Intel Arc driver update improves gaming performance by up to 80%

The Intel Arc graphics cards, especially in the desktop segment, has not fared well in gaming tests yet. The new Intel Arc driver update brings some relief and improves performance by up to 80 percent.

The Intel Arc driver update brings several improvements

The new Intel Arc driver update to v3959 is intended to improve performance in games According to the manufacturer Up to 80 percent improvement. Older games in particular benefit from the DirectX 9-based optimization – until now, Intel’s focus has been mainly on recent DirectX 12 and Vulkan titles.

Precisely here, you can compete with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 in terms of performance, so older games should now get more performance.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, Starcraft 2, and other titles should benefit most from the new 108-bit driver at QHD or 1440p resolution. In CS:GO in particular, the refresh rate almost doubles. Here the performance increases by 79 percent.

Intel shows this at least in a graphic using the example Intel Arc A770, but the A750 and A380 should also be able to benefit from the Intel Arc driver update. “Less than two months after release, we deliver up to 1.8 times better performance in select DX9 games,” said Intel.

In addition, work continues to improve game performance and general driver optimizations, the release of which is scheduled for 2023. The distribution with Intel Arc is gaining momentum, especially in the laptop segment. Here too, Intel has introduced a Intel Arc Mobile chipswhich then appears in new Lenovo laptops or, for example, HP Specter x360 16 Found uses.