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It\u2019s no secret that Intel\u2019s relative lack of experience in the GPU game has made its nascent driver software the Achilles\u2019 heel of the new Arc line of GPUs. PCWorld contributor Keith May has been keeping a close eye on the situation<\/a>, as Intel has opted to follow the usual one-month update cycle. How is Arc looking after two months? That\u2019s the million-dollar question in the latest PCWorld YouTube video. <\/p>\n

\n<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>You can see a full breakdown of the testing setup and all results for launch, month one, and month two in the video above. In short, we\u2019re seeing very marginal improvements for most of the newest games like <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>, <em>Horizon Zero Dawn<\/em>, and <em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The big surprise\u2014and I mean big, stonking, HUGE surprise\u2014is in the improvement in games that use the much older DirectX 9 standard, like <em>Counter-Strike GO<\/em>. Flat from launch to the first month, the latest drivers approximately double <em>CSGO<\/em> performance. You read that right: Across low- and high-end graphics settings, we\u2019re seeing a 2x increase in frame rates. Performance was also considerably improved on the newer\u2014but still quite old\u2014<em>Grand Theft Auto V<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>For the latest breakdown of the latest PC gaming hardware, be sure to <\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<div data-ga=\"article-footer-author\">\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/author\/mcrider\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\tAuthor: Michael Crider<\/a>, Staff Writer\t\t<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/author_photo_Michael-Crider_1635298804-1.jpg?quality=50&strip=all&w=150&h=150&crop=1\" height=\"125\" width=\"125\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Michael is a former graphic designer who’s been building and tweaking desktop computers for longer than he cares to admit. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and salsa verde, in no particular order.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@MichaelCrider\" title=\"Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z\" \/><\/svg><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/1448060\/checking-up-on-intels-arc-gpu-driver-performance.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Tama Fetzer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Adam Patrick Murray\/IDG It\u2019s no secret that Intel\u2019s relative lack of experience in the GPU game has made its nascent driver software the Achilles\u2019 heel of the new Arc line of GPUs. PCWorld contributor Keith May has been keeping a close eye on the situation, as Intel has opted to follow the usual one-month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,23033,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-594955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-driver","8":"category-intels","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}