Intel rolls out driver with support for Arc A730M graphics

Intel’s latest driver adds support for the company’s first wave of A-series Arc GPUs.

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What you need to know

Intel has a new graphics driver available that adds support for the Arc A730M GPU. That graphics card has 24 Xe cores, 12GB of GDDR6 memory, and is set to launch in Q2 2022. It is expected to compete with the lower end of NVIDIA’s RTX 30-Series GPU, according to leaked benchmarks (viaTom’s Hardware).

The Arc 3, 5, and 7 discrete mobile GPUs were announced by Intel back in March of this year. Our executive editorcovered the new Arc GPUs extensivelyearlier this year if you need to run through the new chips in depth.

Moving back to today’s news, the latest Intel Graphics Driver (30.0.101.1735) adds support for the Arc A730M. It also brings Intel Game On Driver support forSniper Elite 5for the Arc A350M, A370M, and A730M.

Here are the gaming highlights and other details from Intel:

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Notes

You can download the latest driver fromIntel’s website.

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