It appears as if a brand new Intel GPU initially considered canceled goes to be launched in spite of everything. Rumored to be beleaguered by varied points, a eager eye has noticed graphics playing cards primarily based on the Intel Battlemage G31 GPU apparently being shipped from Malaysia. Nevertheless, there’s just a little extra to this story than first meets the attention.
Battlemage, Intel’s newest graphics card line, has simply been formally introduced forward of its December launch, when the Intel Arc B580 is due for launch. Nevertheless, the corporate has solely launched what are thought-about to be the mid-range playing cards. Whereas we wait to see in the event that they make it onto the very best graphics playing cards record, it seems that a weaker Intel GPU might nonetheless be on the way in which.
The delivery manifest lists 4 entries containing G31-based playing cards, dated October 29. In accordance with an eagle-eyed submit on X (previously Twitter) by Tomasz Gawroński, the screenshotted delivery information refers to a “non R&D” cargo, indicating that Intel is pushing forward with what might be a B300 sequence.
At present, Intel’s codenames span from G10 to G31, with G10 being the highest-end card and G31 the weakest. Battlemage is at the moment made up of solely G21 playing cards, B580 and B570.
Nevertheless, digging into Gawroński’s exercise on X exhibits that he has introduced up this delivery info a number of occasions prior to now. One person, miktdt, who noticed the G21 playing cards getting work finished by way of an replace on GitHub, has mentioned that it’s “too early for G31” as there’s “no exercise on [GitHub].”
The A380 and beneath GPUs weren’t precisely powerhouses, even within the entry-level house. Nevertheless, numerous self-hosting Plex and Jellyfin customers have discovered them helpful sufficient for transcoding video. Their gaming prowess is poor, although, with the Arc A380 even overwhelmed by the GeForce GTX 1650. lacking out on beating a lot older playing cards just like the GTX 1650.
In the meantime, Battlemage’s G10 variant has additionally been noticed in a delivery manifest in 2024. Nevertheless, Intel isn’t anticipated to launch the cardboard any time quickly, even with CES 2025 on the way in which. The G10 has been noticed in earlier delivery manifests, however the firm has been tight-lipped about it since rumors of its cancelation circled.
Intel’s enterprise faces a number of challenges proper now. As soon as the maker of the very best gaming CPU to get, it seems that Intel’s lunch has been eaten by AMD in a number of circumstances. To see how Intel and AMD’s newest chips stack up, try our Core Extremely 265K assessment, in addition to our Ryzen 7 9800X3D assessment, the place we benchmark each chips in various video games.
