Intel joins Microsoft in a push to load PC games faster — up to 37x

Intel is joining Microsoft in releasing precompiled shaders for its own graphics cards, which will save you time in loading ...
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Intel's new precompiled shader distribution can improve game loading times by up to 3x on Arc GPUs

Following in Nvidia's footsteps, Intel has now officially adopted Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery to make shader ...

Crimson Desert will not boot on Intel Arc graphics cards and users are being encouraged to refund the game

Hardware Crimson Desert's updated system requirements look very promising for any PC gamer, and for what must be a first-ever move, the devs have namechecked the ROG Xbox Ally handheld Processors ...

Will Arc A-Series GPUs Get Precompiled Shader Support? Here's What Intel Says

You may recall that just a couple of days ago we posted about Intel's new Arc Graphics Precompiled Shader Distribution. This is an implementation of Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery, where gamers ...
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Intel's latest Arc update cuts game load times by up to 3x by adding pre-compiled shaders, and it already supports 13 games

Intel's new Arc driver brings precompiled shader support, cutting first-launch stutter and delivering up to 3x faster load ...

Intel Arc update adds pre-compiled shaders to speed up game load times by up to 3x

Intel's latest Arc driver introduces its Graphics Shader Distribution Service, cutting first load times by up to 2x on Arc B-series GPUs.

This new Intel tech could instantly make your games load 37x faster with no downsides

Owners of Intel Core Ultra 2/3 series CPUs and Intel Arc B-series GPUs are in for a treat with the latest Intel graphics driver download.

Blocked Intel graphics cards, failed Xbox App booting, and 120GB patches hit Crimson Desert as launch woes continue

Crimson Desert is facing several technical hurdles across various platforms on launch.
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Intel's new Arc graphics driver does one thing NVIDIA hasn't been able to do

TL;DR: Intel Graphics Driver 32.0.101.8509 (WHQL) now supports XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation across all Intel Arc GPUs, including Arc A-Series, B-Series, and Core Ultra processors. This update ...
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Crimson Desert is like "like riding a bike", says Pearl Abyss PR boss, possibly in the sense that bikes also don't run on Intel Arc GPUs

Crimson Desert's controls aren't a pain in the bum. You just need to get used to them. You also need to get used to not being able to run the game if you've got an Intel Arc graphics card. You instead ...

Crimson Desert won't work on Intel Arc GPUs, developer suggests users ask for refunds

Following a slew of mostly average to quite good pre-launch reviews for Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss' stock price fell almost 30%. It seems many had expected ...
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Intel's new top-end Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips promise up to 77% faster iGPU gaming performance than Lunar Lake, and come with a whole host of friends

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