Another important driver update for Intel Arc
Intel continues to fix bugs and improve drivers for its Arc graphics cards. Last time we wrote that there should be a larger update that will improve performance, it really came. In the new video, the company compares it to the launch drivers, and the difference in the selected games on different APIs is quite significant. The same goes for being compared to its biggest competitor in the RTX 3060, which has been Arc’s main benchmark. The second-best A750 beats it, but beware, that’s performance per dollar given the RTX 3060’s $391 price tag.
Intel used the A750 for benchmarks mainly because it dropped the price from $289 to $249, which is a pretty good discount as there’s not much performance difference compared to the A770. However, the highest model is still $329 for the 8GB version and $349 for the 16GB version. In the Czech Republic, you can buy an A770 for 9,300 CZK and an A750 for 6,700 CZK.
In addition to all this, an update for the Arc Control software has also been released. Finally you can switch to the classic window, until now it was only an overlay that disappeared after minimizing.
DirectStorage benchmarks look promising
We’ve been waiting for a very long time for DirectStorage technology, which should provide faster game loading. With the release of Forspoken, it’s finally here and we can take a look at the first benchmarks. For example, Nada Overbike of the Techtesters channel took care of one who tested Forspoken with third and fourth generation PCIe HDDs, SATA SSDs, and NVMe SSDs.
The results are definitely encouraging, one of the first games where the difference between SATA and NVMe SSDs is quite significant. After all, this is precisely the goal of DirectStorage – to use the full potential of NVMe drives. On average, the game loads in less than 6 seconds on a SATA SSD and 1.8 seconds on a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD. The fastest PCIe 4.0 drives are 1.2 to 1.3 seconds. For the sake of interest, it’s also worth mentioning the HDD, which loads a saved position in over 30 seconds, which is more or less proof that hard drives are practically unusable for new games.
The frame rate test was also quite interesting. It turns out that when using DirectStorage, storage can affect FPS, but only inside disks, nothing significant.
Source :Indian TV
