Intel responds and releases Starfield-saving drivers for Intel ARC GPUs

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It was discovered upon the early access release of Starfield that the game didn’t always function correctly on Intel ARC GPUs, now it seems Intel has promptly responded to the performance issues and released a driver update that would fix some problems. Intel responds and releases Starfield saving drivers for Intel ARC GPUs.

What was the problem?

Those who purchased the premium editions of Starfield to play through early access seemed greeted with some driver bug on Intel ARC GPUs. Starfield was crashing continuously and even failed to launch completely in some cases, this is not what you want when you spend extra money on a game just to play it early. Intel was aware of this issue.

We are aware of issues with @StarfieldGame on Intel Arc graphics. We are working to improve the experience for the game's general release next week.

— Intel Graphics (@IntelGraphics) August 31, 2023

Fortunately, the fantastic team over at Intel has since acknowledged and released a fix for the issues users are facing with the game.

Intel promptly releases a Driver fix for Intel ARC GPUs

Intel has recently released a new driver, driver version 31.0.101.4672 for Intel Arc A-Series Graphics and Intel Iris Xe Graphics, that supposedly reduced crashing and the overall issues players were having with Starfield on Intel’s GOU platform.

The brains at Intel continue to work extremely hard on its drivers for ARC GPUs, because of its continued efforts, these GPUs are now some of the best that you can buy for the money. Unless you want to play Starfield on them.

Intel released another statement ensuring that the Engineering team is hard at work, and that they are going to get Starfield as stable as possible for the official launch of the game.

We've just posted a new driver for Intel Arc graphics users playing @StarfieldGame. This update addresses many functionality issues, including extended load times.

The driver engineering team is still hard at work on further stability and performance improvements, but we want to… https://t.co/mZ2P8OZ2OD

— Intel Graphics (@IntelGraphics) September 3, 2023

But what exactly changed in the driver update 31.0.101.4672?

What’s new in this driver update?

Driver update 31.0.101.4672 is not just focused on Starfield, it brings about a whole other list of fixes and optimization for various things, Check the change log down below.

This driver should be available through Arc Control on your PC, if not, you can download it here. Here’s the full Changelog:

Driver 31.0.101.4672 Changelog

• The Graphics Driver package has temporarily increased to significantly reduce the Starfield* game load duration.
• Several Starfield* game instability and visual artifacts have been fixed in this driver. High Preset and below are recommended to improve stability.
• Efforts are in progress to further improve the overall gaming experience of Starfield* for Intel® Arc™ users in future driver updates.

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:

Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics for:

• SYNCED*

OS Reference:

• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 – October 2020 Update (20H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 – May 2021 Update (21H1)
• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 – November 2021 Update (21H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 10-64 – October 2022 Update (22H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 11-64 – October 2021 Update (21H2)
• Microsoft Windows* 11-64 – September 2022 Update (22H2)

Platform (OS Support)

• 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor family (Codename Tiger Lake, Rocket Lake, Tiger Lake-H)
• 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processor family (Codename Alder Lake-S, Alder Lake-H, Alder Lake-P, Alder Lake-U, Alder Lake-HX, Alder Lake-N)
• 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processor family (Codename Raptor Lake-S, Raptor Lake-HX, Raptor Lake-H, Raptor Lake-P, Raptor Lake-U)
• Intel® Iris® Xe Dedicated Graphics family (Codename DG1)
• Intel® Arc® Graphics family (Codename Alchemist)

Notes

• Self-installing format (.exe) is the easiest installation method and our recommendation.

We appreciate the updates from Intel as Intel responds and releases Starfield saving drivers for Intel ARC GPUs.