Intel is constantly improving the drivers for the Arc graphics cards, as ComputerBase was able to determine just yesterday in a renewed test of the A770 and the A750. Now, with a new beta version, the Game On Driver 31.0.101.3959, the performance under DirectX 9 in particular is supposed to increase.
Intel promises more Performance with DirectX 9
Even before the official local launch of the first Arc graphics cards, Intel made it clear in August 2022 that the corresponding graphics drivers would come without native support for the DirectX 9 graphics API, which was introduced in 2002 and has since been outdated. The interface has long since ceased to play a role for new releases, but is nonetheless relevant on the PC: Numerous classics run under DirectX 9, but the popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive also relies exclusively on the long-serving API. These games can only be run indirectly from Arc graphics cards via the open source D3D9On12 interface.
At the beginning of October, the editors were finally able to understand in the first test of the Arc GPUs that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive runs playable, but not well. In particular, the frame times and regular stuttering were problematic. The driver version 31.0.101.3959, which is now available as a beta, should improve this again: The patch notes say that the performance in the following DirectX 9 games has been improved.
Common optimizations and bug fixes
Intel also explicitly names some newer games with DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 , for which the new driver has been optimized. Among them are some new releases of the last few days and weeks.
Apart from that, there are the usual lists of fixed and still open bugs. The fact that there are not just a few, but numerous points in both cases shows on the one hand again the precarious state Intel's graphics drivers are in – but also that the manufacturer is working on escaping this state.
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