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

Forza Horizon 5 is a 2021 racing video game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. The twelfth main instalment of the Forza series, the game is set in a fictionalised representation of Mexico. It was released on 9 November 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. (Wikipedia).

Engine: ForzaTech. We test using the Ultra preset, DX12 API.

Forza Horizon 5 sees the A580 take a backward step, relatively speaking. It's still very playable, hitting 91FPS at 1080p, but it's 18% slower than the RX 6600. Versus Nvidia though, the A580 is 20% faster than the RTX 3050 and only 11% behind the RTX 3060.

1440p is still a smooth experience too, hitting 76FPS, though that's only just behind the A750 – but do remember the A580 is factory overclocked.

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