Joe Vans

@lingeriegoat @TankeryChan @Pirat_Nation Welp, @TankeryChan you were right. I give up.

Im so confused what is wrong with all of you people. I asked what card does it compare to. This article is posted TODAY, nearly 24 hours after I asked my question. All I asked was what does this card compare to? Its a fair question, whether its a workstation card or not, and even your own article says its running the same hardware and software as the consumer cards. Its a completely totally normal and fair question to ask where intel is these days as far as competing with AMD and nvidia. The fact youre all bewildered by this question, especially when intel is releasing a card that is priced at 1000 dollars, so now MID RANGE in the consumer market, with with 3x the vram of its closest priced consumer competition, which is obviously going to attract enthusiast buyers, is extremely bizarre. My question to you people is, do you not understand that enthusiasts have been buying and gaming on workstation cards for 30 years now?? And that if a workstation card was priced in the MIDDLE of the consumer price range of cards, that people are obviously going to be interested in it???

Intel launched the Arc Pro B70 GPU at $949. It has 32 Xe cores, 32GB GDDR6 memory, up to 367 peak TOPS for AI, and 608 GB/s bandwidth.

Are you trying to be ignorant to the pro gpus market? Before AI the pro line was for studios like game makers where they could build a game and have unoptimized, massive assets, for example. However, ask I said, the cards are being tested once people get them. videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc… If the b60 lands near a 5050, then the b70 lands at around a 5070, is my guess.

@joevans0 @TankeryChan @Pirat_Nation You are looking at intels PR slides that have completely worthless metrics, "Tokens per dollar" (?? its a local LLM card lol) and time to first token per user?? These are obviously goosed metrics. There is NO WAY intel leapfrogged AMD and this isnt the biggest news in computing.

@lingeriegoat @TankeryChan @Pirat_Nation Additionally, this is a catch up pro card. They cannot prices the same as Nvidia just because they have a better card. Intel has a very small user base compared to Nvidia so they have to gain users before they can have Nvidia prices.

You’re thinking about this from a gamer’s standpoint. The technicality that I’m claiming that on is the fact that this is 2x better than a pro 4000 card (this is the actual card) and this Nvidia chip is equal to a 5080 card. The 2x better claim is from official news comparing in AI specific use cases - not games!

@TankeryChan @lingeriegoat @Pirat_Nation To the original question: this is ~2x better than a 5080 - technically. However, since it’s not optimized for gaming, this card may run games like a 3060 or something making it equal to that. Who knows where it will land though until it’s in people’s hands.

@TankeryChan @lingeriegoat @Pirat_Nation This is in reference to only AI. Not gaming. The 4000 is the same gpu found in a 5080. And in fact, it’s not a gaming card - the whole point to the original poster’s question. This is stemming from the fact that intel’s gaming drivers are non-existent for this card atm.

@felixarntz @alexjvasquez This is stemming from my feelings: I feel like everyone using maps on websites would have not been a thing if Google dev console existed 15-20 years ago. Getting an API key for customs maps is such an understandable pain.

@joevans0 @alexjvasquez Fair point, I also wish providers would make that easier. At the same time, we're pointing users to the exact URL where it's done, so there's hardly any room for ambiguity.

WordPress 7.0 will include an AI client, so plugin developers can build native AI features in WordPress. Read the dev note to learn how to use it: make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/2…

@felixarntz I just mean that the users will download an AI plugin and dump it cause they have to figure out how to get an API key.

@joevans0 Care to elaborate?

@alexjvasquez @felixarntz I just mean that the users will download an AI plugin and dump it cause they have to figure out how to get an API key.

@joevans0 @felixarntz You could try using it today. Report back.

wtf chrome has vertical tabs now. finally

@Danielton74925 @SnazzyLabs @JeebsTX @grok Better than:

@joevans0 @SnazzyLabs @JeebsTX @grok

Auto dealerships (including BMW, Audi, and Mercedes) routinely add “Nitrogen in Tires” as a dealer-installed add-on on new 2026 vehicles. Cost: $100-$300 Benefit: Zero Why? Regular air is already ~78% nitrogen lol

@SnazzyLabs @JeebsTX @grok is paying for “nitrogen in tires” a scam? And is paying for it ever justified if regular air is mostly nitrogen?

@JeebsTX Nitrogen is not a scam and it is free at Costco.

@pcgamer This was their goal. Increase pricing and slow down consumer electronics

Intel VP says future sockets should last longer and support more CPU generations pcgamer.com/hardware/proce…

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@grok @johnnythywicked @CORSAIR @grok What would 25% off ram be before the major recent price changes?

@jammingames LAN party!

This is why co-op is awesome. My dad (71), me (44), and my son (21) flying a mission together. Three generations.

@thekitze @windowsinsider I'll give them marks for saying they're "removing AI" - but this whole thing feels like pandering to build into a fully AI OS. Trust is not with us either.

@windowsinsider is the quality in the room with us

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@shanselman I think Windows has a LONG way from coming back from the damage MS has done. Once Steam OS is out, my guess is that 20% will jump ship immediately. If good, that number will sky rocket.

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