Intel has released a new driver for its Intel Arc graphics cards, specifically Intel Core Ultra 'Meteor Lake' mobile processors with integrated Arc graphics cards.
He new driver update includes performance upgrades for cards like the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Ultra 5 125H, and Ultra 9 185H and features massive improvements to DirectX 11 titles ranging from a 7% to a 155% increase in frame rate. Some of the most impressive jumps are a 65% increase in frame rate Call of Duty: Infinite War and Assassin's Creed Syndicate, and a massive 155% frame rate increase in just cause 4.
It's important to note that this driver covers DirectX 11 titles at 1080p resolution with the 'Medium' setting enabled. Although DirectX 11 is used in older titles, some new games like pal world Also use the API, which receives a staggering 155% increase in frame rate. Additionally, this new driver covers Last era as well as the DirectX 12 update for sea of thieves.
The update release notes also cover known bugs and issues, such as sporadic crashes for Dragon Quest X onlinecorruption of the land in Diablo 4crashing into the Uncharted Collection: Legacy of Thievesand other applications crash. These will most likely be the ones that will be fixed in the next update.
Below is the full list of improvements for their respective games.
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate (DX11) – Up to 65% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- Call of Duty: Infinite War (DX11) – Up to 17% average FPS increase at 1080p with Normal settings
- Divinity Original Sin 2 (DX11) – Up to 25% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- Very far away 5 (DX11) – Up to 8% average FPS increase at 1080p with Normal settings
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection (DX11): Up to 19% average FPS increase at 1080p with stock settings
- Two are needed (DX11) – Up to 24% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- just cause 3 (DX11) – Up to 18% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- just cause 4 (DX11) – Up to 155% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- pal world (DX11) – Up to 14% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- The Rise of the Tomb Raider (DX11) – Up to 9% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- Oxide (DX11) – Up to 9% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- HUMAN WASTE (DX11) – Up to 6% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- Civilization VI by Sid Meier (DX11) – Up to 27% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- snow runner (DX11) – Up to 49% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- war frame (DX11) – Up to 7% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
- xcom 2 (DX11) – Up to 8% average FPS increase at 1080p with Medium settings
Intel Arc graphics are good but could be better
Intel Arc graphics cards continue to improve in performance and efficiency with each new update and are quickly closing in on some of the best graphics cards on the market. Not to mention that Intel cards are on the low budget spectrum, which is a market that is seriously lacking in this generation due to the apathy of AMD and Nvidia.
Cards like Intel Arch A770 and Intel Arc A750 are also making strides when it comes to creative and editing workloads, with up to 40% more performance compared to the 2022 launch drivers. In fact, these graphics cards are a far cry from their underpowered launch versions and deserve to be alongside their rivals Team Green (Nvidia) and Team Red (AMD).
However, Team Blue (Intel) cards are still lagging in key areas such as AI development and gaming, meaning they are not considered a viable investment. He January 2024 The Steam Hardware & Software survey proves this to be true, as Nvidia is still considered the golden girl. It also has problems running much older games all together. couldn't run star fieldan issue that Nvidia and AMD do not share.
Ultimately, these are points that Intel must take into account before launching a new generation of graphics cards. If the tech giant can address these issues, it will truly have the best budget graphics cards out there.
