How Will The Mining Video Card Market Develop, Since Intel_s Latest Arc A380 Graphics Do Not Support Mining

[TL; DR]

🔷 A mining card is an essential tool miners use on their desktop PC.

🔷 Intel released its first desktop graphics card into the china market, and experts have since reviewed it.

🔷 The Arc A380 graphic card was launched in July 2022.

🔷 The Gamers Nexus immediately got hold of it and reviewed it.

🔷 Being a budget-focused graphic card, the intro card operates at the bare minimum expected of desktop GPUs.

🔷 Gamers Nexus said that Intel's Arc A380 works on the same level as Radeon 6400 and GeForce GTX 1630.

🔷 Other features below expectation in the newly launched graphics card include pure frame rate performance.

🔷 There are exciting features, such as the implementation of PCIe Resizable BAR.

🔷 On the other hand, the Arc A380 does not support popular mining programs such as NiceHashmining, Trex miner, lolminer, and teamreeminer.

🔷 A Youtuber and Dj called DJ Mines said, “Intel’s GPU driver is working great, but unfortunately, it looks like no mining program supports Intel GPU yet.”


Cryptocurrency mining is a robust procedure that entails several tools and programming software. One of those essential tools that individual miners use for mining is the graphics card.

To mine blockchain protocols like Ethereum, miners prefer to use GPU drivers that support mining, such as the Nvidia RTX 30 series. Several graphics card developers are in the market, and Intel recently joined the league.

In its latest Arc A380 Graphics release, users revealed that this Intel GPU does not support any mining program or software.

What could be the reason for this design, and what impact will it have on miners? Not to worry, this article will give detailed answers to these pressing issues.


Intel’s Latest Arc A380 GPU

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The Arc A380 is Intel’s first desktop graphics card. Being the first, it has received unprecedented attention and criticism even though it is only available in China (for now).

The Arc A380 was launched in July 2022. Barely two weeks after its launch, Gamers Nexus, a prominent Youtube channel, got hold of it and tested it against the popular graphics cards; the AMD and Nvidia.

According to the review by Gamers Nexus, the Arc A380 is a budget focused, and the intro card operates at the bare minimum expected of desktop GPUs. Intel’s Arc A380 competes and works on the same level as Radeon 6400 and GeForce GTX 1630.

The Gamers Nexus found the implementation of the PCIe Resizable BAR feature quite interesting. This feature is said to impact performance when implemented on the GPU memory of AMD and Nvidia cards.

This feature makes some games operate faster, and you can squeeze out a few more frames while gaming on your PC. In some competitions like Horizon: Zero Dawn and Hitman 3, Intel’s Arc A380 GPU gives it more critical components and can boost its triple-fold performance.

Considering the pure framerate performance of the A380, it is commendable but not as powerful as the AMD’s lowest 6000-series card and the Radeon RX 6400.

Finally, the price of the newly launched Arc A380 Graphics card is considered relatively high compared with its functions and the cost of its close substitutes. Intel sells the A380 for 1030 yuan in China and a retail price of about $160.

Looking at this review by Gamers Nexus, I understand the issues raised and how most people expected a sophisticated Graphics card GPU from Intel. However, being the first of its kind by Intel, it is unfair to review it alongside graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia, who have spent years developing and improving their releases.


Intel’s Arc A380 Graphics Does Not Support Mining; Why?

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Mining contributes a more significant percentage of the revenues made by Graphics card developers. For instance, Ethereum miners spent about $15 billion on graphics cards in two years, and Graphics card makers whose products supported mining considered it a highly lucrative venture. What then could have prompted Intel to release the Arc A380 that does not support mining?

Shortly after Intel released its Arc A380 board for desktop PCs in China, a prominent YouTuber and Dj called DJ Mines got hold of it and launched it on his personal computer. He said, “Intel’s GPU driver is working great, but unfortunately, it looks like no mining programs support Intel GPUs yet.”

He further stated that he was unable to set up mining facilities. He went further by trying a variety of crypto programs such as NiceHashMining, Trex miner, lolminer, and teamreeminer, and the graphics card did not support any of this mining software.

When DJ Mines tweeted that Intel’s newly launched Graphics card does not support crypto mining, some experts opined that it could be the drivers or that the mining programs are identifying the Arc A380 graphics card as a resource. Some Twitter users suggested that he should try loading other mining programs such as NBMiner and BetterHash.

The online reactions showed that many miners and industry players were anticipating the release of Intel’s Arc A380 GPU. Even after the release and the likelihood that it does not support mining programs, they were keen on finding a way to make it work.

On the brighter side, the review shows that Intel’s Arc A380 is a perfect graphics card for gamers, content creators, and other users of desktop PC.


Conclusion

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Crypto mining is a lucrative venture, and no wonder there are several individual miners spread across the globe. The inability of the Arc A380 to support mining deals a significant blow to the mining video card market.

Experts assert that with time and several trials, miners and developers will be able to pair the Arc A380 with mining software. However, the review shows the Graphics card has little capacity to support mining.



Author: Valentine A., Gate.io Researcher
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