Overclocking with car antifreeze: Intel Arc B580 gains 16% at -17°C
YouTuber TrashBench, known for unusual tests with affordable graphics cards, has put the Arc B580 through a new challenge. The goal of the video is simple: test Intel’s flagship Battlemage GPU under liquid cooling, because, as he notes, no one has “frozen” it yet.
Intel Arc cards are not known for extreme overclocking. The GPU is too slow to compete with most high-end models from AMD or NVIDIA, but gamers who care less about long-term stability can try something different by following TrashBench’s steps.
Source: TrashBench
Such mods will void your warranty. Depending on where you live, your warranty may be close to expiring anyway, since B-series cards launched in December last year and some countries only offer a one-year warranty on PC hardware.
The Australian creator used automotive antifreeze containing 50% ethylene glycol, precooled to -17°C in a refrigerator. With this cooling method, the core clock reached 3,316 MHz, which is 446 MHz above the default frequency.
Source: TrashBench
On the hardware side, TrashBench only made minor changes to the graphics card. The most complex part was 3D-printing a custom bracket to secure the water block. With this setup, he managed to break the 3DMark Time Spy world record for this GPU while the coolant was still at low temperature.
Now, where is B770 to beat AMD/NVIDIA GPUs?
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