Intel simply dropped a brand new Arc graphics driver, and it comes with game-ready assist for the massive Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced replace, coming to PC on March 4.
Among the many different video games receiving game-ready assist on this Intel replace is Monster Hunter Wilds, which is battling efficiency points on PC proper now. You’ll be able to observe our Monster Hunter Wilds greatest settings guides to try to keep away from the identical issues we encountered all through testing.
Sport-ready assist for upcoming video games FragPunk and Cut up Fiction additionally options within the launch. Huge enhancements to recreation efficiency on Intel Arc B-series GPUs are additionally included, with Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Black Delusion Wukong, and Monster Hunter Wilds all receiving at the very least 5% body price boosts to excessive setting efficiency.
Probably the most thrilling a part of this driver replace, nonetheless, is the GTA 5 Enhanced assist. This large recreation replace is arriving on March 4 and can convey all content material from the next-gen console replace to Los Santos, in addition to just a few different thrilling extras, akin to Microsoft DirectStorage. Whereas Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR are additionally being added to the sport, Intel’s XeSS stays absent.
As is the case with any Intel driver replace, the checklist of ongoing points can also be up to date, and it’s disappointing to see that just one concern has been mounted because the final replace. This concern is Terraria displaying “flickering corruptions” when in full-screen mode on Intel Arc B-series GPUs.
This implies the continued points with software program akin to Adobe Premiere Professional, Cyberlink Energy Director, and Davinci Resolve are set to proceed till at the very least the subsequent driver replace.
If you wish to see what our picks for the very best graphics playing cards are, you may take a look at our information. In the event you’ve by no means thought of an Intel graphics card earlier than, you may learn our Intel Arc B580 assessment roundup to get an concept of the place its efficiency sits.
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