Recently, we’ve seen popular console titles like God of War Ragnarok and Final Fantasy XVI released on PC. It makes sense that Intel’s GPU drivers need to be updated for optimal performance to run these ported games, and we’ve seen Nvidia and AMD release specific drivers for them already.
Driver updates are also important as not everything goes according to plan, and bugs and glitches occasionally pop up. Intel has now joined the fray by releasing Intel Graphics WHQL driver v32.0.101.6078, which supports the latest AAA titles. We recently tested God of War Ragnarok on an Intel Arc GPU and it performed pretty well; this new driver should bring further improvements.
The titles that received support in this driver update are the following:
- Final Fantasy XVI
- God of War Ragnarok
- Frostpunk 2
- Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Multiple GPU variants, such as Intel Arc A-series and Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs, are under the Intel Arc umbrella. The release notes for v32.0.101.6078 also highlighted known issues for these.
Intel Arc A-series
- Diablo IV* (DX12) may intermittently crash while toggling Ray Tracing settings during gameplay.
- Doom Eternal* (VK) may exhibit intermittent flickering corruption in the game menu and during gameplay.
- Blender* may experience application crash while rendering certain benchmark scenes.
- Topaz Video AI* may experience errors when exporting videos after using some models for video enhancements.
Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs
- Diablo IV* (DX12) may experience an application crash with ray tracing settings enabled.
- Horizon Forbidden West* (DX12) may experience color corruption during gameplay.
- Enshrouded* (VK) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
- Fortnite* (DX12) game may crash while performing Alt + Tab operations
- SPECworkstation3.1* may exhibit system instability while running certain workloads.
- PugetBench for Davinci Resolve studio V19 may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.
- 3DMark WildMark Extreme may experience performance drop by 5%
- Chaos Enscape Benchmark 4.1 may experience visual corruption.
- Endurance Gaming average fps is not capping as intended when toggling EG Off-On through Arc Control.
Intel Arc Control
- Schedule Updates for Drivers may not work intermittently.
- Arc Control Studio capture or stream may not stop intermittently when using the stop option. A workaround is to use Exit app option in Settings to stop the recording.
It is great to see that Intel is still competing in the GPU market even though Nvidia primarily dominates it, with AMD coming in second. That said, if you’re looking to play games at the best graphical settings, we recommend you check out our best gaming laptop guide for the top picks.
