Intel recently revealed the B580 and B570 GPUs, which rival the best graphics cards. Chinese publication MyDrivers has extensively pictured the upcoming Arc Battlemage B580, showing pretty much every inch of the graphics card. The word on the street says reviewers aren't supposed to show internals until the full review release date.
Although the B580 doesn’t officially release until December 13, Intel has given reviewers some leeway to publish images before full reviews go up on launch day. MyDrivers seems to have taken that permission as far as it can go and has published a complete photo shoot of the B580 inside and out. While Intel has published some renders of the B580, the real thing is much truer to life.
The images show that the B580 Limited Edition doesn’t look all that different from the A750 and A770 Limited Edition models. The card is still dark gray with a matte finish, emblazoned with the ‘Intel Arc’ moniker and the card's name, and has two run-of-the-mill fans. Intel made a few minor alterations: widening the exhausts at the side of the card and changing the design of the IO plate.
The most significant adjustment Intel made was adding a hole in the backplate, creating another exhaust vent for the cooler. The design was likely inspired by Nvidia’s own Founder’s Edition GPUs, which have sported partial backplates since the RTX 30 series. Intel didn’t go so far as to put the fans on alternating sides; however, it is a design choice that’s still unique to Nvidia cards.
