Intel Graphics has released the latest version of its Arc GPU Graphics drivers, version 101.4311 beta. The update includes GameOn optimization for "Dead Island 2," "Total War: Warhammer III - Mirror of Madness," "Minecraft Legends," and "Boundary." It also introduces major post-optimizations for "Dead Space" (Remake), with up to 55% performance uplifts seen at 1080p, and up to 63% seen at 1440p, when tested with the Arc A750. F1 22 sees 6-7% uplifts at 1440p, and 17% at 1080p. "Dying Light 2: Stay Human" sees 6-7% uplifts between 1080p and 1440p; "DiRT 5" gets 8% at 1080p and 4% at 1440p. "Deathloop" gets 4% at 1080p, and 6% at 1440p.
The update also fixes several issues, including an application crash with Microsoft Flight Simulator (DirectX 11 mode), color corruption on the water edges seen in "Sea of Thieves," lower than expected performance with Bright Memory Infinite Ray Tracing Benchmark, and color corruption with Optical Flow seen in Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve.
Download the Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4311 beta for these gaming highlights:
- Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for: Boundary, Minecraft Legends, Total War: Warhammer III - Mirror of Madness, Dead Island 2
- Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4257 software driver for: Dead Space Remake (DX12)
- Up to 55% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings on Arc A750
- Up to 63% uplift at 1440p with High settings on Arc A750
- F1 22 (DX12)
- Up to 6% uplift at 1440p with High settings on Arc A770
- Up to 7% uplift at 1440p with High settings on Arc A750
- Up to 17% uplift at 1080p with Ultra High Ray Tracing settings on Arc A750
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human (DX12)
- Up to 6% uplift at 1080p with High Ray Tracing settings preset on Arc A770
- Up to 7% uplift at 1440p with High Ray Tracing settings preset on Arc A770
- Dirt 5 (DX12)
- Up to 8% uplift at 1080p with Ultra High Ray Tracing settings on Arc A750
- Up to 4% uplift at 1440p with Ultra High Ray Tracing settings on Arc A750
- Deathloop (DX12)
- Up to 4% uplift at 1080p with Very High and Ray Tracing Performance settings on Arc A750
- Up to 6% uplift at 1440p with Very High and Ray Tracing Performance settings on Arc A750
Known issues include system hang while waking up from sleep, GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro, and Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement. There are also known issues with Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics Products and Intel Core Processor Products.