Intel today released the latest version of its Arc GPU Graphics drivers. Version 101.6129 WHQL adds support for the Xe-LPG integrated graphics of the Core Ultra "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processors. The drivers also come with optimization for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6," and performance improvements for "Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred" to the Xe-LPG iGPU of Core Ultra 100-series "Meteor Lake" mobile processors. The drivers fix an issue applicable to Arc A-series discrete GPUs where Blender may experience an application crash. Grab the driver from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.6129 WHQLNew Hardware Support

• Launch driver for Intel Core Ultra 200S Series with Intel Graphics.

Game Ready

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Game performance improvements on Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs versus Intel 31.0.101.6127 software driver for:
  • Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred (DX12)
    • Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings

Fixed Issues
Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Blender may experience application crash while rendering certain benchmark scenes.

Known Issues
Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit darker than expected shadows in certain campaign scenarios.
• Doom Eternal (VK) may exhibit intermittent flickering corruption in the game menu and during gameplay.
• Topaz Video AI may experience errors when exporting videos after using some models for video enhancements.
• Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio may experience lower than expected performance.

Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Adobe Premiere Pro may exhibit corruption in the output video after performing 8K AV1 Encode.
• SPECworkstation3.1 may exhibit system instability while running certain workloads.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.
• Davinci Resolve Studio v19.0 may experience errors while rendering OpenVino test scenarios.

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Adobe Premiere Pro may exhibit corruption in the output video after performing 8K AV1 Encode.
• Davinci Resolve Studio v19.0 may experience errors while rendering OpenVino test scenarios.
• Star Wars Outlaws (DX12) may experience sporadic crash during gameplay.

Intel Arc Control Known Issues

• Schedule Updates for Drivers may not work intermittently.
• Arc Control Studio capture or stream may not stop intermittently when using the stop option. A workaround is to use Exit app option in Settings to stop the recording.
• 101.6127 Beta (October 19th, 2024)