Intel has rolled out a new driver update for its Arc-series desktop graphics cards. Meant to address performance in DirectX 9 titles, the new driver brings on average 1.8x improvement across multiple titles.
Of particular note here is CS:GO or Counter Strike: Global Offensive. Despite its age, CS:GO remains a massively popular title, with close to a million players in game at any given time. With the latest driver, average frame rates at 1080p have gone up by 1.79x over the previous driver.
More notable is the improvement in frame time consistency. The 99th percentile or the 1%…
