As we all know, Intel is now in the GPU market with its Intel ARC GPUs and they build dedicated drivers for these GPUs, so, their latest update has brought a lot of changes for gamers who currently own one of the Intel ARC graphics cards. This new Intel Arc A-series 4885 non-WHQL driver update brings support for new games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Forza Motorsport alongside tons of optimizations in existing games as well.
New Intel Arc non-WHQL driver: All the changes
The new driver brings Game On support for:
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- Forza Motorsport
Game performance improvements versus Intel® 31.0.101.4826 software driver for:
- Forza Motorsport (DX12)
- Up to 19% uplift at 1440p with High settings
- Resident Evil 4 (DXR)
- Up to 27% uplift at 1080p with High Ray Tracing settings
- The Last of Us Part 1 (DX12)
- Up to 12% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
This release introduces fixes for Starfield, FC 24, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Fortnite, and Adobe After Effects.
This release also enables the new rearchitected DirectX 11 driver for additional games. The list of games and associated improvements is below.
Game performance improvements versus Intel® 31.0.101.4669 software driver for:
- War Thunder (DX11)
- Up to 9% uplift at 1080p with Maximum settings
- Payday 3 (DX11)
- Up to 37% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Naraka: Bladepoint (DX11)
- Up to 5% uplift at 1080p with Highest settings
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (DX11)
- Up to 32% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Final Fantasy XIV Online (DX11)
- Up to 7% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (DX11)
- Up to 42% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (DX11)
- Up to 88% uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Total War: Warhammer 2 (DX11)
- Up to 10% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Tomb Raider (DX11)
- Up to 10% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Mad Max (DX11)
- Up to 6% uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (DX11)
- Up to 14% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (DX11)
- Up to 90% uplift at 1080p with Extra settings
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (DX11)
- Up to 119% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (DX11)
- Up to 8% uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- BeamNG.drive (DX11)
- Up to 10% uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance (DX11)
- Up to 22% uplift at 1080p with Ultra High settings
- Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition (DX11)
- Up to 9% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings