The ARC Alchemist range marked Intel’s return to the computer market. Graphic card with software monitoring that is reassuring to say the least.
While we have just discussed AMD graphics drivers and their Fluid Motion Framesit’s now Intel’s turn to talk the talk by announcing clear gains on a whole bunch of DirectX 11 games.
Since the release last February of the ARC A750 and A770 cards, Intel has placed a lot of emphasis on monitoring its graphics drivers. This time, we are talking about a plethora of games with winnings of up to 30%.
Performances up sharply since February 2023
Let’s be honest, when Intel announced its return to the dedicated graphics card segment, we had some doubts. Indeed, how do you measure up to established companies like AMD and NVIDIA?
Our test of the ARC A750 and A770 cards confirmed that Intel did not have the idea of completely measuring itself against its two competitors, at least not in the mid/high range. The objective was then rather to set a first foot in this universe and to offer convincing entry/mid-range cards, at attractive prices.
Since this launch, Intel has worked extensively on the software aspect and, for example, offered us XeSS, a technology to be put in parallel with DLSS and FSR from NVIDIA/AMD. More importantly, Intel has made great efforts to have reliable, practical and efficient drivers.
Focus on DirectX 11 games
In March 2023, Intel first undertook to significantly reduce its graphics drivers, going from more than 1 GB to more or less 600 MB. Then, month after month, performance was improved.
We have regularly mentioned gains of 8%, 10%, even 20% depending on the drivers and games concerned with a peak reached last October on Starfield (+149%) and F1 23 (+236%). Of course, each time, this only concerns certain games under certain conditions.
This is still the case today with the 101.5085_101.5122 drivers, which are designed to improve gaming comfort on The Last of Us Part 1 and on many DirectX 11 titles. A little old games therefore, but still very interesting and this confirms Intel’s follow-up.
- Albion Online
- Year 1800
- Apex Legends
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Back 4 Blood
- Black Desert
- Civilization 6
- Elder Scrolls Online
- Elex 2
- Crusader Kings 3
- Humankind
- It Takes Two
- Just Cause 3
- Just Cause 4
- New World
- Roblox
- Sons of the Forest
- Space Engineers
- Stars Wars Squadrons
- Stellaris
- The Hunt: Showdown
- Titanfall 2
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- World of Tanks
- XCOM 2
- Warframe
Source: Intel, VideoCardz
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