Intel continues to improve its drivers providing performance bumps for the Arc A750 and A770. We tested the new 31.0.101.4885 on various games to see what kind of boost the new software provides to the graphics cards.

What do we think? Intel’s Arc 700 series is now one year old. After a series of delays before launch, it was initially feared that the A750 and A770 would fall flat; however, both graphics cards received favorable reviews when they were finally released in October 2022. Over the past year, Intel has continued to support the add-in boards with a series of driver updates that have improved the performance of both cards, as Intel’s dedication to improving its software could pay dividends for the future launch of the second-generation Battlemage line, set to be released in 2024.
Intel releases the latest driver for the Arc A750 and A770—how does it fare in our testing?
On the heels of Intel’s Q3’23 update that was released in August and featured the rollout of its new Balanced Build program and big improvements to DX9- and DX11-based games, last week Intel introduced its latest driver for the Arc 700 series. Intel touts that its new driver (31.0.101.4885) can provide up to a 119% performance gain in some games. Some of the biggest performance gains are listed in the following table.
Game | Percentage performance gain | Settings |
Forza Motorsport (DX12) | 19% | 1440p with High settings |
Resident Evil 4 | 27% | 1080p with High Ray Tracing settings |
The Last of Us Part 1 (DX12) | 12% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
War Thunder (DX11) | 9% | 1080p with Maximum settings |
Payday 3 (DX11) | 37% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Naraka: Bladepoint* (DX11) | 5% | 1080p with Highest settings |
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (DX11) | 32% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Final Fantasy XIV Online (DX11) | 7% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (DX11) | 42% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (DX11) | 88% | 1080p with High settings |
Total War: Warhammer II (DX11) | 10% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Tomb Raider (DX11) | 10% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Mad Max (DX11) | 6% | 1080p with Very High settings |
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (DX11) | 14% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (DX11) | 90% | 1080p with Extra settings |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (DX11) | 119% | 1080p with High settings |
Call of Duty: Black Ops IV (DX11) | 8% | 1080p with Very High settings |
BeamNG.drive (DX11) | 10% | 1080p with High settings |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (DX11) | 22% | 1080p with Ultra High settings |
Divinity: Original Sin—Enhanced Edition (DX11) | 9% | 1080p with Ultra settings |
Table 1: Intel’s reported performance gains for the Arc A-series graphics cards with the 31.0.101.4885 driver.
These are very impressive numbers, but Intel did not include average framerates for the games listed.
Our latest test results for Intel’s A-series with the latest driver release
We downloaded the new 31.0.101.4885 driver and tested it with various games on the Arc A750. We focused our tests on the 1440p resolution since it is quickly becoming the most popular resolution for gamers.
Test bed and hardware
- CPU—Intel Core-i9-12900K
- EVGA Z690 Classified 1.2.0 main board
- Windows 11 Pro X64 OS
- Samsung 980 Pro 1TB SSD
- Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition graphics add-in board
Test results
Following Intel’s numbers where they found gains ranging from 6% to 119%, we also found dynamic results. The Arc 750 improved as much as 79% when running Far Cry 6 at 1440p at the High graphics preset and as little as 0% improvement in Chernobylite. The following table shows our test results and percentage performance gains.
Game | Settings | Intel A750 Avg. FPS | Intel A750 Avg. FPS (w/new 4885 driver) | Percentage gain |
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | 1440p High preset | 61 | 66 | 8% |
Chernobylite | 1440p High preset | 88 | 90 | 2% |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p Medium preset | 45 | 58 | 29% |
Far Cry 6 | 1440p Ultra preset | 45 | 75 | 67% |
Godfall | 1440p | 62 | 68 | 9% |
Guardians of the Galaxy | 1440p High preset | 75 | 91 | 21% |
Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition | 1440p High preset | 70 | 73 | 4% |
Red Dead Redemption II | 1440p Medium preset | 81 | 90 | 11% |
Watch Dog: Legion | 1440p Medium preset | 53 | 76 | 43% |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 1440p Mein Leben – Riverside | 125 | 137 | 9% |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 1440p Mein Leben – Lab | 146 | 173 | 18% |
Table 2: Arc 750 performance gain with the latest driver release.
Over our 11-game suite and multiple tests, the Arc A750 saw an average of 20% performance gain with the new 31.0.101.4885 driver in 1440p resolution, with some games seeing as much as a 67% FPS gain while others remaining flat from driver to driver.

Intel continues to improve the performance of the A-series line of graphics cards via driver improvements. Intel admitted during its Q3 2023 conference call that the drivers at launch were not ready for prime time, especially when it came to DX11 and DX games. The company continues to invest in improving the drivers for the A750 and A770. This investment and work experience gained by these optimizations will only help when it comes to the rollout of its second-generation Battlemage series in 2024.