Sparkle Intel Arc A310 ECO, 4GB GDDR6, 50W TBP, Low-Profile, Single Fan, Single Slot, HDMI x1, Mini DisplayPort x2, SA310L-4G

I purchased this as a dedicated hardware transcoding GPU for a rack mount server, it requires no external power, fits in a 2U case, comes with both full size and low profile brackets, but swapping them requires a little creativity as the plastic shroud covers the upper screw. Installation is easy as no external power needs to be connected. Out of the box, the cards firmware contains a bug that causes the fan to constantly spin up for a few seconds, this is fixed by installing the Intel GPU drivers under Windows which also upgrades the firmware during install. After that, it runs quietly and fulfils that role perfectly and runs cool, the fan is barely noticeable, even at full chat. While it was in a windows environment, I ran 3D Mark, being a 4GB card it’s clearly going to struggle, so had to drop to the basic benchmarking test, 3D Mark predicted FPS results on 1080 High: Fortnight 180+ Battle Field V 55+ Apex Legends 110+ GTA V 145+, Red Dead Redemption 2 35+ Obviously those are just guide numbers, but for a basic card at 1080p, it looks like Arc has some decent performance potential. It handles transcoding multiple streams with ease, unlike NVIDIA, no artificial session limit on transcodes, the only concern is 4GB VRAM, but that is more than enough for over a dozen H264/H265 transcodes from 1080 down to whatever. If you need more, then choose a card with extra VRAM. Is it good value? That depends on your needs. For gaming at 1080, I would pay a little more and go Arc 570/580, at 1080 they are significantly more capable. If you just need to add a low power, quiet GPU for transcoding duties with AV1 support for the future, it’s the cheapest and arguably best option, also ideal if you stream and want to hardware encode in real time without hitting your main GPU’s resources.

Got this for £104 at the time of purchase, was a really good deal. Bought for my Plex server as a transcoder device. Works perfectly with AV1 4k streams, I only have a maximum of 3 streams so this card is perfect for the job Installation is just plug into a x4 slot and away you go. Is small low profile card and comes with a full height and low profile bracket so will fit any size case. Has a small fan but didnt see any issues with over heating even when it was decoding 2 4k streams AV1 at the same time Perfect card .. Would recommend if you are after a decent AV transcoding device.

This works amazingly as a little transcoding accelerator for Plex or Jellyfin, which makes playback so much faster. However, there is a firmware problem at least with my unit which makes the fan ramp up and down constantly which is insanely annoying and the fan is not quiet to begin with. I know this isn't a cooling issue as the GPU temperature was showing consistently under 40c. If you don't have it in the same room as you work or sleep, its amazing, but otherwise I would go for an integrated GPU or a larger, newer GPU. Compatibility is still lacking as Intel Arc is so new, but these cards are amazing and will shine when software catches up to these little cards.

It brought new life to my Dell Optiplex 9020. I've used it with Windows 10 and the driver support has been fantastic. I can say that within the time of owning it, a driver update fixed the noisy fan, as you can easily set the curve now etc. Great small, single slot card the performs well at a low temperature at a great price. Instalation was a little fiddly, changing the plate from the long to short one. However, it is possible to do it without damaging it.

Bought this to add hardware transcoding support to Plex and other apps on my TrueNAS machine. What can I say. This added proper hardware transcoding support to my machine, and fantastic encoding for such a small GPU. I tested this with Handbrake running via Docker. Previously I was getting maybe 150 fps encoding via software H.264 for my DVD rips, but now I'm encoding at the slowest preset, HEVC H.265 at 800 fps. I ordered this on 28th December and it arrived all the way from the USA on 5th January. For it to arrive so quickly over the New Year is amazing.

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Had to return item, even with the latest firmware and drivers installed the fan ramps up and down repeatedly which in a quiet system is unusable.

As other reviews have mentioned, this card seems to have a broken firmware/VBIOS which results in the fans constantly revving up and down, making a very annoying noise. I've experienced this on Windows 11 with the latest drivers as of February 2025. Nothing you can change in the Intel Graphics Software, including custom fan curves, seems to make any difference to this behaviour. I purchased this card for testing purposes with AV1 encoding so it's not a deal-breaker for me, but if I had it in a machine which was switched on all the time I would absolutely be returning it.

It's fine, if you can get it working and the your PC is in the basement. The driver installer is a joke, results in the attached photo. The card makes an annoying whining ramp up and down constantly - NOT something you want to be sat beside all day. Other people report that updating the driver (and by side effect the firmware) on windows fixes the issue, but it does not. Intel has lost their mind, and if I don't return this card, the annoying sound will make me lose my mind too.

最近いろんなPCパーツが爆上がりして性能と値段のバランスが難しかったですが、この値段でこのスペックなら満足です

Intel ARC oramai si sta consolidando soprattutto su Windows senza disdegnare l'ambiente Linux laddove pero' manca ancora di un pannello di controllo per monitorare voltaggi e temperature (che nel mio caso sono stati fisicamente sopperiti con una sonda e un pannello frontale del case). Con le variabili d'ambiente DXVK migliora ancora di piu' anche se per me il gaming e' saltuario. Principalmente la uso per Blender 4.2 LTS con le openAPI dove al benchmark ha totalizzato 1800.94 punti. Dignotosissima, considerando che si pone tra una RTX 2060 e una RTX 2070 (la Super e' logicamente superiore). Non e' complicata da configurare, i drivers open source MESA sono i medesimi delle AMD Radeon su Linux. Spero duri di piu' della mia defunta Radeon Pro 5500 e che non speculino sui prezzi in futuro perche' l'unico vero dubbio su Intel e' la distribuzione in Europa, al momento, non all'altezza e a dir poco irrispettosa. Infatti da poco e' uscita la B580 e non e' ben supportata dalle nostre parti, non e' purtroppo un problema relativo solo all'Italia ma in tutta Europa, quindi grave come situazione. Speriamo Intel rimedi presto perche' queste schede hanno un senso se riescono a ridurre il predominio Nvidia sulla fascia media essendo anche migliori delle Radeon di fascia media (e almeno fino ad Alchemist, meno costose).

La arc a580 tiene la mejor relación precio/FPS del mercado según tomshardware, pero tiene algunas desventajas: 1. Intel todavía necesita mejorar los drivers porque algunos juegos como Uncharted se cierran inesperadamente haciendo imposible terminar el juego. 2. Cuando los abanicos funcionan al 90%-100% de velocidad son muy ruidosos, literalmente como una aspiradora. En conclusión, no encontrarás una GPU nueva con mejor rendimiento por ese precio pero también es un riesgo porque no sabemos que tanto pueda mejorar los drivers de Intel en futuras versiones.

Ça fait tellement longtemps qu'on ne trouve plus de petites cartes graphiques performantes. Celle-ci fait exception. 1 seul slot occupé, du câble mini-display port histoire d'aller en 2k / 4k en haute fréquence de rafraîchissement, de la modernité dans le décodeur vidéo hardware. La 3d qui passe avec les jeux (voyez la vidéo de R-Type en 2k) et le tout pour 50watt de consommation énergétique. Franchement bravo Intel! Super content de cet achat. ++++++ Attention aux réglages UEFI, si c'est demandé après l'installation du pilote, choisir "décodage au dessus de 4g" et "redimensionnement support bar" dans les paramètres UEFI afin de gagner en fludité d'affichage (voir copie écran des paramètres)