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Intel Arc Revisit: 2023 driver update (Acer Predator BiFrost A770)

Driver Notes

  • All Intel GPUs were benchmarked with the 3491 and 4123 driver.
  • All Nvidia GPUs were benchmarked with the 528.48 driver.
  • All AMD GPUs were benchmarked with the 23.2.1 driver.

Test System:

We test using a custom built system powered by MSI, based on Intel’s Alder Lake platform. You can read more about this system HERE and check out MSI on the CCL webstore HERE.

CPU
Intel Core i9-12900K
Motherboard
MSI MEG Z690 Unify
Memory
32GB (2x16GB) ADATA XPG Lancer DDR5 6000MHz
CL 40-40-40
Graphics Card
Varies
SSD
 2TB MSI Spatium M480
Chassis MSI MPG Velox 100P Airflow
CPU Cooler
MSI MEG CoreLiquid S360
Power Supply
 Corsair 1200W HX Series Modular 80 Plus Platinum
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 21H2
Monitor
MSI Optix MPG321UR-QD
Resizable BAR
Enabled for all supported GPUs

Comparison Graphics Cards List

  • Palit RTX 3060 StormX OC 12GB
  • Gigabyte RX 6600 XT Gaming Pro OC 8GB
  • Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition 8GB
  • Acer Predator BiFrost A770 16GB

All cards were tested at reference specifications.

Software and Games List

  • Assassin's Creed Valhalla (DX12)
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (DX9)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12)
  • Forza Horizon 5 (DX12)
  • God of War (DX11)
  • Gears 5 (DX12)
  • Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12)
  • Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered (DX12)
  • A Plague Tale: Requiem (DX12)
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 (DX12)
  • Resident Evil Village (DX12)
  • Total War: Warhammer III (DX11)

We run each benchmark/game three times, and present mean averages in our graphs. We use FrameView to measure average frame rates as well as 1% low values across our three runs.

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