Intel claims up to 750% gaming boost with latest Arc graphics drivers

Intel has been slowly but steadily improving its Arc series of GPUs since launch last year, not with a bevy of new hardware models, but with patient and painstaking tweaks to software. The latest driver update claims up to a 750 percent performance increase in one popular game, with other titles ranging from modest to significant improvements. You can download the 31.0.101.4952 driver over at Intel’s download center now.

In addition to explicit support for new titles like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, The Talos Principle 2, and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, the updated drivers claim a huge increase at various settings for the following games, mostly using DirectX11:

The Talos Principle 2* (DX12)

Up to 19% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings

Returnal* (DX12)

Up to 53% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Epic Ray Tracing settings 

Guild Wars 2* (DX11)

Up to 53% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Halo: The Master Chief Collection* (DX11)

Up to 750% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Enhanced settings

Sid Meier’s Civilization V* (DX11)

Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings

Total War: Warhammer* (DX11)

Up to 10% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Lost Ark* (DX11)

Up to 15% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (DX11)

Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Extreme settings

Sniper Elite 3* (DX11)

Up to 37% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

World War Z* (DX11)

Up to 113% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Euro Truck Simulator 2* (DX11)

Up to 27% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Yakuza 0* (DX11)

Up to 154% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare* (DX11)

Up to 20% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Alien: Isolation* (DX11)

Up to 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Far Cry* Primal (DX11)

Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Far Cry 5 (DX11)

Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Far Cry New Dawn (DX11)

Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

As you can see, some older DX11 are seeing absolutely massive improvements, like Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Yakuza 0, and Guild Wars 2. But big improvements on newer DirectX12 titles show that Intel is still very hard at work optimizing its discrete GPU hardware for the latest games.

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