Intel Graphics today released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.4952 Beta comes with optimization for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III," "The Talos Principle 2," "Robocop: Rogue City," "Star Ocean II R," and "Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name." For "The Talos Principle 2," this means an up to 19% performance improvement when tested at 1440p with an A770. In addition, the drivers introduce several game specific performance improvements for titles that it is already optimized for, as detailed in the changelog below.

Among the issues fixed with this release include an application crash during gameplay with "Ghostrunner 2," a display corruption noticed with "Total War: Pharaoh" when changing display resolution; a display corruption noticed with "Starfield" with Dynamic Resolution Scaling enabled; an application crash with "Dead by Daylight," and errors noticed with Topaz Video AI when using certain enhancements. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4952 BetaGame On (day-zero optimization)

• The Talos Principle 2
• Robocop: Rogue City
• Star Ocean II R
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
• Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Game performance improvements

Compared to Intel 31.0.101.4900 drivers

• The Talos Principle 2 (DX12)
  • Up to 19% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings
• Returnal (DX12)
  • Up to 53% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Epic Ray Tracing settings

Compared to Intel 31.0.101.4887 drivers

• Guild Wars 2 (DX11)
  • Up to 53% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection (DX11)
    • Up to 750% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Enhanced settings
  • Sid Meier's Civilization V (DX11)
    • Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
  • Total War: Warhammer (DX11)
    • Up to 10% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Lost Ark (DX11)
    • Up to 15% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (DX11)
    • Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Extreme settings
  • Sniper Elite 3 (DX11)
    • Up to 37% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • World War Z (DX11)
    • Up to 113% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Euro Truck Simulator 2 (DX11)
    • Up to 27% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Yakuza 0 (DX11)
    • Up to 154% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (DX11)
    • Up to 20% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Alien: Isolation (DX11)
    • Up to 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Far Cry Primal (DX11)
    • Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Far Cry 5 (DX11)
    • Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Far Cry New Dawn (DX11)
    • Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  Known Issues
  Intel Arc Graphics Products:
  • Ghostrunner 2 (DX11) may experience sporadic application crash during gameplay.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  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.