Intel Releases Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.5989 Beta

[btarunr]

Intel over the weekend released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.5989 Beta comes with Game-On optimization for "Arena Breakout: Infinite," "Deadlock," "NBA 2K25," "Test Drive: Unlimited Solar Crown," and "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2." The drivers should prove especially important for "Deadlock," where Intel claims performance improvements of up to 17% at 1080p, and up to 13% at 1440p. In "Test Drive: Unlimited Solar Crown," you can expect up to 19% performance improvements in both the 1080p and 1440p resolutions. "Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2" players can expect up to 7% performance improvements at 1080p, and up to 8% improvements at 1440p. Intel hasn't included any fixes with this release, but identified a handful new issues. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.5989 Beta



Gaming Highlights:
Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics GPUs for:

• Arena Breakout: Infinite
• Deadlock
• NBA 2K25
• Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs for:

• Deadlock
• NBA 2K25
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Game performance improvements on Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products versus Intel 31.0.101.5972 software driver for:

• Deadlock (DX11)
  • Up to 17% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Best Looking settings
  • Up to 13% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Best Looking settings
• Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (DX12)
  • Up to 19% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Up to 19% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (DX12)
  • Up to 7% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
  • Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Ultra settings

Known Issues:
Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Diablo IV (DX12) may intermittently crash while toggling Ray Tracing settings during gameplay.
• Doom Eternal (VK) may exhibit intermittent flickering corruption in the game menu and during gameplay.
• Blender may experience application crash while rendering certain benchmark scenes.
• Topaz Video AI may experience errors when exporting videos after using some models for video enhancements.

Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Enshrouded (VK) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Diablo IV (DX12) may experience an application crash with ray tracing settings enabled.
• Horizon Forbidden West (DX12) may experience color corruption during gameplay.
• Fortnite (DX12) game may crash while performing Alt + Tab operations
• SPECworkstation3.1 may exhibit system instability while running certain workloads.
• CATIA texts may not appear in quality toolbar with HQAO settings
• Procyon AI may experience an application crash while running benchmark with precision float32.

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[mrnagant]

With Intel having a bad time right now, I kinda wonder how long Intel is willing to invest in this sector before they need a ROI or the project gets pulled.

 

[tfp]

With the embedded GPU being the same as the add in cards they will need to keep this general driver dev going as long as they want to sell laptops. The level of effort they will work will depend on if they abandon discrete graphics cards. I do wonder how long they will support older generations of cards.

 

[Ayhamb99]

With Intel having a bad time right now, I kinda wonder how long Intel is willing to invest in this sector before they need a ROI or the project gets pulled.

Considering ARC Battlemage is rumoured to be be released around early 2025, highly unlikely that they would pull the project now considering all the progress they have made.

But if they do shut down ARC, it'll be very disheartening honestly. Considering how AMD so far hasn't been able to capitalise properly and increase their marketshare, having a 3rd player in the GPU market that would actually have a chance of being disruptive for Nvidia later on if Battlemage succeeds, Intel would be foolish to shut down ARC.

 

[GoldenX]

Hopefully at least Battlemage gets released.

Notice how once again nothing from Gen 12.1 gets any sort of fix.