The Arc Battlemage GPUs are finally climbing up with newer driver updates, and even though they still need more optimizations, they're already doing the magic in several titles.

Intel Fixes CPU Overhead Issue in Multiple Titles Through Driver Updates; Arc B580 is Now Responding Well With Older CPUs

Arc B580 came out to be one of the most impressive budget GPUs at $249, but one of the reasons a lot of gamers refused to buy it was the CPU overhead problem. The Arc B580 was basically doing poorly when paired with older CPUs, and we aren't talking about CPUs from 2015, but even as recent as the Zen 3, which were released roughly five years ago. While technically, these are also old, millions of gamers are still rocking these CPUs due to their impressive gaming performance that still holds up

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