Die Arc-Grafikkarten von Intel erhalten mit dem neuesten Treiber – Plato AiStream V2.1 – eine weitere deutliche Leistungssteigerung

Neuauflage von Plato

Verfolger: 0

Intel has just released a new driver update for its Arc lineup of GPUs. That wouldn’t normally be worth shouting about, but this driver reportedly delivers an average uplift of 30% across a long list of DirectX 11 titles, and it’s nicht der erste Fahrer, der solche Verbesserungen liefert entweder.

Das 31.0.101.5234 (WHQL-zertifizierter) Treiber provides a massive 268% increase in average FPS in Just Cause 4 at 1080p and 160% in Just Cause 3 at 1080p. That does skew the 30% overall average, but some of the other gains are still impressive. A couple of notable examples include Apex Legends improving by an average of 26% at 1080p with Ultra settings, while Assassin’s Creed Syndicate gets a 13% improvement.

Neben DX11-Leistungsverbesserungen bietet der neue Treiber Unterstützung für neue Titel wie Enshrouded, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Tekken 8 und Palworld.

Auch DX12-Spiele erfreuen sich großer Beliebtheit, wobei sich die Returnal-Leistung um bis zu 8 % verbessert. The Last Of Us Part 1 verzeichnet eine ähnliche Steigerung der durchschnittlichen FPS-Leistung um 8 %.

Hier ist die vollständige Liste der Spiele:

Albion Online (DX11) – 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra
Anno 1800 (DX11) – 33% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra High
Apex Legends (DX11) – 26% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (DX11) – 13% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra High
Black Desert Online (DX11) – 18% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra
Elder Scrolls Online (DX11) – 10% average FPS uplift at 4K Ultra
Elex II (DX11) – 101% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra
Humankind (DX11) – 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p Fantastic
Hunt: Showdown (DX11) – 27% average FPS uplift at 1080p High
Just Cause 3 (DX11) – 160% average FPS uplift at 1080p Very High
Just Cause 4 (DX11) – 268% average FPS uplift at 1080p Very High
New World (DX11) – 13% average FPS uplift at 1080p Very High
Returnal (DX12) – 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p Epic
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm (DX11) – 32% average FPS uplift at 1080p High
Sons of the Forest (DX11) -15 % durchschnittlicher FPS-Anstieg bei 1080p Ultra
Space Engineers (DX11) – 69% average FPS uplift at 1080p Extreme
Star Citizen (DX11) – 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p Very High
Star Wars Squadrons (DX11) – 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra
Stellaris (DX11) – 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p High
Tekken 8 (DX12) -15 % durchschnittlicher FPS-Anstieg bei 4K Ultra
The Last of Us Part 1 (DX12) – 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p Ultra
Warframe (DX11) – 20% average FPS uplift at 1080p High
Watch Dogs: Legion (DX11) -16 % durchschnittlicher FPS-Anstieg bei 1080p Ultra
XCOM 2 (DX11) – 4% average FPS uplift at 1080p Maximum

Viele dieser Zuwächse finden bei 1080p statt, wo die CPU-Einschränkungen deutlicher zutage treten. Dies deutet vor allem auf eine Reduzierung des Overheads hin. Wenn Sie sich diesen Treiber zulegen, können Ihre Leistungsverbesserungen variieren.

Alongside performance improvements, the driver fixes some issues with Alan Wake 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the Talos Principle 2. The latter only applies to Core Ultra CPUs. That’s no less important though, given variants of these CPUs will finden Einzug in Gaming-Handhelds.

Intel’s Arc GPUs didn’t set the world on fire when they launched, but full credit to Intel for really persevering with driver development. One can only imagine how different the reception of cards like the Bogen A750 und A770 would have been had Intel come out of the gate with these optimizations. It’s not like building a gaming graphics card driver is child’s play though, so I won’t judge Intel too harshly.

What will really matter is whether these optimizations are incorporated into drivers for Intel’s next generation Battlemage GPU family. We can only hope Intel will give AMD and Nvidia a kick up the butt. Healthy competition from Battlemage is something Darauf sollten alle Gamer hoffen.

Der Treiber 31.0.101.5234 unterstützt Grafikkarten der Intel Arc A-Serie, integrierte Iris Xe-Grafikkarten (ab der 11. Generation) und Core Ultra-Prozessoren mit integrierter Arc-Grafik.