Intel Battlemage GPU Set for 2024 Release: New Roadmap Reveals Details
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rl66
The 1st try is really not bad, let see the 2nd step to maybe confirm intel as good GPU maker...
H83
I'm thinking Intel will get it right at their third attempt.
mackintosh
I'm sorry, but your GPU is only good if it's subject to export controls.
Neo Cyrus
I'm hyped for it. It'll do nothing for me, being a filthy 4090 owner, but I'm huffing down all the hopium I can get, hoping that Intel will have a viable midrange card available... Or dare I say it, an upper midrange card available for an actually affordable price. I miss the days when $200 CAD could buy a GPU that gave reasonable performance, and $400 bought a very powerful GPU.
H83
Those days are not coming back, no matter how Battlemage turn out to be.
But more competition is always good, so i expect Intel to introduce a capable mid range card, good enough to fight Nvidia and AMD.
Undying
2024 could be a good year for a gaming gpus. Both AMD and Intel are set to take midrange by storm with rdna4 and battlemage while nvidia as always probably high end.
Neo Cyrus
Indeed. But even double that, $800 CAD, for a high-end card would be a lot easier to swallow compared to the current insanity.
The Battlemage rumors are all over the place, I've heard anywhere from 4070 performance, to 4080, to "it's cancelled and Intel are moving to the moon". If it's anywhere around a 4080 for a non-retarded price, that'd be a huge win for all of us.
H83
I have no problem believing in 4070 performance but as good as the 4080 seems to good to be true.
But who knows, maybe i will be proved wrong.
Brasky
I'm glad we're all thinking long term on this thread and knowing that more competition for GPU dollars is good for everyone! Keep up the smart posts gang! I'm still rocking this ol 1080 so hopefully there will be a nice dual slot enthusiast GPU coming in 2024.
scoter man1
You and me both man, my 1070ti and 4790k are long in the tooth but it just doesn't seem worth it yet. Please be good Battlemage!
AuerX
It will be more options for the same cost as the other options.
Maybe they'll do an AMD and lower the price just below Nvidia hoping that someone thinks it's actually worth the money even tho its worse tech?
NCC1701D
I think these will actually be pretty good. I have an A770M in a NUC12 Enthusiast and I've been pretty shocked at how good it performs. I guess things were in a much rougher state at launch driver-wise, but they seem to have mostly turned the corner there. I have high hopes that drivers will be keep improving up until BM drops and we might have a real third contender in the ring. I think Intel is legit serious this time.
Kool64
The name is kinda silly but if it’s better than the original it can’t be all that awful in the low to mid price range
moo100times
Competition is a good thing. Decent feature set and price, reasonable game and driver support going forwards and without using 600w will definitely find a market.
Crazy Joe
Looking at the specs posted the G10 will have 896 shader engines. Seems a bit anemic to me, since the lowest NVIDIA card in the 40 series (the RTX 4060) already has 3072 shader engines. So unless these shader engines are extremely powerful, I wouldn't get my hopes up for high end performance levels. Or these specs are not correct.
Looking at the specs for the Arc A770 I see 4096 shader engines being quoted, so something seems off with the numbers posted in the article.
Unless the XVE cores need to be multiplied with the Xe cores and the shaders per XVE cores, but that would get you to 50176 shader engines, which definitely sounds way too much (even the top level cards from NVIDIA and AMD for this generation don't exceed 16384 and 6144 shader engines respectively).
--update--
Looking at the architecture picture in the article each Xe core has 8 XVE cores, so the 448 number for XVE cores is correct.
H83
The shaders are not the same regarding different archictures and different companies, so we can`t compare them directly against cards from different GPU makers.
And the leaks could be wrong.
schmidtbag
I'm feeling good that it will have the potential to outperform a 4070, even a 4080, but drivers are currently Intel's greatest weakness.
I personally will not support Intel until they promise better long-term support, even if they outperform a 4080 at a competitive price.
AuerX
I probably will build something for battlemage, just to play around with it. But I wont replace my Nvidia driven gear.
Something fun on the side tho.
Neo Cyrus
The most up-to-date rumors I've heard, that seem the most credible, point to Intel trying to aim for 4080ish performance but falling short so far, giving a realistic chance of somewhere between a 4070 and 4080. But I'm not sure if that would be this small GPU or was a larger cancelled one. Even if they launch something at 4070 perf, I'd expect it to improve a notable amount in about a year. Intel have proven that they're rapidly learning and are constantly improving their drivers, which is what's largely holding them back.
Slightly off-topic, but new info now says the miserly leather jacket demon will have Blackwell ready for late 2024 as opposed to the original info saying early 2025, but they will still not launch in 2024 unless they feel forced to.
jaggerwild
Exactly!!!!
Then there is zero reason to up grade my mainboard or CPU, if I can't get a decent GPU.
My current 12 Core X99 is good enough for my 1080 vanilla. I was literally going to spend almost 4K for a top end system. Games don't even excite me any more.....
Go Go INTEL!!!
