According to Intel’s current driver classification, there are three driver packages, Arc & Iris Xe, Arc Pro, and 6th-10th Generation Core, and current mainstream users can download the Arc & Iris Xe version.

The latest version of the 31.0.101.4032 driver brings support for Raptor Lake-S and Alder Lake-N processor core graphics, both of which were officially released at the recent CES 2023.

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The full changelog is as follows.

Highlights.

Introduced drivers for the following CPUs.

• 13th Generation Intel® Core desktop processors with Intel® UHD Graphics 730 (codenamed Raptor Lake-S)
• Intel® processors and Intel® Core i3 N-Series processors with Intel® UHD graphics (codenamed Alder Lake-N)

Issues fixed.

Intel® Arc graphics products.

• Harvest Day 2 (Payday 2) (DX9) Flickering may occur on certain water surfaces.
• God of War (DX11) may experience lower-than-expected performance when first launched within the main game menu.

Intel® Core Processor Products.

• Battlefield 2042 (DX12)* (DX12) May experience color corruption during gameplay.
• Watch Dogs: Legion* (DX12) Application crashes may occur during gameplay.
• Hitman 3* (DX12) Application crashes may occur while running benchmarks.
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla* (DX12) may experience visual corruption when changing graphics settings.

Known issues.

Intel® Arc graphics products.

• Fortnite* (DX12) Application crashes may occur at high and Epic graphics settings. It may be necessary to set the graphics settings to Medium and Nanite to Off to mitigate application crashes.
• Diablo II: Resurrected* (DX12) may cause system instability or application crashes.
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may cause application crashes when selecting a character.
• A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) Application freezes and crashes may occur during gameplay.
• Conqueror’s Blade* (DX11) may be corrupted in benchmark mode. Call of Duty: Vanguard* (DX12) Shadows may be lost or corrupted during submarine missions.
• The system may get stuck when waking up from sleep. It may be necessary to power cycle the system to recover.
• GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encoding in some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Blender may become corrupted when using the Nishita Sky texture node.

Intel® Iris Xe MAX graphics products.

On some notebook systems using both Intel® Iris X e + Iris X e MAX devices, the driver installation may not complete successfully. A system reboot and reinstallation of the graphics driver may be required for a successful installation.

Intel® Core Processor Products

• Eviscerating Shadow (Dysterra)* (DX12) may experience visual corruption during gameplay.
• Total War: Warhammer III* (DX11) Application crashes may occur when loading battle scenes.
• Call of Duty Warzone 2.0* (DX12) may experience corruption in certain buildings and floors during gameplay.
• Conqueror’s Blade* (DX12) Application crashes may occur during the game launch.
• A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) Application freezes and crashes may occur during gameplay.

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