Intel Graphics Driver 31.0.101.5074 Released

Intel has published few days ago a new graphics driver for its Arc GPUs (Arc A380, A580, A770, A750, A310, A770M, A570M, A550M, A530M, A730M, A370M, A350M) and integrated GPUs (11th Gen, 12th Gen and 13th Gen). Here are the main changes:

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:

Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
– Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
– The Finals

Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4972 software driver for:
– Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (DX12): Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
– Battlefield V (DX11): Up to 23% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
– Crossout (DX11): Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
– Dishonored 2 (DX11): Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 4K with Ultra settings
– Dying Light 2 Stay Human (DX11): Up to 31% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
– Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition (DX11): Up to 12% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Highest settings
– For Honor (DX11): Up to 14% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Extreme settings
– Phasmophobia (DX11): Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1440p with High settings
– Train Sim World 3 (DX11): Up to 34% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

FIXED ISSUES:

Intel Arc Graphics Products:
– Total War: PHARAOH (DX11) may exhibit corruption after changing resolution in game on certain displays.
– Alan Wake (DX9) may experience application crash when starting a new game.
– Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12) may exhibit colorful pixel corruption during gameplay.
– Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) may exhibit flickering pixels during gameplay with Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode set to 4X MSAA.
– Ghostrunner 2 (DX11) may experience sporadic application crash during gameplay.
– Far Cry 3 (DX11) may experience application crash during gameplay.

 

Downloads

• Latest Intel Arc graphics driver for win10/win11 64-bit @ Geeks3D
• latest graphics driver for Arc / Iris WHQL (win10/win11 64-bit) @ Intel

 

v31.0.101.5074

GPU Shark 2:

 

OpenGL support

v31.0.101.5074

This driver exposes OpenGL 4.6 with 266 OpenGL extensions for an Arc A750. Same support than previous v4972.

GL_RENDERER: Intel(R) Arc(TM) A750 Graphics
GL_VENDOR: Intel
GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 - Build 31.0.101.5074
OpenGL extensions: 266 

 

Vulkan support

v31.0.101.5074

This driver exposes Vulkan 1.3.267 and 135 device extensions for an Arc A750 GPU.

Compared to previous v4972, this driver is labelled with Vulkan 1.3.267 but does not add new extensions. Complete list of Vulkan extensions is available HERE.

# of Vulkan devices: 1
  - name: Intel(R) Arc(TM) A750 Graphics
  - device type: VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU
  - device ID: 8086-56A1
  - API version: 1.3.267
  - # of extensions: 135