A little news from Asia with a Taiwanese brand: Advantech’s EAI-3100. In fact, it’s a mobile GPU converted to PCIe format. In fact, it’s an Arc A370M adapted for desktop PCs!
EAI-3100: an Arc A370M converted to PCIe format!
A new graphics card from Advantech, actually a mobile GPU adapted to PCIe format. Beneath this rough-cut aluminum heatsink lies the GPU of an Arc A370M. As a reminder, this Intel-signed GPU features a DG2-128 GPU with 1024 shaders and 4 GB of 65-bit RAM. Clearly, this is a small chip.
What’s more, this allows the card to boast low power consumption – we’re talking 60W of TGP here… Despite this, the Taiwanese brand has opted for an auxiliary 8-pin PCIe power supply. Finally, the brand applies some rather strange changes: the TGP increases compared to the reference GPU (35-50W), but retains the original frequencies of 1550 MHz. Clearly, this is a card that can be overclocked, as there’s a little room for manoeuvre here.
Last but not least, this is an all-purpose board, with its dual-slot format and 6.61″ length (approx. 16.8 cm).
As for performance, we learn that this card is comparable to NVIDIA’s RTX 3050M. It is therefore intended for 1080p gaming with medium detail. Pricing remains to be seen, but don’t expect any sales on the European market.
