Intel continues to work hard on its graphics drivers. This time, the brand is offering us a “patch” version, 101.4972 Beta. It’s aimed entirely at Starfield, and is designed to correct a performance problem following a patch for the game, 1.8.86!
101.4972 Beta: a corrective driver for Starfield!
In the end, with this new driver, we find a single patch applied. The Intel team has corrected the lower-than-expected performance problems associated with version 1.8.86 of the game. So, by installing this driver, you should be back to a good level of performance… Or at least, decent performance.
Otherwise, there are no other new features or optimizations. So we’re left with the following long list of known problems:
- Intel Arc Graphics Products:
- Sporadic crashes may occur in Ghostrunner 2 (DX11).
- Corruptions may appear on Total War: Pharaoh (DX11) after a change of resolution on certain displays.
- Corruptions using Dynamic Resolution Scaling can be seen on Starfield.
- Crashes can also be encountered on Dead by Daylight.
- Topaz Video AI may encounter errors when using certain templates for video enhancement.
- Intel Iris Xe Max Graphics products:
- Driver installation may not complete successfully on some notebooks equipped with both Intel Iris Xe and Intel Iris Xe Max. A system restart may solve the problem.
- Intel Core Processor (12th-14th Generation) Products :
- Sporadic crashes can be observed on Dragon Quest X Online (DX9).
- Intel Arc Control:
- With some games, Arc Control Studio may incorrectly generate multiple video files.
- When using an HDMI connection, the “Display” page may incorrectly show DisplayPort in the “Connector” tab.
- A ” Stream already ended ” pop-up may appear after Capture/Highlights/Broadcast have been activated.
- Arc Control may not retain global application settings in Overlay mode after a system reboot. To get around this problem, you need to switch to desktop mode.
If you play Starfield, we recommend you update your graphics driver:
