For years, we've been hearing rumors that Intel's big Battlemage gaming GPU, presumably the B770, is just around the corner. Of course, it never arrived. We got the Intel Arc B580 in late 2024, followed by the cut-down B570 in early 2025, but that was it.
Intel never expanded its Arc Battlemage lineup the way many had hoped. That was until recently, although not in a way that will excite most gamers, because, as you probably guessed, Intel has shifted its efforts toward AI.
As a result, we now have the Arc Pro B70: big Battlemage in all its glory, just not for gamers.
The Arc Pro B70 packs 32GB of GDDR6 memory, and as a result the MSRP has been set at $1,000. So is it a pointless product for gaming? Possibly. Still, while it's not something we'd recommend buying for gaming, we're very interested to see how it performs in games. After all, this is still a Battlemage GPU with full gaming driver support.
It's also a product that likely would have ended up in the hands of gamers if not for the AI boom. And who knows, if that trend cools off, Intel could eventually release a B770 variant with less VRAM.
