Acer introduced Arc B570 Nitro and Arc B580 Nitro video cards with overclocking and sleek design

Acer presented its versions of the Intel Arc B570 and Arc B580 video cards in the proprietary Nitro version. Both new products received a slight overclocking of their GPUs.

Image source: Acer

For the Nitro Intel Arc B580 model, equipped with a graphics processor with 20 Xe2 cores, the manufacturer claims a frequency of 2740 MHz, which is 70 MHz higher than the reference value specified for this video card. In turn, the Nitro Intel Arc B570 with 18 Xe2 cores operates at up to 2690 MHz, which is 190 MHz higher than the reference value announced by Intel.

The Nitro Intel Arc B580 model received 12 GB of GDDR6 memory with support for a 192-bit bus and a bandwidth of 456 GB/s. Nitro Intel Arc B570 is equipped with 10 GB GDDR6 with a 160-bit bus and a bandwidth of 380 GB/s. Acer’s press release states that the Intel Xe2 graphics architecture delivers up to 50% per-core performance gains over the previous generation Xe architecture.

Both video cards are equipped with cooling systems two expansion slots thick, which include two fans. The dimensions of the cards are 268 × 113 × 40 mm. Each model has one HDMI 2.1 connector, three DisplayPort 2.1 ports and one 8-pin connector for additional power.