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Intel Arc 31.0.101.3975 Beta: Driver optimized for The Witcher 3 without HairWorks

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It's just a week ago that Intel was able to show massive performance increases in DirectX 9 games with driver version Arc 31.0.101.3959. Now Arc 31.0.101.3975 (Release Notes) is the next beta driver, which primarily brings optimizations for the next-gen update to The Witcher 3.

Optimizations for four games

While the previous update to version number 31.0.101.3959 brought numerous improvements, especially noticeable in benchmarks, the patch notes for Arc 31.0.101.3975 read very briefly. Aside from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Intel also promises optimizations for the Metroidvania first-person shooter High on Life, the free-to-play MMO Conqueror's Blade and the battle royale classic PUBG: Battlegrounds. In the latter case, the performance is said to have increased by up to 4 percent compared to the Arc 31.0.101.3959 WHQL.

Games with optimized performance
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Next Gen Update
  • High on Life
  • Conqueror's Blade
  • PUBG Battlegrounds

Compared to the up to 300 percent improved 1 percentile FPS measured by the editors with the Arc A770 Limited Edition 16 GB (test) in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive through the previous Arc driver, such performance increases seem almost insignificant.< /p>

No bug fixes and many problem areas

What is unusual is that the new graphics driver comes without the obligatory bug fixes – if the patch notes are to be believed, nothing has changed here compared to the previous version Intel Arc 31.0.101.3959. So it is not surprising that the list of still open errors has grown noticeably. A new addition, for example, was the note that the HairWorks engine plugin developed by Nvidia for a more realistic representation of hair and fur is currently not supported in the next-gen update for The Witcher 3 on Arc graphics cards.

Open Issues
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Next-Gen Update* (DX12) Hairworks feature is not currently supported on Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products.
  • Diablo II: Resurrected* (DX12) may cause system instability or application crash .
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may experience application crash during character selection.
  • A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) may experience application freeze and crash during gameplay.< /li>
  • Conqueror's Blade* (DX11) may experience corruption in benchmark mode.
  • Call of Duty: Vanguard* (DX12) may experience missing or corrupted shadows during the Submarine mission.
  • Payday 2* (DX9) may exhibit flickering corruption on specific water surfaces.
  • 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.
  • Blender may exhibit corruption while using Nishita Sky texture node.
  • Windows UAC Admin is required to install and launch Arc Control.
  • Some applications may exhibit a transparent or blank window when CMAA is set to “Force ON” globally.
  • A 1440p resolution selection in Arc Control Studio Capture may be unavailable when the display native resolution is 4K.
  • Arc Control Studio Camera overlay position may not retain desired position and size after a system restart.
  • The Arc Control Studio Camera tab may take longer than expected responsiveness upon the first navigation.
  • Arc Control may report incorrect memory bandwidth value.

< h2 class="text-width text-h2" id="section_download_auf_computerbase">Download on ComputerBase

The new graphics driver Intel Arc & Xe 31.0.101.3975 can be downloaded as usual from the ComputerBase download area directly below this message. As a beta driver, it can be found at the bottom of the version overview.

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