Intel’s new Graphics Beta Driver 31.0.101.4148 for Intel Arc A-Series Graphics and Intel Iris Xe Graphics is now available for download. According to the release notes, users will find support for Deceive Inc. and the beta for Diablo IV, which is available now for those who pre-ordered Blizzard’s game ahead of its June release. The driver also includes game performance optimizations for Sons of the Forest, as well as a number of fixes for games that include Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection and Capcom’s new Resident Evil 4 Remake Chainsaw Demo. Intel suggested in its writeup for the driver that the Intel Arc A750 offers 54% more performance per dollar than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.
From the Intel 31.0.101.4148 beta driver release notes:
GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:
Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
- Deceive Inc.
- Diablo 4 (Beta)
Game performance optimizations on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
- Sons of The Forest
Platform (OS Support)
- 11th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Tiger Lake, Rocket Lake, Tiger Lake-H)
- 12th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Alder Lake-S, Alder Lake-H, Alder Lake-P, Alder Lake-U, Alder Lake-HX, Alder Lake-N)
- 13th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Raptor Lake-S, Raptor Lake-HX, Raptor Lake-H, Raptor Lake-P, Raptor Lake-U)
- Intel Iris Xe Dedicated Graphics family (Codename DG1)
- Intel Arc Graphics family (Codename Alchemist)
FIXED ISSUES:
Intel Arc Graphics Products:
- The Riftbreaker (DX12) may exhibit black line corruption with the Xbox Game Pass version.
- Resident Evil 4 Remake Chainsaw Demo (DX12) may experience lower than expected performance during gameplay.
Intel Core Processor Products:
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (DX12) may exhibit texture or striped corruption during gameplay.
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (DX12) may exhibit texture or striped corruption during gameplay.
- Dirt 5 (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption in the skybox.
KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel Arc Graphics Products:
- Diablo 4 (Beta) may exhibit corruption on character during gameplay with ‘Highlight Character When Obscured’ setting enabled.
- Sea of Thieves (DX11) may exhibit color corruption on water edges.
- Conqueror’s Blade (DX11) may exhibit corruption in benchmark mode.
- System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery.
- GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of AdobePremiere Pro.
- Blender may exhibit corruption while using Nishita Sky texture node.