Every time we see more compact systems with greater power making large PC towers unnecessary. Intel NUC systems are gaining popularity for their power and compact design. It seems that the next generation of these systems, the Intel NUC 12 Enthusiast Serpent Canyon for gamiong they will use cards Intel Arc Graphics.
The ace intel arc graphics cards They come to market as a simple solution for laptops, and now also for embedded systems. It looks like these systems will use the graphics that are built into laptops, one wouldn’t use the Arc 380. Note that the company’s graphics are quite disappointing in terms of performance.
Intel NUC for gaming will use Arc discrete graphics
These systems have evolved and a range of gaming-oriented products. They aren’t extremely powerful, but some models that come with entry-level NVIDIA graphics perform well.
We will, as usual, have several versions of these systems that will vary in terms of processors and other components. The most advanced model will be based on the processor Intel Core i7-12700H. This processor has 6 cores of power and 8 cores of efficiency, and a total of 20 threads combined. This processor has a maximum frequency of 4.7 GHz and a TDP of 45 W.
It looks like this processor will be accompanied by discrete graphics Bow A770M. This is the most powerful laptop graphics card the company has released so far. This graph features a total of 32 Xe cores, 32 Ray Tracing cores, 512 execution units and a frequency of up to 1.65 GHz. This graph comes with a total of 16 GB of GDDR6 and a power consumption up to 150 W.
Apparently these new game systems have some dimensions of 23.11×18.03×6.1 cm, with a volume of 2.5 liters. Note that the Intel NUC 12 Extreme Dragon Canyon have a volume of 8 liters, so they are significantly more compact.
Regarding the rest of the features, it has two DDR4 SODIMM sockets for up to 64 GB at 3200 MHz. It also includes three M.2 2280 slots, which support NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs, with one of them compatible with SATA 3 SSDs.
Versions and other features
These models will ship with either 230W or 330W power supplies, depending on the configuration. Apparently, there will be three models:
- Based on a Core i7-12700H with 16 GB of GDDR6 discrete graphics (apparently it would integrate a graphics Bow A770M)
- Based on a Core i7-12700H with 12 GB of GDDR6 discrete graphics (apparently it would integrate a graphics Bow A730M)
- Based on a Core i5-12500H with 8 GB of GDDR6 discrete graphics (apparently it would integrate a graphics Bow A550M)
In addition, these systems support WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, thanks to the Intel AX1690 controller. They also have six USB 3.2 Type-A ports, two Thunderbolt 4a 2.5G Ethernet port, an HDMI 2.1, two DisplayPort 2.0 ports, audio input and output jack connectors and an SDXC card reader.
At this time, price and availability are unknown. Initially, the more powerful model was supposed to go on sale in early summer, but we don’t know much else at this time.
