Intel is back with their latest beta release for Arc GPU Graphics Drivers, version 101.8136, and as always, it’s all about getting you ready for the latest games. This newest beta driver is primarily focused on bringing ‘Game On’ support for a trio of highly anticipated titles, making this update a must-have for many gamers. Since it’s a beta, we aren’t seeing any massive lists of newly fixed issues, which isn’t a surprise; there are a few niggles that still haven’t been ironed out yet.
Honestly, a driver update for Game On support is always a win, even if it’s a beta. With two major titles dropping on the same day, Intel is rightly focusing on ensuring its users can jump straight into the action without a hitch. These games are 2XKO, Little Nightmares III, and most importantly, Battlefield 6, which we know is going to be a big draw for many gamers!
Game On
Known Issues:
- Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta (DX12) may exhibit corruption on certain light sources during gameplay.
- Visual corruptions may appear in certain scenarios with multiple application interactions.
- Satisfactory (VK) may experience an application crash while launching game. It is recommended to launch the game with default DX12 API to avoid application crash.
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight may experience an application crash while switching Graphics API to DX11.
- PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.
- Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:
- Satisfactory (VK) may experience an application crash while launching game. It is recommended to launch the game with default DX12 API to avoid application crash.
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (DX12) may experience an application crash with Ray-Tracing and XeSS enabled.
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight may experience an application crash while switching Graphics API to DX11.
- PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark.
- Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.
- Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight may experience an application crash while switching Graphics API to DX11.
- Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta (DX12) may exhibit corruption on certain light sources during gameplay.
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight may experience an application crash while switching Graphics API to DX11.
- Topaz Video AI may experience visual artifacts when using certain AI models.
- Intel Graphics Software Fixed Issues:
- When using the settings, preferences, reset all settings option in Windows 10 the application may experience an intermittent crash. Settings can be reset from individual pages without issue.
- Intel Graphics Software may sometimes experience a single application crash on the first re-arrange of metrics within the select metrics window. Subsequent usage will not be affected by this crash again.
- Intel Graphics Software may experience an application crash when switching monitor source to a wireless monitor on Display page on certain Built-in Intel Graphics.
Where to Download
The Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8136 Beta can be downloaded directly from the official Intel support page.
