Intel has released the latest version of Arc GPU Graphics Drivers, version 101.4900 Beta, which brings Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for Alan Wake 2, Cities: Skylines 2, WRC, and Ghostrunner 2 games. New drivers do not fix any issues or bugs, so it will still have some issues in games like Starfield.
In terms of performance, and compared to the 101.4887 drivers, these will bring up to a 20 percent average performance uplift at 1080p and high settings and up to a 22 percent average performance increase at 1440p and medium settings in the upcoming Alan Wake 2 game which launches on October 27th. It also increases the average FPS by up to 34 percent at 1080p with high settings and up to 26 percent at 1440p with medium settings in Cities Skylines 2 (DX11), which launches today, October 24th.
DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4900 Beta
Here are the full release notes.
GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:
Ghostrunner 2 - For the best gaming experience, it is recommended to launch the game using DirectX 12 option.
Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4887 software driver for:
KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel Arc Graphics Products:
INTEL ARC CONTROL KNOWN ISSUES:
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In terms of performance, and compared to the 101.4887 drivers, these will bring up to a 20 percent average performance uplift at 1080p and high settings and up to a 22 percent average performance increase at 1440p and medium settings in the upcoming Alan Wake 2 game which launches on October 27th. It also increases the average FPS by up to 34 percent at 1080p with high settings and up to 26 percent at 1440p with medium settings in Cities Skylines 2 (DX11), which launches today, October 24th.
DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4900 Beta
Here are the full release notes.
GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:
Ghostrunner 2 - For the best gaming experience, it is recommended to launch the game using DirectX 12 option.
Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
- Alan Wake 2
- Cities: Skylines 2
- WRC
- Ghostrunner 2
Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4887 software driver for:
Alan Wake 2 (DX12)- Up to 20% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Up to 22% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Medium settings
Cities: Skylines 2 (DX11) - Up to 34% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Up to 26% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Medium 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.
- Halo Infinite (DX12) campaign may experience an application crash on some system configurations.
- Dead by Daylight (DX11) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
- Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
- 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 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 is currently in Beta. As such, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel will continue to refine the Performance Tuning software in future releases.
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