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Posted 15 August 2023

Sparkle Intel ARC A380 6GB Graphics Card

£103.94
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This was posted via the eBay store last night and I mentioned at the time, that it's cheaper and the code TND-10 works on it too. I was out on my phone at the time, so didn't get chance to post, so here you go. The latest drivers seem to have added some improvements to FPS, for those wanting to do a bit of gaming with it. (See below vid / thanks to for sharing that last night)

Delivery is free

There's a possibility of getting a couple of free games here, but I can't for the life of me find the redeem page for it. There is an image on the TND site that shows the offer... It's also quite possible that that promotion is over and them images are incorrect, as free game promos often have different start and end dates for various countries. Please don't buy if it's the games that are tempting you, as they will likely not be obtainable!





Compact and Ready
Single-fan with duo-slot compact design, ELF Series carried out the pure power of Intel Arc Series and brings the new balance of performance level and price point.

  • Ray Tracing
  • Variable Rate Shading (VSR)
  • Xe-Core: 8
  • Ray Tracing Units: 8
  • Vulkan 1.3
  • Intel XMX Engines: 128
  • OpenGL 4.6
  • Xe Vector Engines: 128
  • OpenCL 3.0
  • Adaptive Sync
  • Graphics Memory Bandwidth: 186 GB/s
  • VP9 Bistream & Decoding
  • Intel Deep Link Hyper Compute
  • Intel Deep Link Hyper Encode
  • Intel Deep Link Stream Assist

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Ready For The Next
Supports the new generation of 8K video output, providing an ultimate visual experience.

Boost Your Workflows
Enhance your creation and gaming with industry-first AV1 hardware encode1 and AI-enhanced XeSS upscaling.

Unleash Your Creativity
Accelerate your productivity with the most comprehensive media capabilities at your fingertips
With industry-first AV1 hardware encode and AI-accelerated content creation.

Give Your Games a Boost.
Take your gaming experience to the next level with Xe Super Sampling (XeSS), Intel’s AI-enhanced upscaling technology, for more performance and fluid gaming on popular titles.

Support for DirectX12 Ultimate takes your gaming to a new level of realism with the latest graphics technologies including ray tracing, variable rate shading, mesh shading, and sampler feedback – the fundamentals for next-gen gaming.

Elevate Your Gaming Experience.
Intel Arc Control gives gamers options and controls to refine their gaming experience in an intuitive and modern layout. Get seamless driver updates, optimize your favourite games, stream from your home without interruption and more.

Maximize Your Intel System.
Enhance your creation, gaming and streaming experiences with Intel Deep Link Technology features by pairing compatible Intel Core processors with Intel Arc graphics.

Specifications
  • Chipset Manufacturer - Intel
  • Interface - PCI Express 4.0
  • Graphics Chipset - Intel Arc A380
  • Memory Size - 6GB
  • Memory Type - DDR6
  • Memory Interface - 96-bit
  • Core Clock - Boost Clock: 2000MHz
  • Memory Clock - 15.5 Gbps
  • Outputs - 1 x HDMI 2.0 / 3 x DisplayPort 2.0
  • DirectX Support - DirectX 12 Ultimate
  • Max Display Support - 4
  • Cooling - Single Fan
  • PSU Requirements - 450W or greater recommended
  • Dimensions - Height: 100 mm / Length: 152.6 mm
  • Slot Size - 2 Slot
  • Package Type - Retail
  • Package Weight - 2.0000 kg
  • Warranty - 3 Years



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  1. eldaras's avatar
    Please know that the latest Intel drivers will share a lot of information with Intel. Even a browsing history (albeit in 'interest groups' rather than individual URLs).

    When the drivers are installed one needs to remove 'Computing Improvement Program' to not share the information.
  2. Mail's avatar
    Very nice! Thanks for posting.

    I posted this for £120~ a few weeks ago and bought it at that price as a dedicated encoder for recording/livestreaming, did some test on my deals thread if anyone wants to check it out for the same usage.
    Link

    Great price.
    ScoobyZ's avatar
    Also make sure your motherboard supports resize bar (in bios) as the performance is hampered without this enabled.
  3. Bunnster's avatar
    Good upgrade for the on-board graphics on my Asus Prime 250m-a motherboard?

    TCB potentially as well (edited)
    EGGY-PC's avatar
    Hi, these tend to want a PCIe 4 system, or 3 at the very least, plus, they really need Resizeable BAR enabled to get the best out of them. That said, for the price, you'll probably get MOST of the performance on your board. You may well end up better off, performance-wise, with, say a GTX1650, but if you ever upgrade your main system, you might be better with the little Intel. Give it a go? Or perhaps forego a tenner and get one from Amazon, just in case? It'll vary game to game as to whether or not it really 'needs' these features, if you understand, so pot luck to an extent. I think your board should support PCI Gen 3, so you'll get most of the performance there. As for Resizeable BAR part, it varies title to title... Hope this helps a little.
  4. PeacePipe's avatar
    Any use with video editing with Vegas Pro or Davinci Resolve?
    Mail's avatar
    Absolutely. Really good with video editing, this is what I use it for. You can use this with AV1 encoding for Davinci Resolve but doesn't work on Vegas pro.

    vegascreativesoftware.com/us/…ns/
  5. Sulphur.Man's avatar
    Intel have just released new drivers for ARC cards, which include a clock speed boost for the A380.
    Performance on DX9 and DX11 titles is meant to be significantly improved.

    tomshardware.com/new…ate
  6. zomgwtfbbq's avatar
    Great deal -- have some heat. Worth it for the AV1 encoding alone at this price.
  7. InDaHouse's avatar
    Wow. Is this card good for gaming?
    picklejarbaron's avatar
    Not really, no.
  8. deleted876920's avatar
    How does it compare with rtx 1660 ti? (edited)
    Kishibe_Noa's avatar
    worse in most cases
  9. Pete_Salter's avatar
    This any better than a 1660ti
  10. saitama_fan's avatar
    1650 super equivalent?
  11. PeacePipe's avatar
    Have they sorted out the high idle power consumption that some early models suffered from?
    This is a general comment and not aimed specifically at this card, as I haven't seen a review.
    dragon97's avatar
    Yeah I think some time ago now.
    Try the bios first and if not might be worth trying the windows fix too.

    I think it does depend on the resolution too as in article. (edited)
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