I played games for 100 hours on Intel Arc B580 — it proved to me that GPUs are Intel's way back from the brink

Intel Arc B580.

Intel’s in a tough spot. I don’t need to sit here and wax lyrical about the perfect storm Team Blue finds itself in amongst rivals moving ahead in CPU and AI chip dominance — you can see it for yourself in the financial results and redundancies.

But there’s one jewel in the crown that I believe could be the company’s way back: budget GPUs. The $249 Intel Arc B580 is easily the best low-cost card I’ve tested, and it puts Nvidia and AMD on notice for their compromised low-cost options.