Intel Arc gets improved gaming performance with new drivers

Since the summer, Intel’s graphics card debut has been making its way out at a slow pace, a debut that started with the budget model Arc A380 and was finally finalized in October with the Arc A770. in early tests The processor giant’s graphics card has been deployed at the ankles, but not so much for hardware as software. Features promised like XESS scaler Missing drivers left a lot to be desired in terms of performance and overall stability.

In recent months, Intel has improved the situation. XESS has been launched and the drivers have been reformatted several times. A few days ago, there is now another driver release for the A770 and A750 that should provide a performance boost in a range of game titles, including Far Cry 6, Forza Horizon 5, and Ghostwire Tokyo. However, it’s not about any giant leaps, but depending on the graphics setup, increases of between 3 and 8 percent can be seen. There is also new support for Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.

In addition to the new drivers, Intel also released XESS upgrade technology at the same time Connect in for the Unreal Engine game engine. It should simplify the implementation process for games developed with either version 4.26, 4.27 or 5.0. The latter, as well as the latest version, is the basis for a series of upcoming flagships, but it is not clear which of them could be equipped with XESS.

One thing that actually appears is that the add-on only works when rendering with DirectX 12, and that it is not compatible with games that use split screenStereoscopic modes or VR, i.e. the type of VR found in most modern VR headsets with one screen per eye. There is no open source code either, but only the already compiled binary files.

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