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Product Name: | Sparkle Intel Arc A380 ELF, 6GB GDDR6, Single Fan, SA380E-6G |
Manufacturer: | Sparkle |
Model Number: | SA380E-6G |
Product SKU: | B0C74RQV9K |
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I'd say if you had a Raptor Lake chip and a decent PSU and 6/8 pin support, then I'd consider a better card. Even the higher end ARC's would be a better buy. In my case, this A380 went into a budget Acer rig I got that was meant to be a light duty computer, but has now become my main computer for the time being. This computer does not have 6/8 pin support, the PSU is proprietary, and so I was limited to PCIe power only, a smaller size, and low cost. For me, the A380 is a deal.
Downsides that I've seen so far: It's not a gaming card, it just isn't. The fan turns on and off a lot, and if you have good hearing, it can get a little annoying (but it is fixable with a quick change in the fan settings). You need Resizable Bar. Without it, I saw about a 30% drop in encoding fps.
All in all, at this price? Good deal for those that want an encoder card or anything better than an iGPU.
EDIT: I somehow thought 3 displays. It does in fact support 4.
I'd say if you had a Raptor Lake chip and a decent PSU and 6/8 pin support, then I'd consider a better card. Even the higher end ARC's would be a better buy. In my case, this A380 went into a budget Acer rig I got that was meant to be a light duty computer, but has now become my main computer for the time being. This computer does not have 6/8 pin support, the PSU is proprietary, and so I was limited to PCIe power only, a smaller size, and low cost. For me, the A380 is a deal.
So based on your experience you wouldn't go to an all AV1 library because of device compatibility?
I was hoping it could transcode AV1 to h265/4/etc to save storage space with an AV1 library, but it doesn't sound like it has the horsepower for that.