Intel launches the Arc Pro B70 graphics card based on the Big Battlemage GPU we've been waiting for forever but it's for AI, not gaming

The rumours were right, after all. But it doesn't actually matter. Intel has finally launched the fabled Big Battlemage GPU, the one with 32 Xe cores codenamed G31. But it's not the cut-price Nvidia RTX 5070 we've been hoping for.

Instead, the new GPU has been branded the Intel Arc Pro B70, hooked up with a full 32 GB of VRAM and saddled with a $949 price tag. The "Pro" element of the branding is a dead giveaway here: This is not the Intel Arc B770 graphics card gamers have been waiting for.