Intel today released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.5074 Beta adds optimization for "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora," with an up to 8% performance uplift seen at 1080p with Ultra settings, as measured with an Arc A770 GPU. The drivers fix a handful of game-specific issues. Total War: Pharaoh exhibits display corruption upon changing game resolution on certain displays; which has been fixed. Application crashes with the original "Alan Wake" (DirectX 9) has been fixed. A colorful pixed corruption with "Cyberpunk 2077" has been fixed. Flickering pixels during gameplay with 4x MSAA enabled for "Counter Strike 2" has been fixed. A sporadic application crash with "Gostrunner 2" has been fixed. An application crash with "Far Cry 3" has been fixed.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.5074 BetaThe new driver brings Game On support for:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

The driver introduces game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4972 software driver for:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (DX12)
  • Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Battlefield V (DX11)
  • Up to 23% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Crossout (DX11)
  • Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Dishonored 2 (DX11)
  • Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 4K with Ultra settings
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human (DX11)
  • Up to 31% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition (DX11)
  • Up to 12% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Highest settings
• For Honor (DX11)
  • Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Extreme settings
• Phasmophobia (DX11)
  • Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings
• Train Sim World 3 (DX11)
  • Up to 34% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

This release also introduces the following fixes:

• Total War: PHARAOH (DX11) may exhibit corruption after changing resolution in game on certain displays.
• Alan Wake (DX9) may experience application crash when starting a new game.
• Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12) may exhibit colorful pixel corruption during gameplay.
• Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) may exhibit flickering pixels during gameplay with Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode set to 4X MSAA.
• Ghostrunner 2 (DX11) may experience sporadic application crash during gameplay.
• Far Cry 3 (DX11) may experience application crash during gameplay.

Known Issues
Intel Arc Graphics Products:

• Fortnite (DX12) may exhibit line corruption during gameplay with certain Anti-Aliasing settings.
• 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 Core Processor (12th-14th Generation) Products:

• Dragon Quest X Online (DX9) may experience sporadic application crash during gameplay.

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.