Intel Battlemage refresh — the Arc B770+ is real

16GB GDDR6X, +18% raster, real ray tracing performance gains, $349 MSRP. Intel finally has a card people will buy.

By TechArenaZone Staff·April 27, 2026·5 min read

Intel quietly confirmed the Arc B770+ refresh: 16GB GDDR6X, +18% raster on average over the original B770, real ray tracing performance gains thanks to a new RT core layout, and a $349 MSRP. Intel finally has a card people will actually buy at the mid-range.

The driver story is the bigger structural change. The latest Arc driver branch ships clean DX9 and DX11 performance for the first time, which retired the single biggest reason mainstream reviewers downgraded the original Arc cards.

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