Intel has released the latest 101.6987 WHQL version of its Arc GPU Graphics Drivers, bringing several new improvements and bringing Game On support for Battlefield 6 Open Beta and Mafia: The Old Country, as well as adding a performance boost to Doom: The Dark Ages running on Vulkan API and Arc B-series GPUs. Intel also added support for Shared GPU Memory Override control in Intel Graphics Software for built-in Intel Arc GPUs in Core Ultra (series 1 and 2) CPUs running on Windows 10 and 11, as well as added power management optimization for Intel Core Ultra 200V series (Arrow Lake H) CPUs, which should improve performance and frame pacing in low-power modes.

The latest 101.6987 Arc GPU Graphics Drivers fix a single issue where the Naraka Bladepoint game could freeze with Graphics Enhancements set to XeSS on Arc B-series GPUs. There are several known issues, including ones with Fortnite, PEAK, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, Mafia: The Old Country, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and other games and apps, but hopefully, Intel should fix those with the next driver release.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.6987 WHQLHighlights:

• Intel Graphics Software now supports Shared GPU Memory Override control for Built-in Intel Arc GPUs in select Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 1 and 2) in Windows 10 and Windows 11 host systems.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Power management optimization for Intel Core Ultra 200V series (codename Arrow Lake-H) devices for improved performance and frame pacing with lower power modes.

Gaming Highlights:
Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc B-series, A-series Graphics GPUs, Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs For:

• Battlefield 6 Open Beta
• Mafia: The Old Country

Game performance improvements on Intel Arc B-series Graphics GPUs versus Intel 32.0.101.6913 software driver for:

• DOOM: The Dark Ages (Vulkan) - Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p with path tracing

Fixed Issues:
Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

• Naraka Bladepoint (DX11)* may experience an application freeze with Graphics Enhancement setting set to Intel XeSS.

Known Issues:
Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

• Fortnite may experience an application crash when "Performance - Lower Graphical Fidelity" is selected as Rendering Mode. Recommendation: Use default Rendering Mode - DX12.
• Visual corruptions may appear in certain scenarios with multiple application interactions.
• PEAK (DX12)* may experience an application crash while launching gameplay. Recommendation: Launch with the Vulkan rendering API.
• Broken Arrow (DX11)* may experience lower than expected performance after changing graphics settings.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (DX12)* may exhibit corruptions on water areas in certain scenarios.
• Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 (DX12)* may exhibit corruptions on water areas in certain scenarios.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an application crash while running the benchmark.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Mafia: The Old Country (DX12) may exhibit corruptions on character hair during gameplay.
• Broken Arrow (DX11) may experience lower than expected performance after changing graphics settings.
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (DX12) may experience an application crash with ray tracing and XeSS enabled.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an application crash while running the benchmark.

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

• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Fortnite may experience an application crash when "Performance - Lower Graphical Fidelity" is selected as Rendering Mode. Recommendation: Use default Rendering Mode - DX12.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit corruptions on water areas in certain scenarios.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.
• Adobe Premiere Pro may experience an application crash while using audio enhancement features.

Intel Graphics Software Known Issues:

• When using the Settings > Preferences > Reset all settings option in Windows 10, the application may experience an intermittent crash.
• Settings can be reset from individual pages without issue.
• Intel Graphics Software may sometimes experience a single application crash on the first re-arrange of metrics within the Select Metrics window.
• Subsequent usage will not be affected by this crash again.
• Enhanced Power Savings option may not be available on the Display page for certain systems with Built-in Intel Graphics.

Intel Graphics Software Performance Tuning (BETA):

• Intel Graphics Software Performance Tuning is currently in Beta. As such, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel will continue to refine the Performance Tuning software in future releases.
• In multi-GPU scenarios with two performance tuning capable devices, the performance tuning page may attempt to apply changes to one or more devices at once rather than individually based on the GPU selector.