Two years ago, Intel presented its first bet in the dedicated graphics card market, a bet that, as we all know, went wrong, very wrong. As time has passed, Intel has managed to get better use of this first generation based on updates to driverssomething I should have done when they hit the market.
With the presentation of the second generation of graphics, Intel wants to get rid of the bad reputation that the Intel Arc A Series and has decided to wipe the slate clean with application Arc Controlthe application in charge of managing its operation.
From now on, the application that users with dedicated or integrated Intel graphics must use to manage its operation, update drivers and much more is Intel Graphics Softwarea much more intuitive application, simple to use and makes a large number of tools available to users to get the most out of them.
Manage your Intel graphics with Intel Graphics Software
While it is true that Arc Control was a very complete application to manage the operation of the graphics of the company that until yesterday was directed by Pat Gelsinger, many users complained about the lack of available options, which prevented them from getting the most out of it.
Fortunately, Intel has taken good note of the community comments and, instead of including them in the Arc Control application, has decided to cut corners and create a new application from scratch, an application that allows access to the options of configurationprofiles, performance and so on from the main page, without having to navigate through the menus.
Many users have little knowledge of how graphics work and the performance possibilities they are capable of offering based on their features. Hide them within various menu sections, the only purpose is so that no one with basic knowledge can use them, which results in a negative opinion.
One of the most striking sections of this new application is that users have greater control over the overclock to increase the memory speed, in addition to adjusting the power levels, clock speed and voltage for better performance.
Intel is not the only manufacturer that has decided to change the design and operation of the application that manages its graphics. At the beginning of the year, it presented on a beta basis NVIDIA Appan application that for a few weeks has been the only one that all users must use, instead of GeForce Experience.
The first of the two graphics that Intel presented yesterday, the Intel Arc B580 It will hit the market next December 13 for $259 and at the moment we do not know what the price in euros will be. At the moment, very few assemblers have reached an agreement with Intel to launch them on the market, which may indicate that their performance will not be the best of all. We will have to wait for the reviews to clear up any doubts.