Starfield FPS Gets a Big Boost with New Arc & Iris Graphics Update

Are you having trouble getting good performance in Starfield on your Intel graphics card? Intel has a solution for you. The Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4887 GPU driver is here to help. It promises to boost Starfield’s performance by a whopping 149%, and it brings along several other benefits.

Intel is well-known for producing top-notch gaming CPUs, but they’ve also entered the discrete graphics card market to compete with AMD and Nvidia. While their graphics cards are generally more budget-friendly, there were concerns about their ability to handle Starfield, a game known for its inconsistent performance.

However, Intel seems to have cracked the code to make Starfield run smoothly. Their latest driver update offers a significant performance boost. At 1440p resolution, Intel claims you can experience up to a 149% improvement in performance with High settings compared to the previous driver. Even at 1080p with Ultra settings, you’ll still get an impressive 117% boost.

In addition to the performance improvements for Starfield, this driver update also adds support for the upcoming Intel Arc A580 graphics card and several other games, including the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 beta, Total War: Pharaoh, and Lords of the Fallen.

Here’s a summary of all the changes introduced by Intel’s latest GPU driver update:

Highlights

• Support for Intel Arc A580

Gaming highlights

• Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series graphics for:
  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 beta
  2. Total War: Pharaoh
  3. Lords of the Fallen

Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4885 software driver for:

Starfield (DX12)

• Up to 117% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
• Up to 149% uplift at 1440p with High settings

Forza Motorsport (DX12)

• Up to 8% uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Game performance improvements versus Intel 31.0.101.4826 software driver for:

F1 23 (DX12)

• Up to 12% uplift at 1440p with Ultra High settings
• Up to 136% uplift at 2160p with Ultra High settings

You can get the Arc & Iris Graphics 31.0.101.4887 GPU driver by downloading it from this link.

While Intel has made strides in the GPU market with budget-friendly cards, they haven’t quite made it to the top of our best graphics card list. In our opinion, Nvidia and AMD still offer the best options. However, we’re intrigued to see what Intel has in store for the future of graphics cards.