Okay, so here’s the thing—Intel might not be the frontrunner you think of when it comes to GPUs. But hey, they’re not throwing in the towel just yet. Yeah, I know, the whole Battlemage thing sounds like a game I once got obsessed with and forgot about. Anyway, they might release one more variant that could shake things up in the mainstream GPU space. Or not. Who knows?
So—get this—rumor has it that Intel’s cooking up something called the Arc B770. I stumbled across this tidbit while doomscrolling some tech blogs. Apparently, they’ve already started production. Like, what’s the rush, right? Yet, somehow, it could be on shelves next quarter—yeah, you heard me. Next quarter. It’s like when you promise yourself you’ll start working out on Monday, only this time, Intel might actually do it.
Now, let’s time-travel for a sec back to late 2024. Intel tossed out its mid-tier Battlemage cards, the Arc B570 and B580. Meh, they weren’t mind-blowing, but they held their own. Fast forward to now, AMD and NVIDIA are whipping up their RX 9060 and RTX 5060 soups, and Intel… well, Intel’s staying mysterious, like a cat that’s plotting something. According to some Japanese site—Gazlog, I think?—they reckon Intel’s got the BMG-G31 silicon in the works, probably for the B770.
Found in shipping manifests, the BMG-G31 die’s somewhere in Vietnam. Sounds like some top-secret mission, doesn’t it? It’s Intel Vietnam’s gig to craft those snazzy Limited Edition GPUs. So maybe soon-ish, you might see this Arc B770 out in the wild. The BMG-G31 silicon screams high-end, and since they’ve kinda wrapped up the B5XX series, the B770 seems like their next logical move. Logical for them, at least. My logic’s more like—why is there milk in the pantries and not the fridge?
Oh, and there’s this leaker, OneRaichu—don’t ask me how you get a name like that—who seems to think we’ll see the B770 soon. Optimism, folks. It’s like adding extra sugar in your coffee, hoping today might be the day it finally tastes decent. This GPU could have anywhere from 24-32 Xe2 cores, coupled with a 256-bit memory bus and 16 GB of GDDR6. Or it might go all professional, break into AI territory. Again, speculation’s the default mode here.
Anyhow, Computex 2025 is about to kick off in a few weeks. Yay for big tech events and the horde of hungry journalists (aka me) flocking there. Maybe Intel’s got a surprise up its sleeve with the new Battlemage dGPU. Maybe they’ll just hand out free pens instead. Guess we’ll have to watch and see where the chips fall—literally, maybe?
