While the climate of absolute pessimism surrounded the Intel ARC, due to the disappointing performance of the first model launched on the market, the A350M saw its performance increase thanks to a new official graphics driver. And not in the form of a few extra frames per second, but to the point of performing like a high-end GPU. Let’s see how they did it.
There is no doubt that Intel runs into the classic problem when launching a new generation of graphics cards. We are referring to the state of the graphics drivers, which are currently immature enough to be a performance issue. This is what caused them to delay the launch of some ARC Alchemist which are already overdue.
In fact, it’s better to be late and do things right than to do things wrong. Although several years have passed, the stigma of the i740 from the late 90s still exists and Intel does not want the same problem to happen again. At the moment, the graphics driver still has a long way to go, because in many games it still has graphics artifacts and stuttering issues. As well as performance in games. This last point was crucial for the launch of the ARC 3 for laptops announced a few weeks ago to be seen.
Intel ARC A350M graphics card dispenses with DTT in new driver
No, we are not talking about insecticides, but they are an acronym for Dynamic Tuning Technology, a system designed so that the electrical power, which powers both the central processor and the graphics card, is evenly distributed. This is a feature that only exists on laptops, and not part of the Deep Link suite of technologies
At the moment, laptops with the said graphics card are only sold in South Korea, and one of them is the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro, which is the one on which the A350M performance tests with the new driver have been made. The change is notable to say the least and demonstrates the importance of having a good driver for your graphics card. We’re talking that with this simple change, games saw their performance double under the same conditions. I mean, now they give twice as many frames per second
This is good news, because we were disappointed that Intel made the bet to release a graphics card with the same performance as a GTX 1650. Let’s not forget that Intel’s strategy is to be at the opposed to the classics of its rivals, which are starting from the highest ranges and descending in terms of product launches. On the other hand, with the ARC we see how the first to be launched is the low range. It’s good news that Intel managed to double the performance of its A350M with the new driver, and we can’t wait to see how the desktop models perform.