Intel Arc A370M has been tested by PCWorld, small ‘Alchemist’ with GeForce RTX 3050 performance
Now take these results with a grain of salt because: "These tests were performed on Intel Arc A370M reference laptops located at Intel’s Jones Farm campus. The Intel reference platforms and HP Spectre x360 16 were set to “performance” power management, while the Acer Nitro 5 was at its default setting."
But overall, it is about where I was thinking it should be if Intel wants to compete with Nvidia/AMD's current crop of GPUs. Hell it's even performing competitively in Metro Exodus Enhanced which is a Ray Tracing title.
AMD Phoenix RDNA3 iGPU could be as fast as the slowest GeForce RTX 3060 mobile GPU
NVIDIA & AMD GPU Pricing Update For May 2022: GeForce Graphics Cards Now 14% Over MSRP, Radeon at Just 6% Over MSRP
Personally speaking, I have seen the top end Nvidia and AMD GPUs even going on sale below MSRP.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bapcsalescanada/comments/uftoh3/gigabyte_geforce_rtx_3080_ti_gaming_oc_12g/
Steam Deck Gets Even Better: 40-60Hz Support, VRS, Refined Acoustics - Tested!
The fan noise improvements is actually insane. You can play Crysis with a 30 fps cap and the Steam Deck will be silent. The only time fan now ramps up is if it really needs it. The thermals obviously take a hit but it is still with in the thermal headroom of the SoC. The 40hz refresh rate is also interesting as Insomniac also added this feature into their PS5 games. I think other than the issues I had with emulation and audio crackling issues, Valve has managed to fix all of my complaints in about 2 months. Pretty impressive how they listened to their customers and provided fast software updates.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
