Intel has announced that its Graphics Beta Driver 31.0.101.4499 for Intel Arc A-Series Graphics and Intel Iris Xe Graphics is now available for download. The new driver, which weighs in at 610.5 MB, delivers performance improvements and optimizations for Counter-Strike 2, Aliens: Dark Descent, Forever Skies, Layers of Fear, and F1 23, the latter of which should now see a performance uplift of up to 33% in the 1080p resolution under certain settings. The Arc A750 can run Counter-Strike 2 at up to 167 FPS in the 1440p high setting, according benchmarks that Intel shared.
From the Intel release notes:
GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:
Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
- Counter-Strike 2
- F1 23
- Aliens: Dark Descent
- Forever Skies
Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4382 software driver for:
- Counter-Strike 2 (DX11)
- Up to 10% uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- Up to 8% uplift at 1440p with High settings
- F1 23 (DX12)
- Up to 33% uplift at 1080p with Ultra High settings with Ray Tracing off
- Up to 18% uplift at 1080p with Ultra High settings with Ray Tracing on
- Up to 27% uplift at 1440p with High settings
- Destiny 2 (DX11)
- Up to 11% uplift at 1080p with Highest settings
FIXED ISSUES:
- Intel Arc Graphics Products:
- Destiny 2 (DX11) may experience less than expected performance or stuttering during gameplay.
- A blank screen or error may be observed in certain applications when embedding content using WebView2.
KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel Arc Graphics Products:
- 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 Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
- Some users may experience a crash in F1 23 when changing the XeSS presets. Intel and the developer are aware of the issue and a fix will be coming in a future game patch.
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 Core Processor Products:
- Total War: Warhammer III (DX11) may experience an application crash when loading battle scenarios.
- Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 (DX12) may exhibit corruption on certain light sources such as fire.
- Conqueror’s Blade (DX12) may experience an application crash during game launch.
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (DX12) may experience application instability during gameplay
INTEL ARC CONTROL KNOWN ISSUES:
- Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly generate multiple video files.
- With Intel Arc Control installed, systems may experience slightly higher than expected power consumption during system sleep or hibernate.
- May observe “could not stop Highlights” notification when stopping Auto-Game Highlights.
- The Camera on-screen preview may incorrectly persist when switching between Desktop and Overlay modes.
- The “Connector” type in the Display page may incorrectly show DP when using an HDMI display connection.