Intel Making Moves: Acer Arc A770 BiFrost GPU Review, Thermals, & Tear-Down
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Acer is one of Intel's first board partners to enter the market, and the Acer BiFrost Predator A770 GPU is a weirdly designed, unique video card. The BiFrost card runs an axial fan and a blower fan next to it, combining what we'd expect of a 'normal' board partner with what we'd expect of... Acer. This is an important move for Intel, as it needs these partners in order to see successful, wide distribution of its Arc Alchemist GPUs and future Battlemage GPUs. The A770 BiFrost went through our lab for game testing, thermals, acoustics, and build quality.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - A Weird, Interesting Video Card
02:26 - Bizarre Marketing & Getting the Card
06:14 - Thermal Testing of the Acer A770 Predator
08:37 - Noise Testing & Loud Idle
11:34 - Game Benchmarking (Intel Arc vs. NVIDIA, AMD)
13:24 - Tearing Down the Acer BiFrost
17:16 - Removing the Cooler
20:14 - Fan Assembly
24:01 - Conclusion & Built Well
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