Wanted to say Intel has been busy fixing things coz of the huge list just to realize the huge list is just list of "known issues" and not actual fixes. Yikes!

RejZoRWanted to say Intel has been busy fixing things coz of the huge list just to realize the huge list is just list of "known issues" and not actual fixes. Yikes!

I think a lot gets fixed but isn't listed. See their issue tracker on Github: even old games like Carmageddon 2000 and Divine Divinity are working correctly with the 6913 driver.

RejZoRWanted to say Intel has been busy fixing things coz of the huge list just to realize the huge list is just list of "known issues" and not actual fixes. Yikes!

Foot is definitely off the pedal there, but with the state of things at Intel right now, it's a miracle the higher ups haven't completely axed their graphics division yet. Let's just hope they can weather the storm.

Not much is happening in Intel ARC driver world. A minor fix here a minor fix there. In the meantime the architecture-level fkup -that even intel admitted on their support forum- remains bleeding since the release of the ARC series (including Alchemist, but was only admitted officially for Battlemage).
I believe most of the employees in intel are waiting to be laid off. Thats not a very fruity corporate culture (to be very very mild) to work on anything meaningful. Most probably the guy who previously published the driver updates is already fired, or on notice.

GeoffreyAI think a lot gets fixed but isn't listed. See their issue tracker on Github: even old games like Carmageddon 2000 and Divine Divinity are working correctly with the 6913 driver.

Care to share the URL, to check? I believe you may be right, the intel ARC driver release notes are very lame, and dont highlight all the progress that is under the hood. You cannot blame the enduser who doesnt see the progress, checks the driver official changelog, sees there isnt anything mentioned that he/she is worried about, so heck, I'm not gonna install that driver update, it doesnt affect me. When in fact -it seems- there is more in it than its described. Just for some dumb reason, these are not clarified in the docs. Intel should be very transparent and open about things they are working on in these release notes. As thats the only assurance towards their customers that let people buy an intel GPU instead of a nvidia GPU. Apart from enthusiasts, not many average joe buys a Battlemage. Why for? Everything is about nvidia. Even in the middle of the Sahara the natives know what nvidia is. Intel ARC? Not so much. Thatswhy it would be extremely important for intel marketing folks to announce these things as loud as possible. Or guess, the marketing folks have also been fired recently. Doesnt make much difference anyway...

Dr. DroFoot is definitely off the pedal there, but with the state of things at Intel right now, it's a miracle the higher ups haven't completely axed their graphics division yet. Let's just hope they can weather the storm.

It would be stupid to axe them now. They should be pushing things more considering how far they've got from having nothing but iGPU's to Alchemist and now Battlemage. Battlemage is really good and they need to solve the driver overhead and drop a B770 because their B570 is really only competing with last gen cards of both AMD and NVIDIA and that's not great. If they can compete with RTX 5060 and RX 9060 XT however, that would be whole different story. And I think they certainly could.

RejZoRIt would be stupid to axe them now. They should be pushing things more considering how far they've got from having nothing but iGPU's to Alchemist and now Battlemage. Battlemage is really good and they need to solve the driver overhead and drop a B770 because their B570 is really only competing with last gen cards of both AMD and NVIDIA and that's not great. If they can compete with RTX 5060 and RX 9060 XT however, that would be whole different story. And I think they certainly could.

Likely, their need for iGPUs is saving the Arc division right now. Yes, it's remarkable that they've gone from iGPUs to competing seriously against Nvidia and AMD. If the B770 has the full eight Render Slices, along with 16GB and a 256-bit memory bus, it should easily match, if not knock on the head, the 9060 XT 16GB, which is about 30-40% ahead of the B580. And untapped potential in the driver is a possibility. As a new Arc owner, I'm hoping they survive.

GeoffreyALikely, their need for iGPUs is saving the Arc division right now. Yes, it's remarkable that they've gone from iGPUs to competing seriously against Nvidia and AMD. If the B770 has the full eight Render Slices, along with 16GB and a 256-bit memory bus, it should easily match, if not knock on the head, the 9060 XT 16GB, which is about 30-40% ahead of the B580. And untapped potential in the driver is a possibility. As a new Arc owner, I'm hoping they survive.

ARC is currently not interesting for me because I care about high end a bit more, but I'd certainly like to have an option of something more performing in the future and not just be limited to AMD and NVIDIA.

soderNot much is happening in Intel ARC driver world. A minor fix here a minor fix there. In the meantime the architecture-level fkup -that even intel admitted on their support forum- remains bleeding since the release of the ARC series (including Alchemist, but was only admitted officially for Battlemage).
I believe most of the employees in intel are waiting to be laid off. Thats not a very fruity corporate culture (to be very very mild) to work on anything meaningful. Most probably the guy who previously published the driver updates is already fired, or on notice.

Chips & Cheese's analysis suggests that the overhead is tied to the driver, but if true, whether Intel has the resources to make big, breaking changes is another matter. Things do seem bleak. If one were working there and one's job were on the line, there wouldn't be much incentive to put in effort, except doing what one can do day by day. However, it's fair to reason that they need the Arc division for their iGPUs.

soderCare to share the URL, to check? I believe you may be right, the intel ARC driver release notes are very lame, and dont highlight all the progress that is under the hood. You cannot blame the enduser who doesnt see the progress, checks the driver official changelog, sees there isnt anything mentioned that he/she is worried about, so heck, I'm not gonna install that driver update, it doesnt affect me. When in fact -it seems- there is more in it than its described. Just for some dumb reason, these are not clarified in the docs. Intel should be very transparent and open about things they are working on in these release notes. As thats the only assurance towards their customers that let people buy an intel GPU instead of a nvidia GPU. Apart from enthusiasts, not many average joe buys a Battlemage. Why for? Everything is about nvidia. Even in the middle of the Sahara the natives know what nvidia is. Intel ARC? Not so much. Thatswhy it would be extremely important for intel marketing folks to announce these things as loud as possible. Or guess, the marketing folks have also been fired recently. Doesnt make much difference anyway...

github.com/IGCIT/Intel-GPU-Community-Issue-Tracker-IGCIT/issues/988
github.com/IGCIT/Intel-GPU-Community-Issue-Tracker-IGCIT/issues/946

Also, if you look at the list, they are fixing issues regularly but a lot is silent. Credit must be given to the engineers there, who are very helpful and responsive. I agree that Intel needs to make more people aware of Arc, but with their current woes, marketing is likely taking a back seat.