A new installment of drivers from Intel, which this time comes just behind NVIDIA to give the best support to a game that has been with us for two days, such as F1 2023. In addition to this, there is more support in three titles that are about to land and various performance improvements. Intel is catching up and also has some issues fixed and adds others to fix in the future. With that said, let’s look at these 101.4499 drivers for F1 2023, Alien Dark Descent, Counter Strike 2, and Forever Skies.

Four games supported and optimized in one go, with up to double-digit performance increases and a leap forward in Ray Tracing. This is how these 101.4499 are presented, some really interesting drivers that will test how fast we are in F1 2023, how we manage the fear of Alien Dark Descent and what aim we have in CS 2.

Intel Graphics driver Arc 101.4499, big improvements in F1 2023

It is a game full of novelties and the great hope of the fans of this sport to get closer to the pilots and teams. The title itself is loaded with new features and improved graphics, but what attracts the most attention are technical aspects such as Precision Drive, Braking Point 2, new realistic race distances or simply the red flags.

For this reason, thanks also to the Ray Tracing that is also noticeable here, the game needs a good optimization, which in the case of Intel and these drivers achieves a notable increase in performance thanks to the software engineers of the blues. Having said this, let’s go with everything related to this Intel driver for F1 2023 and its changes.

Highlights

Intel Game On driver support on Intel Arc A-series graphics for:

• counter strike 2
• F1 23
• Aliens: Dark Descent
• Forever Skies

Game performance improvements compared to Intel Software Driver 31.0.101.4382 for:

• Counter Strike 2 (DX11)
  • Uplift up to 10% at 1080p with very high settings.
  • Uplift up to 8% at 1440p with high settings.
• F1 23 (DX12)
  • Increase of up to 33% at 1080p at ultra high settings with Ray Tracing disabled.
  • Uplift up to 18% at 1080p at Ultra High settings with Ray Tracing enabled.
  • Uplift up to 27% at 1440p with high settings.
• Destiny 2 (DX11)
  • up to a eleven% upscaling to 1080p at highest settings.

fixed issues

Intel Arc Graphics products:

• Destiny 2 (DX11) may experience less than expected performance or stuttering during gameplay.
• Blank screen or error may be observed in certain applications when embedding content using WebView2

Known issues

Intel Arc Graphics products:

• The system may hang while waking up from sleep mode. You may need to power cycle the system for recovery.
• GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encoding with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Topaz Video AI may experience errors when using some models for video enhancement.
• Some users may experience a crash on F1 23 when changing XeSS presets. Intel and the developer are aware of the issue and it will be fixed in a future game patch.

Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics Products:

• Driver installation may not complete successfully on certain portable systems with devices Intel Iris Xe + Iris Xe MAX. It may be necessary to reboot the system and reinstall the graphics driver for a successful installation.

Intel Core Processor Products:

• Total War: Warhammer III (DX11) may experience an application crash when loading battle scenarios.
• Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 (DX12) May show corruption in certain light sources, such as fire.
• Conqueror’s Blade (DX12) You may experience an application crash during game startup.
• A Plague Tale: Requiem (DX12) You may experience app instability during gameplay.

Intel Arc Control Known Issues

• Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly output multiple video files.
• With Intel Arc Control installed, systems may experience slightly higher than expected power consumption during system sleep or hibernation.
• You may notice the “could not stop Highlights” notification when stopping Auto-Game Highlights.
• Onscreen camera preview may incorrectly persist when switching between Desktop and Overlay modes.
• The “Connector” type on the Display page may incorrectly display DP when using an HDMI display connection.