As of late, Intel enhanced the performance of the DirectX 9 API for Arc “Alchemist” GPUs across a number of well-known game titles.

As of late, Intel enhanced the performance of the DirectX 9 API for Arc “Alchemist” GPUs across a number of well-known game titles.

The Intel Arc “Alchemist” graphics architecture was initially created as a forward-facing PC GPU architecture with many modern graphics features, including full DirectX 12 Ultimate support. Curiously, the GPU doesn’t have any hardware support for DirectX 9, though. As game console development (the age of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)...

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Resizable-BAR Must for Arc “Alchemist,” Stick with Other Vendors assuming you Lack it: Intel

Resizable-BAR Must for Arc “Alchemist,” Stick with Other Vendors assuming you Lack it: Intel

The PCI resizable-BAR include is an outright absolute requirement for Intel Arc “Alchemist” illustrations cards to proceed as publicized, to the degree that Intel prescribes adhering to “different sellers” (NVIDIA, AMD), for those on machines that need resizable-BAR or favor it incapacitated. In our testing of the Arc A380, we...

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