Intel Graphics v31.0.101.4090 beta driver arrives with Forspoken support

Intel has released its latest Windows DCH beta driver version 31.0.101.4090 for Intel Arc A-Series Graphics, and Intel Iris Xe Graphics. A major highlight of the new release is game-on driver support on Intel Arc A series graphics. Spoken. The game recently gained support on AMD and NVIDIA cards as well and has already received positive feedback for its use of Microsoft DirectStorage.

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

Gaming Highlights:

• For Intel® Arc™ A-series graphics on Intel® Game On Driver support:

Notice:

• Intel® Arc™ 101.3430 BETA is bundled with the latest version of Intel® Arc™ Control 4765 to streamline the driver installation experience, resulting in a larger driver package file size.

Fixed issues:

Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) may experience application freezes and crashes during gameplay.
• Need for Speed: Inbound* (DX12) may exhibit out of box errors during gameplay.

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:

• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may experience an application crash during character selection.
• 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 Known Issues:

• A Windows UAC administrator is required to install and launch ArcControl.
• Some applications may display a transparent or blank window when CMAA is globally set to “Force On”.
• The 1440p resolution selection in ArcControl Studio Capture may not be available when the native resolution of the display is 4K.
• ArcControl Studio Camera Overlay Position may not maintain desired position and size after system restart.
• The ArcControl Studio Camera tab may take longer than expected to respond on first navigation.
• ArcControl may report an incorrect memory bandwidth value.

Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning (BETA):

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