4 punishing mid-range gaming desktops, it looks like 16GB is quick changing into the usual for any sort of speedy efficiency. And whaddya know, it seems like there is likely to be a brand new Battlemage Arc card coming quickly.

The “BATTLEMAGE e221” was noticed in a boot log by Twitter consumer Tomasz Gawroński (by way of VideoCardz). That corresponds to a rumored Arc B770 card, which has been noticed elsewhere with a BMG-G31 processor and 16GB of video RAM. Contemplating that Intel is explicitly enjoying for the finances market, a higher-end choice—one which is likely to be extra inexpensive than the newest 16GB playing cards from Nvidia and Intel—is thrilling for avid gamers.

Intel’s second-gen discrete, consumer-level graphics playing cards have solely two fashions to date: the B570 and B580, with 10GB and 12GB of RAM, respectively. They’ve each been well-received as worth options to Nvidia and AMD, however there hasn’t been a brand new mannequin launched since January. The explosive information of Intel’s partnership with Nvidia, bringing green-branded built-in graphics to Intel chips, has many questioning the place Intel stands on its plans for its personal discrete graphics, which have struggled to search out any foothold out there.

Intel says that its current roadmap is unchanged by the upcoming Nvidia collaboration, and it has continued to launch Battlemage playing cards on the economic facet, maybe hoping to get in on the booming marketplace for graphics in “AI” purposes. However with lower than half of the desktop playing cards launched within the A sequence that debuted in 2022 and 2023, I believe it’s protected to say that loads of folks have been questioning the place these higher-end Battlemage GPUs have been hiding.

A scant point out in a boot log is about as a lot as we’ve seen of that B770 mannequin, even because it’s been extremely anticipated by some. Right here’s hoping it lands sooner moderately than later.