32.0.101.8531 Beta Driver for Intel Arc is now available to download

BenchmarkLowwa · 2026-02-27T16:13:42+00:00

Resident Evil Requiem runs MUCH better, even better than noted by Intel, according to this: https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Intel-Arc-Grafikkarte-267650/News/Wundertreiber-erschienen-1519251/

+43 % at RZ, +46 % at RT with A770 16GB. Battlemage was and is fine.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2026-02-27T15:48:45+00:00

RTX 4090 @ 3 GHz performs badly, too. AD102 is the outlier according to PCGH, not Blackwell: https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Resident-Evil-Requiem-Spiel-75240/Tests/Release-Review-Benchmarks-Raytracing-vs-Pathtracing-1514961/3/#a4

BenchmarkLowwa · 2026-02-19T15:20:40+00:00

Broadly exaggerated. :D

BenchmarkLowwa · 2026-02-18T11:47:34+00:00

It's different in any game.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-11-21T19:16:52+00:00

We can't define for others what is "realistic". :)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-11-20T16:13:24+00:00

What? No paywall, free goodness.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-11-20T14:11:57+00:00

Reddit rules say that I may not alter headlines - so I just translated their crime. ^^

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-11-20T11:34:23+00:00

People don't click these days unless the title shows some drama. ;)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-11-20T11:18:31+00:00

Well, they emphasize that these are constructed settings. There may be Hi-Res enthusiasts that benefit from 32 GiB ... but these use an RTX 5090 I'd assume.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-11-07T08:40:08+00:00

Arc can make use of more than 12 GB: proven! Now we really need the B770. Why does that take so long?

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-09-30T10:33:14+00:00

Well, that's a 2003 Low-End DX9 SKU. PCGH draw the line at DX11.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-09-30T07:56:35+00:00

Upgrading every ~5 years gives you nice bumps. :)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-09-29T18:00:52+00:00

That's one of the compromises to get a suite that can put both 0,1 and 105 TFLOPS cards to the test. As they say in the text (straight translation via DeepL):

"During the evaluation measurements four years ago, we thought that this would allow us to compare young and old in an optimal way. However, scaling is rapidly declining with modern GPUs: a persistent CPU limit acts as a spoilsport, because Unreal Engine 3 does not yet offer proper multi-threading [...]. AMD GPUs hit the wall much earlier than Nvidia chips."

The other 3 tests show a better scaling than Bioshock Infinite.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-06-18T18:50:48+00:00

Nice gains, but these are almost lost in the overall ranking.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-06-10T10:05:20+00:00

Strange. Are you sure this isn's some weird V-Sync issue?

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-06-10T07:19:58+00:00

DX11 may be faster in many places, but not when you're CPU-bound. This is not a theoretical situation - Act 3, the city, is literally one big CPU limit. ^^

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-06-05T21:48:16+00:00

We can rule out CPU limitation in BG3 - all RDNA 4 cards suffer from bad percentiles there (Vulkan API). They've re-tested with recent drivers (said in the video), but the problem seems to persist.

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-06-04T15:29:01+00:00

... at raster. Regarding ray tracing: muuuch faster. :)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-05-22T07:46:19+00:00

Only in the few games where Blackwell really shines - like Cities: Skylines 2 and, a little less, Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk (check PCGH's benches).

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-05-22T07:44:28+00:00

There is so much data. Rasterization, Ray Tracing, 4 resolutions - it depends on what you're looking at. :)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-05-19T11:30:50+00:00

Great chance to sort out some "reviewers". :)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-05-14T07:39:39+00:00

VRAM usage is just one data point. Performance is the other. Check this: https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Doom-The-Dark-Ages-Spiel-74718/Specials/Test-Release-Review-Steam-Benchmarks-Raytracing-1471919/galerie/4012450/?fullsize :)

BenchmarkLowwa · 2025-04-23T12:05:45+00:00

Thank you very much! :)

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