Intel: New Driver Fixes B580 Bug, Detects Twin Lake 0 comments
Intel has released a new Arc graphics driver for desktop graphics cards and iGPUs, bringing improvements to the new Intel Arc B580 12GB “Battlemage” (test) as well as initial support for Twin Lake. However, the driver does not yet address all issues with XeSS 2 frame generation in F1 24.
Bugs (fixes) with Arc B580
For owners of the Arc B580 12GB Limited Edition or Custom Design, Intel is promising three major improvements:
Skull and Bones* (DX12) may experience an application crash when launching the game. Some capture cards may exhibit visual artifacts in certain scenarios. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege* (DX12) may experience lower than expected performance.
In F1 24, the first game to support XeSS 2, including XeSS Frame Generation (test), crashes may still occur; for example, if the frame generation setting is adjusted in-game.
Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition (benchmark) and Steel Legend Custom Design Compared
First iGPU Driver at CES
The driver is also the first to support three “new” iGPUs or the series of processors that support them:
Launch driver for Intel® Core™ N-Series and 2-Series processors (codenamed Twin Lake, Raptor Lake-H Refresh, Raptor Lake-U Refresh).
As the new iteration of Intel’s N series, Twin Lake relies exclusively on E-Cores. Intel’s Ark database doesn’t yet know about the new N processors, but it appears there is no concrete NDA. The following screenshot shows the current driver on an Intel N150 Twin Lake processor in the editorial.
Intel’s new graphics driver also for Intel N150 “Twin Lake”
Raptor Lake-H Refresh and Raptor Lake-U Refresh are, in turn, just new editions of the famous mobile processors, which Intel positions as Core 200 without “Ultra” among the new Arrow Lake-U and Arrow Lake-H (X) Processors. However, the driver has not yet commented on these brand new mobile processors that Intel is expected to present at the show.
Topics: Arc Battlemage Intel Intel Xe graphics cards
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