The graphics intel arc They have had their great Achilles tendon in the software, both in regards to the driver itself and the control panel. Apparently the chip giant would be working on the redesign of the second component to make it easier to use, starting with the fact that it would stop being an overlay (at least optionally).
The information comes from various sources. Linus Sebastian, star of the well-known YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips, has said that “Intel refuses to provide an exact timeline or any other details. They know the overlay sucks, it’s going to go away. We will get a single application without overlay that will have everything consolidated in a single panel”.
A different version is the one exposed by Albert Thomas, from Tom’s Hardware, who has affirmed that the superposition is not going to disappear completely, but that Intel is working on a solution that would satisfy both those who want a unified panel and those who are happy with the overlay.
The statements by Linus Sebastian and Albert Thomas follow what was published by the German magazine PC Games Hardware, which in its printed edition was the first to mention that Intel would be working on a major driver update for the month of february: “As we have heard from well-informed circles, a major driver update is also planned for February, which should improve performance on all APIs and also bring new features. Intel has already released some driver updates in recent months, which mainly address the criticized performance under DirectX 9. The German medium does not mention the configuration panel in these words, but rather the driver.
We’ll see what happens in the end, because his thing is to remain prudent while nothing is published as stable, but everything indicates that Intel is working on a major redesign of the control panel available for its Arc dedicated graphics and Xe integrated graphics. The panels to configure functions or features offered by the graphics card are important for Windows users, so this is an aspect that the chip giant must improve if it wants its products to have greater acceptance in the market.
In addition to Windows software, Intel is also engaged in efforts to make its next-generation graphics shine on Linux as well. For this, it is developing a new driver for the kernel, Xe, which is accompanied by attempts to improve ANV, the Vulkan driver present in Mesa for Intel graphics.
