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Another month, another dutiful report on the state of Intel\u2019s fledgling GPU drivers<\/a> for its Arc series of graphics cards from PCWorld contributor Keith May. February sees the introduction of a new game to the roundup, the eye-catching but temperamental Forspoken<\/em>, and some surprising framerate gains for a staple title. Plus, some exciting news that occurred mere hours after Keith\u2019s video published: Intel is slashing the Arc A750\u2019s price to $249<\/a>! <\/p>\n

Compared to last month\u2019s driver release, the Arc A770 driver didn\u2019t change much for most of our testing titles. In GTA V, Counter-Strike GO, Assassin\u2019s Creed: Valhalla, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Total War: Troy, Borderlands 3, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Watch Dogs Legion, <\/em>and Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>, the results for the three-month test were in line with (or slightly behind) the two-month test. That\u2019s a particular bummer for Cyberpunk<\/em>, which just got a DLSS boost on the latest Nvidia cards<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\n<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>There was one standout: <em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2<\/em>. Whatever special sauce Intel put into the new driver, it\u2019s showing about a 5-10 percent improvement across the board, while 1 percent lows saw a noticeable bump up to 51 frames per second at 1080p and 36 frames per second at 1440 \u2014 that\u2019s some solid performance for such a new, graphically-intense game. The gains over the Arc launch are even more impressive. <\/p>\n<p><em>Forspoken <\/em>is Square Enix\u2019s new magical melee combat title. It looks gorgeous\u2026 if you have the power to run its detailed graphics and whiz-bang effects. <em>Forspoken <\/em>has already earned a reputation as a resource hog even on high-end gaming PCs, and the Arc A770 isn\u2019t a high-end card. But to Intel\u2019s credit, the day one driver release did manage to boost 1 percent lows by a solid ten percent, even if it didn\u2019t do much for the average FPS. At 1080p, the game runs above 60 fps on high settings \u2014 not bad! <\/p>\n<p>For more testing of the latest graphics cards and other 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. 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