Intel just released one of the you can buy — the Arc B570. As you can read in my , it delivers solid gaming performance at 1080p, and at a price we haven’t seen in years. But it faces some stiff competition from Nvidia in the form of the .

The first takeaway, then, is that Valve and Intel are collaborating to tackle this, which is encouraging. With the strong integrated graphics performance of Intel’s Lunar Lake, this paves the way for supporting SteamOS on MSI’s Claw 8 AI+ and future handhelds adopting Intel processors.

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The most apt comparison is Intel’s own GPU, though. The Arc B580 is 17% faster than the B570 and 14% more expensive. That means the Arc B580 is still the better value overall, but there are a few devils in the details here to touch on.

But you’ll notice some similar specs are present in cheaper MSI laptops, like the new Raider 18 HX.