That wasn’t a game-stopping bug by any means, however actually a unusual one (and to not be confused with flippantly coloured eyebrows). It is also not the one bug repair in Intel’s newest Arc GPU driver. The discharge notes additional state the aforementioned driver improves stability in numerous areas of Starfieldand addresses a difficulty that was leading to glass surfaces and objects being rendered in appropriately.
One factor to keep in mind is that as of this writing, the 31.0.101.4676 driver will not be WHQL licensed. Intel says to not fret, although—the corporate says its non-WHQL drivers are completely examined and are of the identical useful high quality as its WHQL drivers, they only “haven’t accomplished the complete Home windows {Hardware} Lab Equipment testing previous to launch. This is named an attest-signed driver.”
On the time, Intel additionally really helpful that Arc GPU homeowners use the Excessive Preset or beneath in Starfield to enhance stability. No such disclaimer is connected to the 31.0.101.4676 driver launch. That stated, there are a bunch of identified points outlined within the launch notes, a number of of which (although not all) apply to Starfield. This is the complete record…
- Starfield (DX12) might expertise sporadic instability in some areas of the sport.
- Starfield (DX12) might exhibit corruption when utilizing Dynamic Decision Scaling. A workaround is to vary the Render Decision Scale slider worth.
- Starfield (DX12) might exhibit low texture particulars on sure objects within the sport.
- Starfield (DX12) might exhibit texture flickering on gentle sources throughout gameplay.
- Fortnite (DX12) might exhibit flickering corruptions throughout gameplay.
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Assortment* (DX12) might exhibit texture corruption on characters.
- Halo Infinite (DX12) marketing campaign might expertise an software crash on some system configurations
- Lifeless by Daylight (DX11) might expertise an software crash throughout gameplay.
- Topaz Video AI might expertise errors when utilizing some fashions for video enhancement.
- Adobe After Results might expertise an software crash throughout render operations.
- System fan might ramp up ceaselessly on sure Intel Arc Graphics merchandise.