Maxsun Intel Arc B580 iCraft
2025
Intel entered the discrete graphics card market two years ago with its Alchemist architecture. The launch was highly anticipated, as the company entered a market dominated by NVIDIA and AMD for decades. But not everything went as planned.
Intel’s Arc A-series “Alchemist” graphics cards launched after much delay & even a delayed launch couldn’t help the blue team’s case as it was plagued with severe driver issues, software problems, and general gaming issues. This left a sour note in the minds of folks who had been waiting to see what Intel had to offer.
Following the launch, there were several rumors that Intel would eventually cancel its discrete graphics card lineup but one good thing that came out of the GPU division was the software team which worked day and night to optimize applications and games. The Fine Wine story for Intel has been witnessed by our very eyes and Arc also saw some significant price drops in the coming months approaching the sub $300 US segment with 16 GB of VRAM.
But despite all of that, the competition went on to release their next-gen offerings. This time, Intel was the first in line to offer a next-gen product ahead of the mainstream launches from NVIDIA & AMD, which are now out. Meet the 2nd Generation Arc family, codenamed Battlemage or the B-Series.
The Intel Arc Battlemage lineup addresses the most significant problems within the first-gen Arc architecture, all the while focusing on enhanced support for modern APIs and a range of new features. For today’s review, we will be checking out the Maxsun Arc B580 iCraft graphics card, which comes in for $275 US, or $25 US above the official MSRP.
