Intel Releases Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.6079 Beta

Intel has released a new Game Ready driver update packed with optimizations for several highly anticipated games, including Delta Force, Throne and Liberty, and FC25. However, users should be aware of a temporary increase in the driver package size due to the inclusion of drivers for the Built-in Intel Arc GPUs found in select Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Processors.

The update also addresses a range of known issues across various Intel Arc A-Series Graphics products and Intel Core Ultra processors with built-in Intel Arc GPUs. These include game crashes, visual corruption, performance drops, and instability in certain applications. While Intel continues to refine its driver experience, users are advised to be mindful of these potential issues and consider alternative solutions or workarounds where available.

Game Ready

• Delta Force
• Throne and Liberty
• FC25

Packaging

• Intel Graphics Driver package size has temporarily increased due to the inclusion of graphics drivers for the Built-in Intel Arc GPUs with select Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Processors.

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 (Series 1 and 2) with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Diablo IV (DX12) may experience an application crash with ray tracing settings enabled.
• Horizon Forbidden West (DX12) may experience color corruption during gameplay.
• Enshrouded (VK) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Fortnite (DX12) game may stutter or crash while performing Alt + Tab operations.
• 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.
• Blender may experience application crash while rendering certain benchmark scenes.
• DirectML-based AI applications may experience slower first token latency.
• 3DMark WildMark Extreme may experience performance drop by 5%.
• Chaos Enscape Benchmark 4.1 may experience visual corruption.
• When enabling or disabling Endurance Gaming, the previous frame rate preset may not retain the desired frame rate. If observed, please select the intended setting to reapply the frame rate mode.

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

• Throne and Liberty (DX12) may experience an application crash after launching the game.
• Star Wars Outlaws (DX12) may experience an application crash while loading to gameplay.
• Final fantasy XVI (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption 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.