ASRock has announced two new Intel Arc A770 and 750 graphics cards. This duo features a revised cooler with LED lighting and a flow-through cooler design.
The so-called Arc A770 Challenger SE 16GB OC and Arc A750 Challenger SE 8GB OC are ASRock’s latest additions to its graphics card roster. They carry Intel’s DG2-512 GPU based on the company’s Xe-HPG (Alchemist) architecture. Like their competition, these cards support ray tracing and image upscaling via FSR or XeSS, alongside video encoding and decoding.
Both models appear to be using the same cooler, featuring the brand’s Striped Axial fans – with 0db mode – plus four heat pipes, with the fin extending beyond the PCB like the flow-through designs on Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 40 series. Like the Challenger D, this series includes a backplate to assist heat dissipation, plus some LED lights on the front.
Regarding specs, the Arc A770 Challenger SE will pack 512 Execution Units (EUs) clocked slightly higher than reference models at 2,150MHz, paired with 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM. The Arc A750 Challenger SE on the other hand lowers the EU count to 448 – clocked at 2,220MHz, accompanied by 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM.
Both models measure 267x130x68mm (LxWxD) and weigh 820g, taking power from two eight-pin connectors, with I/O covered by one HDMI 2.0b and three DisplayPort 2.0.
Last time we checked, Intel’s Arc A750 offered a good value at £270, delivering 70fps in Far Cry 6 and 63fps in Forza Horizon 5 at FHD. That value has become even more enticing now as some models hover around the £200 mark. If you mainly play modern DirectX12 games and don’t mind tinkering if needed, then Intel’s Arc is a great deal.
ASRock is asking for 52,800 Yen (£256) for the A770 Challenger SE and 37,800 Yen (£183) for the A750 Challenger SE. Both cards are expected to hit store shelves on July 12 in Japan, but no word regarding the rest of the world.
