Intel’s DG1 helped pave the way for more frequent driver updates, but things were still iffy back in 2021. A few years ago, a lot of games simply refused to work at all on Intel’s integrated graphics solutions - and even those games that worked would often perform poorly. We have included the results for that one game from the newer drivers (as before we couldn't get a result).Īrc arrived with what were arguably the best GPU drivers Intel has ever created – but that’s not saying much. These fix a problem that we noticed with Red Dead Redemption 2 crashing on the Arc A750, among other things. Update: Intel just released the 4146 drivers on February 28, 2023. Last week, version 4125 drivers came out, but a quick check on one of the Arc cards indicates the only changes are related to some recent game launches and that the performance otherwise remains the same as the 4123 drivers for our test suite.

We began our testing a couple of weeks back, right after the 4123 Intel drivers became available. We set about testing (and retesting) every Arc graphics card, including the Arc A770 8GB using an ASRock model that we haven't quite got around to reviewing just yet, due to all the retesting that's been going on. Intel has been busily updating drivers on a regular basis since launch, and rarely does a fortnight pass without at least one new driver to test.Īnd that's the crux of the story: How much better are Intel’s latest drivers compared to the original launch drivers? The company made a lot of noise about its improved DirectX 9 performance, claiming 43% higher performance on the A750 with recent drivers compared to the original 3490 launch drivers - and at the same time dropping the price of the A750 to $250 down from $290. You can see where they land on our GPU benchmarks hierarchy as well, but that's only part of the story. Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs launched toward the latter part of 2022, vying for a spot among the best graphics cards.

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