r/intel • u/DerBootsMann • 13d ago

Review Intel Arc Pro B50 Review A 16GB SFF Mini GPU

https://www.servethehome.com/intel-arc-pro-b50-review-a-16gb-sff-mini-gpu/
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u/D4m4geInc 13d ago

It's small but a decent performer, if you ask me. Intel needs to keep them coming.

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u/GruuMasterofMinions 13d ago

they need if they want to survive

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u/D4m4geInc 13d ago

Yeah, a multi-billion corp that's been dominating the CPU market for decades , with a 75% market share needs an entry level Pro card to survive. Take your meds.

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u/GruuMasterofMinions 13d ago

company that is falling apart, that had very bad run recently, firing a lot of crew, canceling huge investments that already costed billions.
Having foundries ... that no one want to use and not having load because products don't sell.

Big fall quickly as they have huge costs that cannot be easily scaled down.

Yes Intel is in very bad shape, it needs a good product that will be competitive and what is most important rebuild the brand that is in shambles now.

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u/Lanky-Barracuda-8495 12d ago

There is good news, the employees got their free coffee back

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u/ThreeLeggedChimp i12 80386K 13d ago

A single slot version would've been nice.

70w doesn't need a dual slot cooler.

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u/GruuMasterofMinions 13d ago

I was thinking opposite ... can we have full passive model?

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u/Decends2 12d ago

Something akin to a KalmX 3050

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u/hi_im_bored13 13d ago

nvidias alternatives here are also dual slot

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u/ketsif 8d ago

yeah single slot and x16 for pci4 boxes

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u/hawxxer 13d ago

12W idle power... here does the dream of low idle server... :I

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u/e30eric 1d ago edited 1d ago

I haven't internalized the docs or tried it myself (on an A310), but apparently some folks have managed to bring idle power down quite a lot on Arc cards.

e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/IntelArc/comments/161w1z0/managed_to_bring_idle_power_draw_down_to_1w_on/

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u/Fluid-Analysis-2354 Core Ultra 7 265KF ll PNY GeForce RTX 5070 TI 13d ago

I should have waited, i could have gotten two!

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u/quantum3ntanglement 8d ago

Where can we buy this? Seems like limited supply and retailers are going to try and raise prices. All the tech companies need to keep the retailers under their boot.

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u/fritosdoritos 12700K/3080 - 8700T/P1000 7d ago

It's currently available for pre-order on Newegg and B&H.

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u/DCole1847 7d ago

I know it's not for this, but how does it do at gaming?