Intel releases new graphics driver with Stormgate support and big performance improvements

Intel has released a new WHQL graphics driver for supported processors with integrated graphics and discrete graphics cards. It includes optimizations for Stormgate and notable performance improvements in other games, such as Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Metro: Last Light Complete Edition.

Here are the update highlights:

Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs for:

• Stormgate

Performance improvements in the latest driver include the following:

Game performance improvements on Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products versus Intel 31.0.101.5762 software driver for:

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (DX11):

• Up to 91% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Up to 35% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Ultra settings

Metro: Last Light Complete Edition (DX11):

• Up to 20% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
• Up to 23% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Very High settings

Game performance improvements on Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs versus Intel 31.0.101.5762 software driver for :

Stormgate (DX11)

• Up to 12% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Medium settings with Temporal Super Resolution enabled

Intel 32.0.101.5768 WHQL also fixes the following bugs:

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• Dirt Rally (DX11) may exhibit corruptions on water bodies while running the benchmark.
• Sid Meier’s Civilization V (DX11) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (DX12) may experience application instability on the first launch of the game.
• Blender 4.2 may exhibit corruptions and incomplete scenes while rendering.

Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (DX12) may experience application instability on the first launch of the game.

Intel 32.0.101.5768 WHQL is available for systems with the following processors and graphics cards running 64-bit Windows 10 and 11:

Download the 32.0.101.5768 WHQL driver here. Full release notes are available here (PDF).