Review: Acer Predator BiFrost Intel Arc A770 OC

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Gaming performance 1080p and 1440p:

We decided to select six games because they seem to be representative enough. We have opted for DirectX12 and Vulkan with the following games:

  • The Division 2 (DirectX 12)
  • Borderlands 3 (DirectX 12)
  • Red Dead Redemption II (Vulkan)
  • Far Cry 6 (DirectX 12)
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (DirectX 12)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (DirectX12)

We have chosen to use the benchmarks integrated in these different games.
Why do we do this? Simply to allow you to compare your results with ours if you also have a copy of one of these games. It’s a thought that seemed relevant to us and that will allow you to compare your results with ours.

As we mentioned on page 4 of this article, we have activated the Resizable Bar in the BIOS, which is now supported by all (recent) GPUs. Finally, we have chosen only 1080p and 1440p resolutions, which is what you should expect from these cards.

The Division 2:

The Division 2 game will be tested under DirectX 12. As far as graphics settings are concerned, they will be set to ” ultra ” mode with vertical synchronization disabled.

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The first game and the trend noted for the synthetic benchmarks is not confirmed since our Predator BiFrost Intel ARC A770 OC is positioned just above the RTX 3060. Note that this is one of the least demanding games in our panel.

Good surprise in 1440p, where we can see a gain against the Intel A770 version. The gain is therefore more interesting in this definition and we tend to believe that it will be the same for the rest.

Borderlands 3:

For the second game, we switch to Borderlands 3. The graphic options are set to ” Brutal “. It is important to know that Borderlands 3 is quite greedy and that this choice of settings has a strong impact on the FPS. It is a game that is often praised in the announcements of new graphics cards and precisely in this Brutal mode.

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The performance here is better and the gap with the RTX 3060 EX and the RX 6600 is widening. Our Predator BiFrost Intel ARC A770 OC matches the RTX 3060 Ti in 1080p.
In 1440p, it’s top three for our sample of the day.

Red Dead Redemption 2:

Third game and not the least, Red Dead Redemption II on PC. The advantage of this opus is to offer the possibility to test the integrated benchmark under Vulkan. We opt for the graphics options in ” ultra “.

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Third game and not the least, RDR2 offers the possibility to test the integrated benchmark under Vulkan. The increase in power is confirmed once again. In 1440p, the observation is the same as for 1080p definition.

Far Cry 6:

The latest game we are adding to this section is Far Cry 6, since it supports DXR as well as SFR offered by AMD. We will also find it on the next page. For our benchmarks, we opted for an ” ultra” graphic quality.

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Even if our dedicated article on this game highlighted an advantage for the RX 6000 cards, we expected better from our two samples of the day. We still find this observation that gives our Predator BiFrost Intel ARC A770 OC better performance in 1440p than against their competitors in 1080p.

Watch Dogs Legion:

Last but not least, Watch Dogs Legion which will also be used for our tests with Ray Tracing. For our benchmarks, we have opted for a graphic quality in ” very high”.

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In the Watch Dogs Legion benchmark, the A770 passes the symbolic 100 FPS mark, beating the RX 6000. In 1440p it is now becoming obvious, our ARCs are much more comfortable there.

Cyberpunk 2077:

This is a game that we have been wanting to add for a while and now it is done since it now has an integrated benchmark. We will also use this game for our tests with Ray Tracing. For our benchmarks, we have opted for a “high” graphic quality.

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New and last benchmark of this gaming panel. It’s going to plummet the performance of our Predator BiFrost Intel ARC A770 OC a bit, which is at the bottom of the pack here. In 1440p, things get a little better.

Gaming average:

For the gaming average, it is the RTX 3060 that acts as the reference card in 1080p while it is the RTX 3070 in the 1440p definition. The other cards score either higher or lower depending on their performance against this model.

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In the end, we are on two different views. In 1080p, our Predator BiFrost Intel ARC A770 OC does well and takes a more marked advantage over the RTX 3060. But it’s finally in 1440p that the differences are more important with a Predator BiFrost Intel ARC A770 OC that shows itself very interesting! The gains of the new drivers offer us 2.7% in 1080p and 4.5% in 1440p.