Intel Arc A770 and A750 review: welcome player three

Our next three titles include one title tested with RT - Control, and its infamous Corridor of Doom section - and two games without, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Forza Horizon 5. Once again, we've got a range of engines represented (RAGE, Northlight, ForzaTech), with each game using a modern graphics API that ought to push the performance bottleneck towards the GPU rather than the CPU.

In order to deliver precise results, our performance data is more than just a readout of an average frame-rate at the end of a test. Instead, we use the FCAT tool built into Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS), which overlays a coloured border to the left side of the screen. Each new frame is represented by another coloured box in the sequence - and its height signifies the time it took to generate. We capture a direct feed of the game footage and border from the graphics card we're testing, analysing the video file with our own tools to essentially write down the frame-time for each frame. This metadata is then uploaded to the Eurogamer website and then rendered by the server into the live performance widgets you see below, allowing us to pick and choose the comparisons you'll find most interesting or helpful - and give you the power to make your own choices too.

Red Dead Redemption 2

In Red Dead 2, we have our settings maxed out and the Vulkan API selected; our test scene is the fourth one from the integrated benchmark as it provides a bit of action and isn't too long to complete. Arc performs splendidly here, with the A770 coming between the 3060 Ti and 3070 at 1080p with an average frame-rate of 82fps. That also means it beats the RX 6700 XT by a small margin, making this the strongest result for Arc yet. As resolution increases, the differences between each card are minimised, with the A770, 3060 Ti and RX 6700 XT all turning in a 40fps average at 4K.

Control

Next up is Control, specifically Alex Battaglia's Corridor of Doom test. This is accessible via the 'My Brother's Keeper' section of the game; load that checkpoint, travel to the elevator and visit the Maintenance Sector Access Corridor. Go down the stairs, keep straight until you drop off the platform, go around the pipes and and you'll soon arrive at the corridor itself, scarier than any Object of Power with its ability to bring otherwise powerful GPUs to its knees.

Actually, Arc might not be so scared - the A770 handily outfights the RTX 3060 here (as long as DLSS is disabled), with a 21 percent advantage at 1080p; it also outperforms the RX 6700 XT by 15 percent, continuing the trend of AMD cards struggling in Control and doing terribly with RT enabled.

Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5 is a game that I've sunk hundreds of hours into, so I was pleased to welcome it into the DF test suite this time around. The game supports RT, but only in the Forzavista view - so this integrated benchmark features rasterised graphics only, even on the Extreme preset we're using. The RTX 3060 splits the two Arc cards, outperforming the A750 by seven percent at 1080p but falling behind the A770 by the same amount. Framerates are still strong at 1440p, where we're just averaging 60fps on both Arc cards, and the A770 advantage over the 3060 has grown to 11 percent.

Intel Arc A770 and A750 analysis

• Introduction, test rig and hardware
• Gears 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Doom Eternal
• Cyberpunk 2077, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
• Red Dead Redemption 2, Control, Forza Horizon 5 [this page]
• Hitman 3, F1 22
• XeSS testing - Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 3
• Intel Arc A770 and A750 - the Digital Foundry verdict