Conclusion
In today’s review, we reviewed the very affordable Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition video card. Intel has recently lowered the price of the Intel Arc A750 to $249.99, making it fill that “sweet spot” of video card pricing we all have missed. Intel Arc A750 sits under the A770 in spec, but still offers a powerhouse of features and performance. Also, don’t miss our Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition review. The important part of everything we are going to talk about below is the fact that the Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition is actually available at its MSRP of $249.99.
In this review, we chose to use an MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X and SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 GAMING video card for comparisons. Basically GeForce RTX 3050 and Radeon RX 6600 as comparisons. Choosing a comparison video card to the Intel Arc A750 is a tricky proposition. Understand that we are basing our comparisons on the new MSRP Intel has given the Intel Arc A750, which is $249.99. We are also basing it on prices as they currently are now, and what’s available at the time of writing. Prices have fluctuated in the past, and will continue to fluctuate and change over time, especially as new GPUs are launched.
The GeForce RTX 3050, at launch, had a launch MSRP of $249.99, which matches the current MSRP of the Intel Arc A750. However, GeForce RTX 3050 has never really been available at MSRP, instead, it is more expensive than this price point, sometimes much more. The absolute lowest price available on Newegg right now is a $278 Zotac card. So even the cheapest RTX 3050 is $30 more expensive than Intel Arc A750. However, it is still the closest competition to the Intel Arc A750 price-wise from the NVIDIA side of things currently. Every other card like the RTX 3060 is going to be much more expensive, and just outside the range. GeForce RTX 3050 is going to be as close as it gets, and even that is still ~$50 apart.
Comparing AMD products is a bit more tricky, because AMD has kept pricing closer to MSRP, or even lower now. When the Radeon RX 6600 launched it had an MSRP of $329.99, which is most definitely higher than the Intel Arc A750. However, the prices you can actually find it for available today are a lot lower, and this is what makes the most sense in comparison. The Radeon RX 6500 XT was a joke, and shouldn’t even be considered for any form of discussion in this review. At the time of writing, there are many Radeon RX 6600 video cards at Newegg starting at $235 and going up into the $250 range that the Intel Arc A750 falls into. The Radeon RX 6600 XT video card starts just under $300 for the cheapest video card and therefore is not in the same price range as the Intel Arc A750, so the Radeon RX 6600 is the best comparison.
Performance
The Intel Arc A750 is an excellent 1080p gaming experience video card. In today’s review, we focused on modern games, games people play, that support the latest graphics features as they will be more forward-looking for Intel Arc A750 performance as we look ahead to the future. Intel Arc A750 is loaded with modern DX12 Ultimate features, including Ray Tracing and upscaling support with Intel XeSS.
Every game we threw at it was capable of being played on the Intel Arc A750 at 1080p. Only one game, Forspoken needed the boost of upscaling and lowering game settings, but that game is trouble for every video card. Every game was capable of being played at the highest “Ultra” game settings at 1080p on Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare II had no problem at max settings and gave us 70FPS. F1 2022 at max settings was nearly at 100FPS. Dying Light 2, as demanding as it is, was ace at 1080p and maximum settings at 90FPS. Far Cry 6 was perfect at 95FPS. Even Cyberpunk 2077 was playable at 1080p and “Ultra” at 57FPS, and FSR2 brought the performance to over 60FPS. Watch Dogs Legion was playable at 69FPS. These are very enjoyable performance levels to really have an enjoyable gameplay experience. In most of these games upscaling is not needed at 1080p, but it is there in some form if optionally want it. Forspoken probably needs some game patches to improve performance, and we have heard that there might be a patch coming for it.
What also needs to be talked about is that the Intel Arc A750 can also be a capable card at 1440p in select games. With the high performance we had at 1080p, games like Far Cry 6, Dying Light 2, Watch Dogs Legion, F1 2022, Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, and CS:GO would all be playable at 1440p as well. If any give you undesirable framerates, kick in upscaling and you are golden.
The other side of the coin that also really needs to be talked about is just how good Intel Arc A750 is at Ray Tracing. Intel’s Arc A750 Limited Edition Ray Tracing performance outperformed the GeForce RTX 3050 at every step, and in some games by large degrees. Intel Arc A750 absolutely killed Radeon RX 6600 (RDNA2) Ray Tracing performance, and provided a better solution to GeForce RTX 3050 performance when Ray Tracing was used.
Final Points
In all of our testing, Intel Arc A750 provided a better gaming experience mostly in comparison to the GeForce RTX 3050. Keep in mind that our GeForce RTX 3050 was also a factory-overclocked AIB card, yet Intel Arc A750 was simply faster in every aspect. The GeForce RTX 3050 launched at an appealing MSRP, but it has never been available at that MSRP. Even now, it’s still $30+ more expensive than the Intel Arc A750. This means Intel Arc A750 is both faster, and cheaper, creating an insane value proposition.
We’ve also seen that Intel Arc A750 is stronger in Ray Tracing, and can provide a playable experience with Ray Tracing at 1080p. Radeon RX 6600 is competitive in some games, but Intel Arc A750 has more moments where it is faster, plus it has superior Ray Tracing performance. With Intel Arc A750 you also get the benefit of both Intel XeSS and FSR upscaling for more performance.
The $250 GPU price segment has largely been ignored, except by Intel. Intel has now lowered the price of its Intel Arc A750 to $249.99 official MSRP, and it is actually available at MSRP. This puts Intel in a unique position, as it is offering a brand new GPU, with the latest feature set and performance, at the very sweet spot of $249.99. The $249.99 price point is notorious for occupying the “sweet spot” for gamers, and the Intel Arc A-Series graphics card comes to the rescue giving gamers a video card they want, at a price they want. The sweet spot of GPU pricing lives again.