Intel Arc A580 Review ft. Sparkle Orc

1. Introduction2. Meet the Sparkle Arc A580 Orc3. Testing Methodology4. Reference vs Factory Overclocked Scaling5. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy6. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing7. Assassin's Creed Valhalla8. Cyberpunk 20779. Forza Horizon 510. God of War11. Horizon Zero Dawn12. The Last of Us Part 113. A Plague Tale: Requiem14. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Resident Evil 417. Returnal18. Total War: Warhammer III19. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)20. Cost Per Frame Analysis21. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207722. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart23. Ray Tracing: Returnal24. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider25. Clock Speed26. GPU Temperatures27. Acoustics28. Power Draw: 1080p29. Power Draw: 1440p30. Performance per Watt: 1080p31. Performance per Watt: 1440p32. Total System Power Draw33. Closing Thoughts34. View All Pages

Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt. The story takes place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe. Players assume the first-person perspective of a customisable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat. Cyberpunk 2077 was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One on 10 December 2020. (Wikipedia).

Engine: REDengine 4. We test using the High preset, with RT Shadows enabled and RT Lighting set to Medium. DLSS/FSR are disabled. DXR API.

In terms of ray tracing, if we start with the Cyberpunk 2077, even using the RT Medium preset at 1080p – which only engages RT Shadows and RT Lighting – frame rates fall considerably and the 1% lows drop below 30FPS with the A580. It is massively faster than the RX 6600, but that's purely academic at this point as you simply wouldn't play the game like this.

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