Intel Graphics Driver 31.0.101.5518, a new driver for Intel Arc A-Series Graphics, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, and Intel Core Ultra Processors with Intel Arc Graphics that includes support for Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’s CUT and Homeworld 3, is now available for download, Intel has announced. This driver also addresses performance issues that players may have been experiencing in two games, Dead Space and Dragon’s Dogma 2.
Gaming highlights:
- Support for:
- Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT
- Homeworld 3
Fixed issues:
- Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:
- Dragon’s Dogma 2 (DX12) may experience lower than expected performance.
- Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
- Dead Space (DX12) may experience lower than expected performance.
Known issues:
- Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:
- No Rest for the Wicked (DX11) may experience intermittent application crash during gameplay.
- Enshrouded (VK) may experience application crash during gameplay.
- Doom Eternal (VK) may exhibit intermittent flickering corruptions in game menu and during gameplay.
- PugetBench Extended Preset Benchmark may fail to complete on certain Adobe Premiere Pro Processing Tests.
- Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement
- Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
- Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora (DX12) may experience a crash during game loading.
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (DX12) may experience an application crash on loading to gameplay.
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (DX12) may exhibit corruption on shadows during gameplay.
- PugetBench Extended Preset Benchmark may fail to complete on certain Adobe Premiere Pro Processing Tests.
- Blender may experience an application crash while rendering some scenes on certain system memory configurations.
- Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancements.
- Procyon AI may experience an application crash while running benchmark with precision float32.
- Intel Core Processor (12th-14th Generation) Products:
- Dragon Quest X Online (DX9) may experience sporadic application crash during gameplay.
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)
- 14th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Raptor Lake Refresh)
- Intel Core Ultra processor family (Codename Meteor Lake)
- Intel Iris Xe Dedicated Graphics family (Codename DG1)
- Intel Arc Graphics family (Codename Alchemist)
Intel on the new driver:
The generic Intel driver provides users with the latest and greatest feature enhancements and bug fixes that computer manufacturers (OEMs) might not have customized yet. OEM drivers are handpicked and include customized features and solutions to platform-specific needs. Installing this Intel generic graphics driver will overwrite your handpicked OEM graphics driver. Users can check for matching OEM driver versions at OEM websites. For more information on how the installation of this driver may impact your OEM customizations, see this article.