Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.8737 Beta Released

Intel today released its latest Arc GPU graphics drivers with the version 101.8737 Beta brining new game-ready support for two new releases, including an RPG game Heros of Might & Magic Olden Era, as well as Neverness to Everness open world title. What is perhaps the most interesting thing with this beta driver release is the series of fixed issues in the Pragmata game with DirectX 12 API, which resulted in application crashes when loading into game menu on Intel Arc GPUs. This used to occur on everything from “Panther Lake,” “Lunar Lake,” and “Meteor Lake” integrated graphics, all the way to discrete Arc “Alchemist” and “Battlemage” solutions. Now the problem is resolved, but some issues remain. For example, Fortnite might crash on “Wildcat Lake” systems during launch, and discrete GPUs might experience some graphics corruption in games like Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Dune: Awakening. For a full list of known issues, check out the changelog below.

DOWNLOAD: Intel Arc Graphics Driver 101.8737 Beta.

Game Ready

• Heros of Might & Magic Olden Era
• Neverness to Everness

Fixed Issues:

• Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.
• Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:
  • Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.
• Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:
  • Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Pragmata (DX12) may experience application crash while loading into game menu.

Known Issues:

• Intel Core Series 3 with built-in Intel GPUs:
  • Fortnite (DX12) may experience a system crash on launch.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • The Finals (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash.
  • Mafia: The Old Country (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain water surfaces during gameplay.
  • Dune: Awakening (DX12) may exhibit flickering corruptions during gameplay.
  • 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:
  • Crimson Desert (DX12) may exhibit corruption when using upscaling during gameplay.
  • 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:
  • Battlefield 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain maps during gameplay.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain water surfaces during gameplay.
  • Battlefield 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain maps during gameplay on some notebooks with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs.