Intel releases new graphics driver with gaming support for Intel Arc Pro B65 and B70

Intel has released a new WHQL graphics driver under version 32.0.101.8629. The latest release is a modest one, as it only adds gaming support for the recently launched Intel Arc Pro B70 and B65 graphics cards. Intel positions these GPUs as workstation-focused, but with the latest graphics driver, you can also play games on systems with the Arc Pro B70 and B65.

The official changelog for driver 32.0.101.8629 WHQL contains the following:

• Introducing Gaming Support for Intel Arc Pro B70 and Intel Arc Pro B65 Discrete GPUs.

The list of known bugs remains quite extensive, and it includes the following:

• Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • The Finals (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash.
  • No Man’s Sky (VK) may exhibit corruptions on certain terrains during gameplay.
  • Star Citizen (VK) may experience an application crash on game launch.
  • Mafia: The Old Country (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro may experience an application crash when exporting HEVC codec based media on Microsoft Windows OS 26200.7840 or later
• Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain water surfaces during gameplay.
  • Dune: Awakening (DX12) may exhibit flickering corruptions during gameplay.
  • Star Citizen (VK) may experience an application crash on game launch.
  • PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.
• Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:
  • PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Battlefield 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain maps during gameplay.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain water surfaces during gameplay.
  • Battlefield 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain maps during gameplay on some notebooks with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs.
  • No Man’s Sky (VK) may exhibit corruptions on certain terrains during gameplay.

The driver is available on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 systems with the latest graphics products from Intel, including Intel ARC discrete GPUs and Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 1, 2, and 3). You can download the driver from the official website. Full release notes are available here.