Intel Graphics v31.0.101.4091 WHQL driver includes fixes and support for Raptor Lake-P

Intel has released its latest WHQL driver version 31.0.101.4091 for Intel Arch, and Intel Iris Xe graphics on supported versions of Windows 10 and 11. Raptor Lake-P A series of mobile CPUs. On the Intel Arc side, Intel Arc Control now supports standalone desktop mode.

In addition, this release includes a few game-related fixes, but plenty of known issues. Find the full changelog below:

Highlights:

• Launch Driver for 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Mobile Processors with Intel® Iris® Xe and UHD Graphics (Codename Raptor Lake-P).
• Intel® Arc™ Control now supports standalone desktop mode.

Notice:

• Intel® Arc™ 101.3490 BETA is bundled with the latest version of Intel® Arc™ Control to streamline the driver installation experience, resulting in a larger driver package file size.

Fixed issues:

Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) May experience application crash during character selection.

Intel® Core™ Processor Products:

• Need for Speed ​​Inbound* (DX12) may display screen space color corruption during gameplay.
• Total War: Warhammer III* (DX11) may exhibit intermittent application crashes when launching the game.
• Battlefield: 2042* (DX12) may experience color corruption on certain maps.

Known issues:

Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• Halo Infinite* (DX12) may exhibit chromatic aberrations during gameplay.
• Sea of ​​Thieves* (DX11) may experience color corruption at the water’s edge.
• Conqueror’s Blade* (DX11) may experience corruption in benchmark mode.
• Call of Duty: Vanguard* (DX12) may encounter missing or damaged shadows during submarine missions.
• The system may hang when waking from sleep. Recovery may require power cycling the system.
• GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encoding with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Blender can demonstrate corruption using the Nishita Sky Texture node.

Intel® Iris™ Xe MAX Graphics Products:

• Driver installation may not complete successfully on certain notebook systems with both Intel® Iris™ Xe + Iris™ Xe MAX devices. A successful installation may require a system reboot and reinstallation of the graphics driver.

Intel® Core™ Processor Products:

• Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay.
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay.
• Dysterra* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay.
• Total War: Warhammer III* (DX11) may experience an application crash when loading battle scenarios.
• Call of Duty Warzone 2.0* (DX12) may display corruption on certain buildings and floors during gameplay.
• Conqueror’s Blade* (DX12) may experience application crashes during game launch.
• A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) may experience application freezes and crashes during gameplay.

INTEL® ARC™ CONTROL FIXED ISSUES:

• ArcControl may report an incorrect memory bandwidth value.

INTEL® ARC™ Control Known Issues:

• A Windows UAC administrator is required to install and launch ArcControl.
• The Live Performance Monitoring page may not apply the required removal of some performance metric tiles.
• On systems with multiple Intel® Graphics Adapters the Resizable bar status may display an incorrect value.
• Using ArcControl Studio Capture with some games may incorrectly generate multiple video files.
• Using ArcControl Studio Capture with the AVC codec selected may incorrectly use the HEVC codec.
• Editing the performance sliders may fail to apply back to their default values. One solution is to use the “Reset to Defaults” button.

Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning (BETA):

• Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning is currently in beta. Thus, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel® will continue to improve performance tuning software in future releases.