Intel today released the latest version of its Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.6877 Beta fixes an issue where the audio solution connected to the iGPU (eg: HDMI or DP passthrough audio) experiences audio glitches or lower than expected performance. This was an issue noticed on handheld game consoles, powered by Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" processors. This is the only issue fixed with this release, there are no new game optimization. The company identified a list of issues specific to Arc "Battlemage" discrete GPUs, "Alchemist" discrete GPUs, and the iGPUs of Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" and Core Ultra "Lunar Lake" and "Arrow Lake" processors.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.6877 BetaFixed Issues:
Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Certain handheld devices may experience audio glitches and lower than expected performance while audio is playing.

Known Issues:
Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

• Visual corruptions may appear in certain scenarios with multiple application interactions.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit flickering corruption in certain scenes during gameplay.
• Returnal (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay with ray tracing settings turned on.
• Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 (DX12) may exhibit corruptions on water areas in certain scenarios.
• SPECapc for Maya 2024 may experience intermittent application freeze during benchmark.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience an application crash while running the benchmark.
• HWiNFO may incorrectly report number of Xe Cores for certain Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Overwatch 2 (DX12) may experience an application crash while launching game with High or Ultra graphics quality settings.
• Returnal (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay with ray tracing settings turned on.
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (DX12) may experience an application crash with ray tracing and XeSS enabled.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience an application crash while running the benchmark.

Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Adobe Premiere Pro may fail to import video. Mitigation is to use Intel NPU Driver version 32.0.100.3717 or lower.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
• Valorant (DX11) may fail to enumerate supported resolutions in game settings.
• Adobe Premiere Pro may experience an intermittent application crash.
• Adobe Premiere Pro may fail to import video. Mitigation is to use Intel NPU Driver version 32.0.100.3717 or lower.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.