Intel Releases Latest Version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers

Intel has announced the release of the newest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. The beta version 101.4887 includes support for the new Arc A580 desktop graphics card. The drivers also come with optimizations for popular games such as "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III" (beta), "Total War: Pharaoh," and "Lords of the Fallen."

Additionally, the drivers offer significant performance improvements for "Starfield," with up to 117% uplifts at 1080p with Ultra settings, and up to 149% uplifts at 1440p with High settings. These improvements were measured using an Arc A770. The drivers also provide performance uplifts for "Forza Motorsport," with up to 8% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings, and "F1 23," with up to 12% gains at 1440p with Ultra High settings, and up to 136% at 4K with Ultra High settings.

Furthermore, Intel has addressed a bug in this release that caused color corruption in night scenes with DXR ray tracing enabled in "Minecraft" (DirectX 12).

Download Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4887 beta

Highlights:

  • Support for Intel Arc A580 Graphics
  • Gaming Highlights:
    • Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for: "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III" Beta, "Total War: PHARAOH," and "Lords of the Fallen"

Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4885 software driver:

  • Starfield (DX12):
    • Up to 117% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
    • Up to 149% uplift at 1440p with High settings
  • Forza Motorsport (DX12):
    • Up to 8% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4826 software driver:

  • F1 23 (DX12):
    • Up to 12% uplift at 1440p with Ultra High settings
    • Up to 136% uplift at 2160p with Ultra High settings

Fixed Issues

Intel Arc Graphics Products:

  • Minecraft (DX12) may exhibit color corruptions in night scenes when ray tracing setting is on

Known Issues

Intel Arc Graphics Products:

  • Total War: PHARAOH (DX11) may exhibit corruption after changing resolution in game on certain displays
  • Starfield (DX12) may exhibit corruption when using Dynamic Resolution Scaling. A workaround is to change the Render Resolution Scale slider value
  • Starfield (DX12) may exhibit texture corruptions on certain objects and light sources during gameplay
  • Halo Infinite (DX12) campaign may experience an application crash on some system configurations
  • Dead by Daylight (DX11) may experience an application crash during gameplay
  • Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics Products:

  • Driver installation may not complete successfully on certain notebook systems with both Intel Iris Xe + Iris Xe MAX devices. A system reboot and re-installation of the graphics driver may be required for successful installation

Intel Arc Control Known Issues:

  • Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly generate multiple video files
  • The "Connector" type in the Display page may incorrectly show DP when using an HDMI display connection
  • May observe "stream has already ended" pop-up after the power events with Capture/Highlights/Broadcast toggle on
  • Arc Control may not retain overall application settings in Overlay mode after system reboot. A workaround is to use Desktop mode of Arc Control

Intel Arc Control Performance Tuning (BETA):

Intel Arc Control Performance Tuning is currently in Beta. As such, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel will continue to refine the Performance Tuning software in future releases.