Intel Arc GPU driver released along with a list of games that have issues
Date:
Thu, 31 Mar 2022 11:36:25 +0000
Description:
Expect some degree of trouble with games including Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, FIFA 22, and more besides.
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Intel Arc GPUs have just been revealed, with Team Blue launching lower-end laptop models first , and now weve witnessed the initial release of the Arc driver which those buying a gaming notebook with an Alchemist graphics solution inside will be using.
Driver quality is something thats immediately going to be under the
spotlight, as gamers will be keen to see that Intel has got not just the hardware right, but also the software side of the equation, which is equally vital for good performance.
So, if youre picking up a gaming laptop with an Arc A350M or A370M GPU
inside, youll naturally be wondering which games might cause you some grief, and thats something we now know thanks to Intels initial driver (version 30.0.101.1325) release notes [PDF] which highlight all known issues.
The Arc Graphics Driver has gremlins in the works for a number of PC games , with the full list as follows: A Total War Saga: Troy may experience an application crash when the campaign is launched and Ultra quality game settings are selected Back 4 Blood may experience lighting or texture corruption when the mist is visible on screen Forza Horizon 5 may experience an application crash when launching the game Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War may experience an application crash when launching the game FIFA 22 may experience an intermittent application crash during regular gameplay
CrossFire map textures may fail to load or may load as blank surfaces Gears 5 may experience terrain corruption when using medium or higher quality
graphics quality settings Halo Infinite may fail to load some objects and textures and lighting may also appear blurry or overexposed in the
multiplayer game menus Guardians of the Galaxy may exhibit texture corruption on some interactable objects in-game Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition may experience minor texture corruption in-game Naraka: Bladepoint may experience texture corruption or flickering on some ground surfaces Rust may intermittently experience an application crash when joining a new server Analysis: Fingers crossed on the unknown issues front
The good news is that this list isnt overly long, and the issues are in some cases dependent on settings, or they only happen with certain surfaces or textures. The bigger bugbears are present in FIFA 22 intermittent crashing
in regular gameplay sounds ominous and potentially frustrating plus Forza Horizon 5 and Call of Duty which can crash upon launch.
Obviously, it was expected that thered be some problems indeed, even with mature drivers like AMD and Nvidia, there are still issues cropping up on an ongoing basis and there may well be unknown issues with Intels new driver.
In fact, you can pretty much count on it, and problems will be flagged to Intel as this initial Arc driver is more widely used when greater numbers of people get laptops with Alchemist GPUs.
Well just have to see how things pan out, with the first notebooks using the Arc A350M or A370M debuting now, Intel told us at yesterdays launch (or imminently, certainly).
Another interesting point with these new mobile GPUs is Arc Control, a
control panel that looks very smart and gives the user easy access to performance monitoring and tweaking, as well as cool features such as automatically saving clips of game highlights. There are glitches in the initial implementation of Arc Control, too, and those are also listed in Intels driver release notes as you might expect. Our pick of the best
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-arc-gpu-driver-released-along-with-a-list -of-games-that-have-issues/
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