Intel Arc Graphics Cards Can Be Easily Overclocked at Launch via Driver UI

[Tsing]

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NVIDIA and AMD’s GeForce Experience and Radeon Software suites offer GPU tuning features that offer an easy way for enthusiasts to tweak their graphics cards’ performance levels to some extent. In an unsurprising twist, Intel has confirmed that owners of its first gaming GPUs, code named Alchemist, will be able to do the very same.



Writing in a Medium article related to Intel’s newly unveiled high-performance graphics brand, Arc, Roger Chandler (Vice President and General Manager of Client Graphics Products and Solutions) revealed that the driver UI complementing these products will feature integrated overclocking controls.



According to Chandler, the controls will be extensive enough to allow enthusiasts to “push the hardware to the limit.” The implication here is that casual users may not have to turn to third-party overclocking utilities to maximize the potential...

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[Grimlakin]

And just like their 'overclocking' CPU's they will instantly void your warranty! CONGRATUATIONS YOU'VE MADE A BRICK!

 

[Zarathustra]

And just like their 'overclocking' CPU's they will instantly void your warranty! CONGRATUATIONS YOU'VE MADE A BRICK!

I haven't bought an Intel CPU for my main machine since 2011. I didn't realize they were doing that now!

That said, overclocking is becoming less useful as time goes on. The manufacturers are optimizing their designs to be closer and closer to the actual capability of the silicon, and the smaller process nodes show lesser gains by overvolting than in the past.

I still have my Threadripper 3960x at stock, despite my rather massive custom water loop. There just isn't any point to overclocking it. The gains are two small, and I'd lose out on boost clocks.

 

[Zarathustra]

Is anyone aware if Intel has announced how these will be manufactured yet?

Are they planning on doing it on their own processes (if so, on which one?) or are they planning on outsourcing to TSMC/Samsung?

I did some googling, and couldn't find anything.

 

[Brian_B]

Is anyone aware if Intel has announced how these will be manufactured yet?

Are they planning on doing it on their own processes (if so, on which one?) or are they planning on outsourcing to TSMC/Samsung?

I did some googling, and couldn't find anything.

TSMC 6nm

Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC | Ars Technica

Finally, the elephant in the room: Intel isn't making Alchemist chips in its own chip factories, at least not now. The company announced that it will use TSMC's 6 nm process for Alchemist chips, ...

 

[Axle Grease]

TSMC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3kE-3ZLA0Q&t=1274s

"Alchemist" refers to the first of the four Xe HPG graphics card revisions and is scheduled for release 1Q 2022.

 

[Axle Grease]

A hopefully fixed url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3kE-3ZLA0Q&t=1274s

 

[Axle Grease]

The site munges the url. Anyway, 21:15 is the spot.