Up to 1.8x FASTER DirectX 9 gaming with Intel’s latest Arc GPU driver

What you need to know

• The Intel Graphics Beta Driver 31.0.101.3959 supports Arc A-series GPUs, including the A310, A380, A750, A770, and mobile chips.
• Performance improvements include optimizations for games running DirectX 9, including League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
• Enhancements to recent DirectX 11 and 12 titles include Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (DX12) and DOTA 2 (DX11.)
• Intel reports average framerates were up to 1.8x faster than the previous driver in its internal testing.

Intel has released beta driver 31.0.101.3959 for the Arc series of GPUs, including improvements for games targeting DirectX 9 and above. This latest update supports its A-series desktop cards and mobile chips, including the Intel Arc A750 and A770 that launched as recently as October 2022.

Compared to the v3490 launch driver, the top-end Arc 770 shows a significant improvement (via Intel) in testing benchmarks, including an average of 318 FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive running DirectX 9 in 1080p with the new v3953 driver, an impressive increase from 177 FPS average in the same game previously.

In a video presentation, Intel confesses its dissatisfaction with DirectX 9 performance upon the launch of the Arc GPUs. They continue demonstrating improvements in this new driver, including the claimed 1.8x faster performance for average FPS versus the previous version.