Intel ARC graphics cards boast plenty of premium features designed to boost your gaming and streaming performance.
If you’re in the market for a cheeky GPU upgrade, then we’re here with all the key details you need to know about Intel ARC graphics cards, including Ray Tracing, XeSS, and even a dedicated AV1 encoder!
Intel ARC Graphics Cards
Intel ARC graphics cards utilise powerful Xe cores to deliver exceptional performance and realistic graphics. Equipped with multiple Ray Tracing units, your favourite games will be rendered in stunning lifelike quality, complete with smooth gameplay thanks to advanced AI upscaling and XeSS. What’s more, with a dedicated AV1 encoder, Intel ARC is perfect for streamers looking to utilise cutting-edge tech to power their live streams.
Why You Want an Intel ARC GPU for Gaming
If you’re in the market for a GPU upgrade, here are all the reasons you want an Intel ARC GPU for gaming.
Support for Ray Tracing
All Intel ARC GPUs feature integrated Ray Tracing units to revolutionise your gaming. These units intelligently trace the light path and simulate the way the light interacts with objects in real time. This generates lifelike shadows to give your gaming worlds that extra immersive touch.
XeSS AI Upscaling
Intel XeSS (Xe Super Sampling) is a powerful AI display upscaler featured on all ARC Alchemist GPUs. Harnessing an intelligent AI, XeSS gives your performance that much needed boost when you need it most, with fast frame rates and response times. Thanks to multiple upscaling options (quality or speed) you can fine-tune XeSS to suit your gaming demands.
Want to see more Intel XeSS compares to other upscaling technologies such as DLSS or FSR? Check out our blog post below for more.
Intel ARC Control
Intel ARC Control is a dedicated software designed to make it even easier to install the latest devices or patches for your ARC GPU. Game On drivers deliver optimised in-game performance with launch-day patches and updates on the day of new releases. Alternatively, you can turn on Automatic Driver Updates to automatically download and install the latest performance optimisations as and when they are available.
What’s more, with Intel ARC control you can turn on Endurance Gaming Mode. Perfect for your long gaming marathons, Endurance Gaming Mode balances FPS to facilitate consistent performance, fast speeds, and minimal latency.
Dedicated AV1 Encoder
Intel ARC graphics cards feature a built-in AV1 encoder to take your streaming and content creation to new heights. Your video is encoded, decoded, and transcoded by the GPU with notably less bandwidth, reducing excess strain on your other components.
If you’re looking for more helpful tips and tricks to enhance your live streams, look at our streaming guide collection.
Get Game Ready with Intel ARC
Have we convinced you to upgrade to an Intel ARC graphics card? At Overclockers UK, we have plenty of high-quality ARC GPUs available. We’ve got a few top picks for you below, but you can also shop all our Intel GPUs by clicking the button.
Intel ARC A770 Phantom Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
- 2200MHz base clock speed
- 2400MHz boost clock speed
- 16GB GDDR6 video memory
- Integrated RGB
Intel ARC A750 Challenger D OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
- 2200MHz boost clock speed
- 8GB GDDR6 video memory
- 28 Xe cores
Have You Got an Intel ARC?
Have you got an Intel ARC GPU? How has this graphics card levelled up your gaming? Tell us in the comments!
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Ruth Rowley
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Ruth has been with Overclockers UK for over a year and has gone on to write about everything ranging from in-depth hardware guides to monthly game releases.
Outside of writing blog posts, she can be found wrapped in a blanket with her black cat, engrossed in a book or playing life-simulation games such as The Sims, Stardew Valley, and Animal Crossing.
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