Maxsun has recently launched two Intel Arc B580 graphics cards. Interestingly, another report via VideoCardz, indicates that the company is also preparing a third variant of the Battlemage GPU which will take advantage of the unused PCIe lanes in the x16 slot to provide bandwidth for two M.2 slots on the graphics card's PCB.
Our earlier report states that the Intel Arc B580 uses the PCIe 4.0 x8 lanes, leaving eight lanes unused which is adequate for two M.2 SSDs. The performance of the M.2 storage and the GPU shouldn't impact each other. But one would be interested to gauge its heat dissipation, especially during gaming.
