Intel Arc Graphics driver update answers the age-old question, 'Can it play Crysis?'

Intel Arc graphics driver 31.0.101.5590 WHQL for discrete GPUs and Intel Core Ultra rigs with integrated Arc graphics is here - adding support for a pair of new titles, Destiny 2: The Final Shape and the highly anticipated Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.

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As per the headline, there's some added goodness for legacy titles, including Crysis (2007) and Crysis 2 (2011). The latest Intel Game On driver release boosts the original Crysis performance at 1080p with Very High settings by up to 10% on a discrete Arc GPU. Crysis 2 also gets up to a 6% increase in 1080p performance - this time on a Core Ultra chip with Arc graphics.

With that, the answer to the question of whether Intel Arc GPUs can run Crysis is now "better than before."

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The other notable game that is getting special attention in the latest driver release is Chivalry 2. The DirectX 11 title sees up to a 13% improvement in 1080p performance on a discrete Arc GPU and up to a 16% improvement on Intel Core Ultra processors with built-in Arc graphics.

Outside of performance, the driver resolves a crashing issue for No Rest for the Wicked players - with the following Known Issues still to be fixed.

Known Issues.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

• No Man's Sky (VK) may experience an application crash during gameplay while changing window context with Alt + Tab.
• Enshrouded (VK) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
• Doom Eternal (VK) may exhibit intermittent flickering corruption in the game menu and during gameplay.
• PugetBench Extended Preset Benchmark may fail to complete on certain Adobe Premiere Pro* Processing Tests.
• Topaz Video AI may experience errors when exporting videos after using some models for video enhancements.

Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

• Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (DX12) may experience an application crash on loading to gameplay.
• PugetBench Extended Preset Benchmark may fail to complete on certain Adobe Premiere Pro* Processing Tests.
• Topaz Video AI may experience errors on running certain benchmark tests.
• Procyon AI may experience an application crash while running benchmark with precision float32.
• Launching a game with Endurance Gaming engaged may result in VSync persisting on after disengaging Endurance Gaming during gameplay. A workaround is to relaunch the application.