Intel First to Release Graphics Drivers for Baldur's Gate 3

[btarunr]

Intel Graphics late Wednesday released the Arc GPU Graphics Software 101.4578 beta. These drivers come with Game On (day-zero) optimization for the hottest game release of this Summer, "Baldur's Gate 3." Intel beat both AMD and NVIDIA to be the first with optimized drivers for the game. The fantasy RPG releases later today. Given that the game is very easy on system requirements, you can expect the entire span of Intel Arc "Alchemist" graphics card to be perfectly suited to the game. The Arc A380 should be able to max out the game at resolutions of 1080p, while the A750 and A770 should max it out at 1440p and 4K Ultra HD.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4578 beta



Game Support

• Baldur's Gate 3

Known Issues
Intel Arc Graphics Products:

• Shadow of The Tomb Raider (DX11) may experience an application crash after loading to game menu.
• System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery.
• GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
• Blender 3.6 may experience an application crash during render operations when Hardware Ray Tracing is enabled.
• Adobe After Effects may experience an application crash during render operations.

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 Products:

• Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 (DX12) may exhibit corruption on certain light sources such as fire.

Arc Control Known Issues

• Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly generate multiple video files.
• With Intel Arc Control installed, systems may experience slightly higher than expected power consumption during system sleep or hibernate.
• The Camera on-screen preview may incorrectly persist when switching between Desktop and Overlay modes.
• 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.

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[wolf]

I'm glad they've made an effort specifically for this big title, and it will be interesting to test their claims of " The Arc A380 should be able to max out the game at resolutions of 1080p, while the A750 and A770 should max it out at 1440p and 4K Ultra HD."

 

[Pepamami]

I dont believe there will be any drivers for BG3 from amd/nvidia, since the game is like 3 years in EA already. Not until 6th August for sure, coz devs promised new graphical features (like FSR2.2) only after 06.08.

 

[efikkan]

I'm glad they've made an effort specifically for this big title, and it will be interesting to test their claims of " The Arc A380 should be able to max out the game at resolutions of 1080p, while the A750 and A770 should max it out at 1440p and 4K Ultra HD."

You know the driver quality is bad when a driver needs to "support" a game.
Sure, they often add performance profiles and sometimes a bit of tinkering with shaders, but if this means game-specific workarounds in the driver then it's a very bad sign.

Just give us drivers that implements the APIs correctly, and all software should work fine. All of them needs to get better at this, though Intel has been the worst lately.