Intel today released the latest version of its Arc GPU Graphics Drivers. Version 101.8974 WHQL comes with optimization for three game titles. For Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors with Arc-branded integrated graphics. For "Assassin's Creed Valhalla," the drivers offer a 7% performance uplift at 1080p with medium settings; and an 11% uplift at 1080p with high settings. Similarly, for "Farming Simulator 2022," the drivers offer a 13% uplift at 1080p with medium settings, and 9% at high settings. For Arc B-series discrete GPUs, the drivers offer a 5% performance uplift for "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II" at 1080p with ultra settings.

The drivers also address several game-specific and GPU-specific issues. GTA V exhibiting blurry items with post-processing set to "very high" or "ultra" has been fixed for Core Ultra Series 3 iGPUs, Arc B-series discrete GPUs, Arc A-series discrete GPUs, Core Ultra Series 1 processors, and Core Ultra Series 2 processors with Arc-branded iGPUs. "Forza Horizon 6" exhibiting bad visual quality with reflections has been fixed for the above selection of GPUs. Jurassic World Evolution 3 exhibiting water effects flickering has been fixed for these GPUs. A game crash with Minecraft Java when using CapFrameX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server have been fixed for Core Ultra Series 3 iGPUs, Core Ultra Series 2 and Series 1 processors with Arc iGPU models; Arc B-series, and Arc A-series. Issues related to Indiana Jones and The Great Circle and Endless Space 2 have been fixed for Core Ultra Series 3 and Arc B-series.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8974 WHQLHighlights:

Game performance improvements on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs versus Intel 31.0.101.8864 software driver:
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (DX12)

• Up to 7% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
• Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings

Farming Simulator 2022 (DX12)

• Up to 13% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings
• Up to 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings

Game performance improvements on Intel Arc B-series Graphics GPUs versus Intel 31.0.101.8864 software driver:

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (DX12)
• Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Fixed Issues:
Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (DX12) may exhibit blurry items when Post FX is set to Very High or Ultra.
• Forza Horizon 6 (DX12) may not exhibit expected visual quality with reflections.
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 (DX12) may exhibit flicker on water.
• Minecraft Java (Vulkan) may experience a game crash when using CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Indiana Jones and The Great Circle (Vulkan) may experience lower than expected performance in certain scenes during gameplay.

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (DX12) may exhibit blurry items when Post FX is set to Very High or Ultra.
• Forza Horizon 6 (DX12) may not exhibit expected visual quality with reflections.
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 (DX12) may exhibit flicker on water.
• Minecraft Java (Vulkan) may experience a game crash when using CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Endless Space 2 (DX12) may exhibit visual corruption on the ship design interface.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (DX12) may exhibit blurry items when Post FX is set to Very High or Ultra.
• Forza Horizon 6 (DX12) may not exhibit expected visual quality with reflections.
• Minecraft Java (Vulkan) may experience a game crash when using CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.

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

• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (DX12) may exhibit blurry items when Post FX is set to Very High or Ultra.
• Minecraft Java (Vulkan) may experience a game crash when using CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Monster Hunter Wilds (DX12) may experience a game crash while launching

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

• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (DX12) may exhibit blurry items when Post FX is set to Very High or Ultra.
• Minecraft Java (Vulkan) may experience a game crash when using CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Assassin's Creed 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering during gameplay.

Known Issues:
Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Marathon (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruption on certain objects during gameplay when using Anisotropic Filtering.
• Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering when using borderless mode.
• Mafia: The Old Country (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Multiple games may experience an application crash when using XeSS Multi-Frame Generation along with CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• Geekbench AI Benchmark may experience an application crash.

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

• Marathon (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruption on certain objects during gameplay when using Anisotropic Filtering.
• Arena Breakout Infinite (DX12) may experience an application crash when the Terrain Surface Subdivision is On.
• Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering when using borderless mode.
• Multiple Games may experience an application crash when using XeSS Multi-Frame Generation along with CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• Geekbench AI Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Marathon (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruption on certain objects during gameplay when using Anisotropic Filtering.
• Arena Breakout Infinite (DX12) may experience an application crash when the Terrain Surface Subdivision is On.
• Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering when using borderless mode.
• Multiple Games may experience an application crash when using XeSS Multi-Frame Generation along with CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• Geekbench AI Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.

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

• Marathon (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruption on certain objects during gameplay when using Anisotropic Filtering.
• NBA 2K26 (DX12) may experience an application crash on first launch of the game.
• 007 First Light (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash on first launch of the game.
• Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering when using borderless mode.
• Multiple Games may experience an application crash when using XeSS Multi-Frame Generation along with CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• Geekbench AI Benchmark may experience an application crash.

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

• Marathon (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruption on certain objects during gameplay when using Anisotropic Filtering.
• Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering when using borderless mode.
• Multiple Games may experience an application crash when using XeSS Multi-Frame Generation along with CapframeX or Riva Tuner Statistics Server.
• Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark may experience an application crash.
• Geekbench AI Benchmark may experience an application crash.

Intel Graphics Software Fixed 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.
• Overlay through Intel Graphics Software may not be visible after reconnecting the display or when the system is returned from sleep.

Intel Graphics Software Known Issues:

• Performance page in Intel Graphics Software may not hide the graphs when using the hide graphs button.
• Performance page in Intel Graphics Software may not function as expected when adding new metrics.
• Performance page in Intel Graphics Software may not function as expected when display is reconnected.