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Support and Optimization for New Titles

The latest “Game On” driver offers official support for several new titles. Users of the B-Series, A-Series, and integrated Core Ultra graphics cards can now run “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4” and “Planet Zoo 2” with optimized stability.

Measurable Performance Improvements

Compared to the previous driver version 31.0.101.9034, Intel reports average frame rate (FPS) improvements across various hardware configurations and titles that use the DX12 API.

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (integrated graphics)

Performance in “F1 25” at 1080p with medium settings has increased slightly, corresponding to a gain of up to 5%.

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Cards

At 1440p with high settings, the following titles show a performance increase of up to 6%:

  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
  • Monster Hunter Rise

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 (integrated graphics)

The most significant gains for this series are observed at 1080p resolutions:

  • Resident Evil Requiem: Up to a 31% improvement at medium settings and 29% at high settings.
  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Up to an 18% improvement at medium settings and 12% at high settings.
  • Strange Brigade: Up to a 16% improvement at medium settings and 13% at high settings.
  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Up to an 11% improvement at high settings and 8% at medium settings.
  • The Last of Us Part II Remastered: Up to a 7% improvement at medium settings and 5% at high settings.
  • Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga: Up to a 6% improvement at medium settings.

Fixed Technical Issues

Intel has resolved several critical bugs across its entire GPU product lineup:

  • Application Stability: An issue causing a blank screen when launching “Stormgate” (DX12) has been fixed for the Core Ultra Series 3, Arc B Series, Arc A Series, and Core Ultra Series 2.
  • Professional Software: Crashes related to the advanced preset in PugetBench for Adobe Lightroom Classic have been fixed for all listed hardware series.
  • System Behavior: For Arc A Series users, a bug causing the mouse cursor to disappear after waking from sleep or hibernation has been fixed.
  • Specific Software Fixes: A crash when launching “Foundation” (OpenGL) has been fixed specifically for the Core Ultra Series 2.
  • Utility Updates: Intel Graphics Software now correctly displays the PCIe version on the “System Settings” page.

Remaining Known Issues

Despite the updates, some issues documented for specific hardware remain:

Game-Specific Stability

  • Stalzone (OpenGL): Potential crashes after the tutorial on all hardware series.
  • World of Warcraft Classic and Dragonflight (DX12): Tree shadows flicker when ray tracing is enabled on all hardware series.
  • Planet Zoo 2 (DX12): Occasional crashes after changing the “Endurance Gaming” settings (Core Ultra S1, S2, and S3).
  • Arena Breakout Infinite (DX12): Crashes when “Terrain Surface Subdivision” is enabled (Arc A-series and B-series).
  • Gears of War: E-Day (DX12): Performance on Core Ultra S1, S2, and the Arc A series may be lower than expected.

Platform-Specific Crashes

  • Core Ultra Series 3: Possible crashes in “Mafia: The Old Country.”
  • Core Ultra Series 2: Possible crashes in “EA SPORTS FC 27.”
  • Core Ultra Series 1: Possible crashes upon first launch of “NBA 2K26.”
  • Arc A Series: Possible crashes during gameplay in “Monster Hunter Wilds.” Professional and System Tools
  • PugetBench for DaVinci Resolve Studio: Occasional crashes occur on the Arc A and B Series; Intel recommends increasing the timeout slider to 1,500 seconds.
  • Procyon Benchmarks: Benchmarks for AI image and text generation may not run completely on the Core Ultra Series 2.
  • Intel Graphics Software: Incorrect values may be displayed on the “Performance” page, and the “Shared GPU Memory Override” setting may not accurately reflect the allocated memory.

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