Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH Driver 3x Series (WDDM 3.0, 3.1 & WDDM 3.2)

Intel released Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH as 31.0.101.4578 Beta for Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics. on August 2, 2023

Release Version: Beta
Intel® Graphics Driver: 31.0.101.4578
Build Date: July 26, 2023
DriverVer = 07/26/2023, 31.0.101.4578
WHQL cert. and signed from August 1, 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
• This Intel® Arc™ software package is bundled with the latest version of Intel® Arc™ Control to streamline installation experience, resulting in a larger driver package file size.
• Intel® Arc™ Control will now display a notification on supported configurations if Resizable Bar is not enabled.
• Support for Xe Super Sampling (XeSS): Take your gaming experience to the next level with AI-enhanced upscaling, enabling more performance with high image fidelity. For more information on game support
please click here .
• 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:
• Baldur’s Gate 3*

FIXED ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• None

KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Shadow of The Tomb Raider* (DX11) may experience an application crash after loading to game menu.
• System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery.
• GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro*.
• Topaz Video AI* may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
• Blender* 3.6 may experience an application crash during render operations when Hardware Ray Tracing is enabled.
• Adobe After Effects* may experience an application crash during render operations.

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® Core™ Processor Products:
• Call of Duty Warzone 2.0* (DX12) may exhibit corruption on certain light sources such as fire.

Intel® Arc™ Fixed Issues
• None

Intel® Arc™ Control Known Issues
• Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly generate multiple video files.
• With Intel® Arc Control installed, systems may experience slightly higher than expected power consumption during system sleep or hibernate.
• The Camera on-screen preview may incorrectly persist when switching between Desktop and Overlay modes.
• 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.

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...cs-beta-windows.html
Release Notes: downloadmirror.intel.com/785236/ReleaseNotes_101.4578_BETA.pdf
Direct Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/785236/gfx_win_101.4578.exe

Cheers
Tom

Intel re-released Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH as 31.0.101.4644 Final for Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics. on August 15, 2023

Release Version: Planned
Intel® Graphics Driver: 31.0.101.4644
Build Date: August 11, 2023
DriverVer = 08/11/2023, 31.0.101.4644
WHQL cert. and signed from August 15, 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
• This Intel® Arc™ software package is bundled with the latest version of Intel® Arc™ Control to streamline installation experience, resulting in a larger driver package file size.
• Intel® Arc™ Control will now display a notification on supported configurations if Resizable Bar is not enabled.
• Support for Xe Super Sampling (XeSS): Take your gaming experience to the next level with AI-enhanced upscaling, enabling more performance with high image fidelity. For more information on game support
please click here .
• 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:
• Madden NFL 24*
• Wayfinder*

FIXED ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection* (DX12) may experience an application crash while launching game.
• System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery.
• Blender* 3.6 may experience an application crash during render operations when Hardware Ray Tracing is enabled..

KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Shadow of The Tomb Raider* (DX11) may experience an application crash after loading to game menu.
• UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption on characters.
• Topaz Video AI* may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
• Adobe After Effects* may experience an application crash during render operations.

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® Core™ Processor Products:
• None

Intel® Arc™ Fixed Issues
• Virtual Camera may intermittently fail to engage on the Camera page.
• Release Notes in Intel® Arc Control driver page may show unformatted HTML data.
• “Sort by" dropdown in the Games Page may be missing after using “Reset application to default.”
• Toggling the Virtual Camera enablement may show as disabled during onscreen capture in the Capture page.
• On-screen Capture and Highlights capture may turn off while using multiple displays when moving Intel® Arc Control window across displays.
• Clean Installation option may not be available in Arc Driver page while updating to WHQL driver.
• Preview toggle may incorrectly enable when the camera is used by the Windows* camera application.
• With Intel® Arc Control installed, systems may experience slightly higher than expected power consumption during system sleep or hibernate.
• Background Blur effects with Virtual Camera may not change when setting blur strength from 50% to 100%.
• On-screen camera may not come up when capturing games in full screen mode
• Last captured image may persist in On-screen camera preview after disconnecting camera.

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.
• Performance Graphs may scale incorrectly after waking up from sleep.

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...cs-whql-windows.html
Release Notes: downloadmirror.intel.com/786197/ReleaseNotes_101.4644_WHQL.pdf
Direct Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/786197/gfx_win_101.4644.exe

Cheers
Tom

Intel re-released Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH as 31.0.101.4669 Final for Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics. on August 24, 2023 (Non-WHQL)

Release Version: Final
Intel® Graphics Driver: 31.0.101.4669
Build Date: August 23, 2023
DriverVer = 08/23/2023, 31.0.101.4669
Cert. and signed from August 24, 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
• This Intel® Arc™ software package is bundled with the latest version of Intel® Arc™ Control to streamline installation experience, resulting in a larger driver package file size.
• Intel® Arc™ Control will now display a notification on supported configurations if Resizable Bar is not enabled.
• Support for Xe Super Sampling (XeSS): Take your gaming experience to the next level with AI-enhanced upscaling, enabling more performance with high image fidelity. For more information on game support
please click here .
• 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:
• Armored Core 6*

FIXED ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Shadow of The Tomb Raider* (DX11) may experience an application crash after loading to game menu.
• Some Intel® Arc™ A380 products may incorrectly report a higher value than expected for default clock frequency value.

KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• 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.

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® Core™ Processor Products:
• None

Intel® Arc™ Fixed Issues
• None

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.
• Performance Graphs may scale incorrectly after waking up from sleep.

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/786734/ReleaseNotes_101.4669.pdf
Direct Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/786734/gfx_win_101.4669.exe

Cheers
Tom

Intel re-released Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH as 31.0.101.4672 (WHQL) for Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics. on September 6, 2023.

Release Version: Planned Release
Intel® Graphics Driver: 31.0.101.4672
Build Date: September 2, 2023
DriverVer = 09/02/2023, 31.0.101.4672
Cert. and signed from September 6, 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)

• Graphics Driver package has temporarily increased to significantly reduce the Starfield* game load duration.
• Several Starfield* game instability and visual artifacts have been fixed in this driver. High Preset and below is recommended to improve stability.
• Efforts in progress to further improve overall gaming experience of Starfield* for Intel® Arc™ users in future driver updates.

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:
• SYNCED*

FIXED ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Starfield* (DX12) Game load duration is significantly reduced.
• Starfield* (DX12) may experience instability and application crash while launching and during gameplay.
• Starfield* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruptions and scene flickers during gameplay.

KNOWN ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Starfield* (DX12) may experience application 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 texture flickering on light sources during gameplay.
• Starfield* (DX12) may exhibit low texture details on certain objects in the game.
• 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.
• Device fan may ramp up frequently on certain Intel® Arc™ Graphics products.

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
• None

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.
• Performance Graphs may scale incorrectly after waking up from sleep.

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/787922/ReleaseNotes_101.4672_WHQL.pdf
Direct Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/787922/gfx_win_101.4672.exe

Cheers
Tom

Intel released Intel® Arc™ Graphics Windows* DCH as 31.0.101.4676 (Non-WHQL) for Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics. on September 7, 2023.

Release Version: Planned Release
Intel® Graphics Driver: 31.0.101.4676
Build Date: September 7, 2023
DriverVer = 09/07/2023, 31.0.101.4676
Cert. and signed from September 8, 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:
• None

FIXED ISSUES:
Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products:
• Starfield* (DX12) improved stability in different areas of the game.
• Starfield* (DX12) may incorrectly render glass surfaces and objects.
• Starfield* (DX12) may exhibit missing eyebrows on characters.

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.
• Fortnite* (DX12) may exhibit flickering corruptions 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.
• Device fan may ramp up frequently on certain Intel® Arc™ Graphics products.

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
• None

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.
• Performance Graphs may scale incorrectly after waking up from sleep.

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/788015/ReleaseNotes_101.4676.pdf
Direct Download: downloadmirror.intel.com/788015/gfx_win_101.4676.exe

Cheers
Tom