Test Setup
Please read the information on our GPU testing procedures and methodology here. Note that our GPU Testing Bench has been upgraded to the AMD AM5 platform and a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU with DDR5.
System Setup
We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. This means we are utilizing Resizable BAR on NVIDIA and Intel GPUs and AMD Smart Access Memory on AMD GPUs in all our testing. We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory.
We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 22H2 Fall 2022 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD. We are using the “Best Performance” power profile in Windows Settings. Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is ENABLED in Windows. VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.
Drivers are everything with Intel Arc, and we are using the latest driver version, which is 31.0.101.4091 which was released on 2/1/2023.
Discussion (3 replies)
Join Discussion →Looks like a big win for Intel in RT ??
Nice revie and a decent budget card. If gaming were a focus I would suggest a higher tier card. I wonder could a cheap Intel card do your av1 encoding while running a 3000 or 6000 series competitors card for streaming?
I miss the days when you could get half decent cards at this price point.