Intel releases new graphics driver with Wuchang: Fallen Feathers support and more

Intel has released a new non-WHQL driver for its graphics cards and processors. Version 32.0.101.6972 adds optimizations and support for Killing Floor 3, Valorant's Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Nvidia has already released a driver with optimizations for the same games, and Intel is now following suit.

Here are the update highlights:

Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc B-series, A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel Core Ultra with built-in Intel Arc GPUs for:

• Killing Floor 3
• Valorant UE5 Upgrade
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

Game performance improvements on Intel Arc B-series Graphics GPUs versus Intel 32.0.101.6913 software driver for:

• REMATCH (DX12):
  • Up to 12% average FPS uplift at 1440p with Ultra settings
  • Up to 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Here is what was fixed:

• Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:
  • Returnal (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash during gameplay with Ray-Tracing settings turned on.
  • Fragpunk (DX11) may exhibit black corruptions on certain textures.
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash in Free Flight mode.
• Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:
  • Returnal (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash during gameplay with Ray-Tracing settings turned on.
• Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:
  • PugetBench for Photoshop*may experience errors while running the benchmark.
  • Topaz Video AI may experience lower than expected performance

Intel 32.0.101.6972 non-WHQL supports 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 PCs with the following Intel processors and graphics cards:

You can download the driver from the official website here. Full release notes are available here (PDF).