Intel Arc B580 And B570 Debut: Battlemage Graphics Cards Arrive Soon

Although cards won’t hit store shelves for a couple of weeks, Intel is officially taking the wraps off of its first wave of Battlemage-based discrete GPUs, the Arc B570 and B580. If you recall, the first salvo of Arc discrete GPUs that launched in late 2022 were based on a graphics architecture, codenamed Alchemist. Battlemage is up next, followed by Celestial, then Druid – assuming everything goes to plan, that is. A – B – C- D, and so on and so forth.

In a change from the Arc A-series Alchemist launch, however, Intel is releasing what was previously its mid-level 500-series cards first. The Arc A750 and A770 came first with the previous-gen and the A580 came later – at least here in the states. This time around, the Intel Arc B580 will spearhead Battlemage’s discrete release, followed a little later by the B570. Whether or not higher-end B700 series GPUs ...