Intel has released a new graphics driver for Intel Arc, Iris Xe and Core Ultra. This driver 31.0.101.5333 (WHQL) is probably just right for the gamers among you. Once added support for Last Epoch and Sea of Thieves (DirectX 12 Update).
And compared to driver 31.0.101.5252, better performance was achieved in many games for Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs. The list is long, so here are just a few highlights.
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- Assassin's Creed Syndicate (DX11) Up to 65% increase in average FPS at 1080p on medium settings
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (DX11) Up to 17% FPS increase at 1080p with normal settings
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection (DX11) Up to 19% average FPS increase at 1080p with original settings
- Just Cause 4 (DX11) Up to 155% average FPS increase at 1080p on medium settings
- Palworld (DX11) Up to 14% average FPS increase at 1080p with medium settings
- More in the release notes
Open issues:
- Intel Arc:
- Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some video enhancement patterns.
- Intel Core Ultra with Intel Arc
- In Diablo 4 (DX12) the terrain may be distorted during the game.
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (DX12) may cause the application to crash after loading in-game.
- Autodesk Maya may experience an application crash while running the SPECAPC* benchmark.
- Blender may experience an application crash when rendering some scenes on certain system memory configurations.
- Topaz Video AI may cause errors when using some video enhancement models.
- Serif Affinity Photo 2 may experience an application crash while running a benchmark.
- Procyon AI may experience a program crash when running a benchmark with precision float32
- Intel Core processor (12th – 14th generation)
- Dragon Quest X Online (DX9) may experience sporadic application crashes during gameplay.