Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH Driver 3x Series (WDDM 3.0 & WDDM 3.1)

Intel released Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH as 31.0.101.4826 (Non-WHQL) for Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics on September 18, 2023.

Release Version: Planned Release
Intel® Graphics Driver: 31.0.101.4826
Build Date: September 13, 2023
DriverVer = 09/13/2023, 31.0.101.4826
Cert. and signed from September 14, 2023

Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 - October 2020 Update (20H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 - November 2021 Update (21H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 - May 2021 Update (21H1)
• Microsoft Windows* 11-64 - October 2021 Update (21H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 11-64 - September 2022 (22H2)

Platforms:
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family (Codename Tiger Lake, Rocket Lake, Tiger Lake-H)
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family (Codename Alder Lake-S, Alder Lake-H, Alder Lake-P, Alder Lake-U, Alder Lake-HX, Alder Lake-N)
13th Gen Intel® Core™ processor family (Codename Raptor Lake-S, Raptor Lake-HX, Raptor Lake-H, Raptor Lake-P, Raptor Lake-U)
Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Dedicated Graphics family (Codename DG1)
Intel(R) Arc(TM) Graphics family (Codename Alchemist)

NOTES
• Take your system lighting to the next level with Intel® Arc™ RGB Controller. Intel® Arc™ RGB Controller was custom designed to allow users to harness 90 individually addressable LEDs on Intel® Arc™ A770 GraphicsLimited Edition cards. Intel® Arc™ RGB Controller is available for download here .
o Supported on Intel® Arc™ A770 Graphics Limited Edition on Windows®10 and Windows®11.
o Intel® and Cooler Master* collaborated on the creation of this software.
o For more information on how to enable the RGB lighting for your Intel® Arc™ A770
Graphics Limited Edition card, see the Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics – Desktop Quick Start Guide .

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS
Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty*
• Payday 3*
• Lies of P*
• Party Animals*
Game performance improvements versus Intel® 31.0.101.4824 software driver for:
• Hitman Absolution* (DX11)
o Up to 17% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Bioshock Infinite* (DX11)
o Up to 27% uplift at 1080p with Very High settings

FIXED ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Trackmania* (DX11) may experience an application crash during game launch.

KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Starfield* (DX12) may experience sporadic instability in some areas of the game.
• Starfield* (DX12) may exhibit corruption when using Dynamic Resolution Scaling. A workaround is to change the Render Resolution Scale slider value.
• Starfield* (DX12) may exhibit low texture details on certain objects in the game.
• Starfield* (DX12) may exhibit texture flickering on light sources during gameplay.
• UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption on characters.
• Halo Infinite* (DX12) campaign may experience an application crash on some system configurations.
• Dead by Daylight* (DX11) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Topaz Video AI* may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
• Adobe After Effects* may experience an application crash during render operations.
• Some Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics notebooks may incorrectly report a higher value than expected for default clock frequency value.

Intel® Iris™ X MAX Graphics Products:
• Driver installation may not complete successfully on certain notebook systems with both Intel® Iris™ Xe + Iris™ Xe MAX devices. A system reboot and re-installation of the graphics driver may be required for successful installation..

Intel® Arc™ Fixed Issues
• Intel® Arc™ Control may consume higher than expected system memory.

Intel® Arc™ Control Known Issues
• Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly generate multiple video files.
• The “Connector” type in the Display page may incorrectly show DP* when using an HDMI* display connection.
• May observe “stream has already ended” pop-up after the power events with Capture/Highlights/Broadcast toggle on.
• Arc Control may not retain overall application settings in Overlay mode after system reboot. A workaround is to use Desktop mode of Arc Control.

Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning (BETA):
• Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning is currently in Beta. As such, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel® will continue to refine the Performance Tuning software in future releases.

Supported Subsystem IDs:


Contents of the Package:


Info and Download: www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download...raphics-windows.html
Release Notes: downloadmirror.intel.com/788789/ReleaseNotes_101.4826.pdf
Direct Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/788789/gfx_win_101.4826.exe

Cheers
Tom