Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Review

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Gameplay Performance at 1080p with Ray Tracing

We are going to focus on the 1080p gameplay performance with Ray Tracing on the Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition video card on this page. We will include XeSS, FSR, and DLSS performance on the same graph in the games that are supported.  For video card comparisons we are using an MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X and SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 GAMING.

Forspoken

Forspoken was released on January 24th, 2023, on the PC and uses the Luminous Engine. The game supports all upscaling methods, including NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS, and Ray Tracing. We are going to customize the settings and enable the highest graphics settings, including Ultra High Texture Memory. We are going to enable both Ray Tracing options, Shadows, and Ambient Occlusion. We use the built-in benchmark.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Forspoken Ray Tracing performance graph

Forspoken is very graphically intense with maximum in-game settings plus Ray Tracing, even at 1080p. The Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition is not playable at 33FPS average, and even with XeSS can only reach 35FPS. However, none of the other video cards are playable either, in fact, they perform even worse. What is impressive about the Intel Arc A750 is that it is beating the performance of the GeForce RTX 3050 using Ray Tracing. Intel Arc A750 is faster at Ray Tracing. The Intel Arc A750 is 22% faster than the factory-overclocked GeForce RTX 3050 at Ray Tracing. It’s 50% faster than the Radeon RX 6600! Unfortunately, XeSS isn’t enough to make the game playable here, even on the lowest setting. For this game, you are going to want to leave Ray Tracing turned off at 1080p on the Intel Arc A750 in order to play it smoothly. The Intel Arc A750 will still deliver the fastest performance in this game compared to the other cards, even without Ray Tracing.

F1 2022

F1 2022 was released on June 28th, 2022 on the PC and uses Codemasters Ego engine.  The game supports Ray Tracing, DLSS, AMD FidelityFX, and FSR.  We are going to run the game with the highest quality settings of “Ultra High” and TAA+FidelityFX.  We will enable all Ray Tracing options in the game to “On.” We will enable DLSS and FSR as needed at the Quality setting for both.  We will utilize the built-in benchmark in the Imola track, in dry conditions with a far chasing cam.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card F1 2022 Ray Tracing performance graph

F1 2022 is actually not horrible on the Intel Arc A750 with Ray Tracing enabled at 1080p. It’s not at a desired framerate of 60FPS, but for some, this could be playable at 1080p. What’s more interesting is that with Ray Tracing enabled the Intel Arc A750 is now the fastest video card in this lineup, whereas without Ray Tracing it was at the bottom in performance. The Ray Tracing performance is so strong on the Arc A750 that it pushes it over even the GeForce RTX 3050 by 10%. It’s 21% faster than the Radeon RX 6600. Also exciting is that with FSR enabled performance increases by a whopping 63% and now the game is very smooth and playable no question at 75FPS! That means you can play this game with full Ray Tracing at 1080p on Intel Arc A750.

Dying Light 2

Dying Light 2 was released in February 2022 on the PC and uses Techland’s C-Engine. We have updated the game to patch 1.90.  The game supports Ray Tracing, DLSS, and FSR2.  This game supports Ray Tracing environmental effects including Ray Traced Soft Shadows, Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion, Ray Traced Global Illumination, and Ray Traced Reflections.  We utilize the built-in preset option to set “HIGH-QUALITY RAYTRACING” which enables the game’s highest graphics settings plus the environmental effects explained above at the highest values.  The game is run in DX12 Ultimate mode with ASYNC Compute turned on.  We use the built-in benchmark.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Dying Light 2 Ray Tracing performance graph

In Dying Light 2 turning on the highest Ray Tracing does pull down performance quite a bit. Without Ray Tracing we were at 90FPS on the Intel Arc A750, and now we are at 44FPS. That’s a 51% decrease or half the performance. However, even with that drop, it’s still the fastest video card in this lineup beating the GeForce RTX 3050 by a very large 48% performance. The game is not playable though until we enable XeSS upscaling. With XeSS the game boosts up to over 60FPS! Neither the RX 6600 with FSR nor RTX 3050 with DLSS could come this close. That means in Dying Light 2 you can very much play this game at 1080p with maximum Ray Tracing on the Intel Arc A750 using Intel XeSS upscaling.

Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6 was released in October of 2021 and uses the Dunia Engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and turned on. We utilize the “Ultra” graphics preset which sets all options to the highest game settings. This game supports Ray Tracing via two DXR settings, one for Reflections and the other for Shadows, we turn on both for testing. This game supports FSR upscaling.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Far Cry 6 Ray Tracing performance graph

Far Cry 6 also performs very strongly on the Intel Arc A750 with DXR Ray Tracing options enabled. On Intel Arc A750 we are getting nearly 70FPS at 1080p with both Ray Tracing options enabled and the highest in-game settings with HD Textures. We don’t even need FSR here, but if you did enable it you’d get 80FPS. Intel Arc A750 is beating the RTX 3050 and RX 6600 by a healthy 25% performance with Ray Tracing.

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December of 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 1.61 and use the built-in benchmark. We test using the Graphics Preset option to set graphics settings.  We use the Ray Tracing Graphics Preset of either: “Ray Tracing: Low”, or “Ray Tracing: Medium” or “Ray Tracing: Ultra” as indicated. This game supports DLSS and FSR2.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing performance graph

Cyberpunk is not playable at 1080p with “Ultra” Ray Tracing, even on the Intel Arc A750. This was predictable, because of how graphically challenging the game is. However, once again, while Arc A750 isn’t playable, it is still the faster video card, beating the RTX 3050 and RX 6600 in Ray Tracing performance. Intel Arc A750 is 18% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 and 88% faster than the Radeon RX 6600. Turning on FSR2 does bring performance up to 40FPS, but that still isn’t smooth enough for us. In reality, you’ll be leaving off Ray Tracing in this game at 1080p on Intel Arc A750, but you’ll still be getting the highest performance with this video card.

Watch Dogs Legion

Watch Dogs Legion was released on the PC in October of 2020 and uses the Disrupt game engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and enabled for testing. We use the built-in graphics preset of “Ultra” for testing. We utilize the “Ultra” preset quality option for Ray Tracing.  This game supports DLSS upscaling.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Watch Dogs Legion Ray Tracing performance graph

Watch Dogs Legion is also not playable at 1080p with Ray Tracing. In this game, Intel Arc A750 Ray Tracing performance is on par with the GeForce RTX 3050 and wiping the floor with the Radeon RX 6600.

Metro Exodus Enhanced

Metro Exodus Enhanced is being run with Shading Quality at “Extreme” and Ray Tracing at “Ultra.”  This is a demanding game, that heavily focuses on Ray Tracing utilization, including Global Illumination.  We are utilizing the built-in benchmark.

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Metro Exodus Enhanced Ray Tracing performance graph

If this graph doesn’t demonstrate the pure pwnage of the Intel Arc A750 when it comes to Ray Tracing performance over the competition, nothing will. Metro Exodus Enhanced is an important game to test Ray Tracing because of its robust implementation and usage of Global Illumination. Here Intel Arc A750 smashes the GeForce RTX 3050 by 107% in performance! What’s more, it is even playable, that’s right you can play this game smoothly on Intel Arc A750 at 1080p with “Extreme” quality setting and “Ultra” Ray Tracing enabled.

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming Performance
9.5
Power Efficiency
10
Build and Cooling
10
Price Value
10

SUMMARY

We reviewed the Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition video card and tested it at 1080p with and without Ray Tracing and Intel XeSS. The gaming performance impressed us, beating the competition mostly, especially against the more expensive GeForce RTX 3050. Its Ray Tracing performance impressed us all around, beating both video cards in comparison. The power utilization, build, and cooling was solid, and right in line for this price segment. The price value is appealing, with in-stock and at MSRP pricing, in the right segment, and producing performance that is top-tier in this price range in modern games. Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition brings back the sweet spot $250 GPU price segment.
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
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We reviewed the Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition video card and tested it at 1080p with and without Ray Tracing and Intel XeSS. The gaming performance impressed us, beating the competition mostly, especially against the more expensive GeForce RTX 3050. Its Ray Tracing performance impressed us all around, beating both video cards in comparison. The power utilization, build, and cooling was solid, and right in line for this price segment. The price value is appealing, with in-stock and at MSRP pricing, in the right segment, and producing performance that is top-tier in this price range in modern games. Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition brings back the sweet spot $250 GPU price segment.Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card Review