Intel offers up Battlefield 6 bundle with qualifying CPU or GPU purchase — free game promotion ends September 7

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Bundle offer applies with over 200 worldwide retail partners, for purchases made between August 25 and September 7, 2025.

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Intel has joined forces with EA to gather conscripts for its Battlefield 6 bundle. If you want to enlist, your basic training will consist of just one crucial mission: to purchase a qualifying Intel Core or Intel Arc product from one of over 200 system and retail partners around the world. There’s also a deadline to consider. Intel’s BF6 bundle will only be available from August 25 to September 7 this year.

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  • cyrusfox
    Pretty humorous to offer up a game that has many issues with Arc GPU, bold strategy:
    battlefield-6-keeps-crashing-on-intel-arc-gpus-here-are-some-workarounds-until-intel-releases-a-fix
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  • Dustyboy1492
    cyrusfox said:
    Pretty humorous to offer up a game that has many issues with Arc GPU, bold strategy:
    battlefield-6-keeps-crashing-on-intel-arc-gpus-here-are-some-workarounds-until-intel-releases-a-fix
    The game was in beta, very common to have minor driver issues before release ffs.
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  • hotaru251
    if your company is in dire straight maybe don't offer bonuses w/ your products as you can't afford it
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  • dalek1234
    It's better to pay for the game and go with AMD.

    Even if you don't consider the technical and performance shortcoming of various Intel CPU's, the extra power draw will eventually end up costing (electrical bill) you more than the game is worth.
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  • bigdragon
    The problem with these kind of promotions is what if the buyer doesn't want BF6? I'd rather have a discount or some sort of game store credit. I'd also be very annoyed if EA got some of my money from my purchase of an Intel product.
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  • TerryLaze
    dalek1234 said:
    It's better to pay for the game and go with AMD.

    Even if you don't consider the technical and performance shortcoming of various Intel CPU's, the extra power draw will eventually end up costing (electrical bill) you more than the game is worth.
    If you are somebody that cares about the power bill you won't have an unlocked CPU on an unchecked mobo that just pommels the CPU with voltage and amps.

    Other than that sure, if you are into x3d then those CPUs are better for an 5090 which won't burn any power at all.
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  • Eximo
    Interesting, just talked to a co-worker about the beta. He runs an A770 and only had a hard time getting his streaming settings tuned. Game performance was perfectly adequate and no crashing.
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  • Dustyboy1492
    dalek1234 said:
    It's better to pay for the game and go with AMD.

    Even if you don't consider the technical and performance shortcoming of various Intel CPU's, the extra power draw will eventually end up costing (electrical bill) you more than the game is worth.
    When is this outdated narrative going to end? Intel's 15th gen very efficient.
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  • TerryLaze
    Dustyboy1492 said:
    When is this outdated narrative going to end? Intel's 15th gen very efficient.
    They still saying that intel did anti consumer things after 20 years even after the courts decided that it was not true...so, never.
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  • Eximo
    Dustyboy1492 said:
    When is this outdated narrative going to end? Intel's 15th gen very efficient.
    One could make the argument that AMD is more efficient for gaming. More FPS per watt regardless of Core Ultra or 14th gen.

    Big efficiency difference between Intel and AMD is the AMD I/O chip needing more idle power. When they are both computing they are about even. Both TSMC after all.
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