![]() For Intel, the primary goal is to optimize for games using the newest APIs, games that are popular on Steam and games that reviewers tend to use. The company has now a list of games that need to be optimized for Arc GPUs before looking at older titles. Just yesterday we had Intel’s Tom Petersen explaining the exact same optimization process (or struggle) for Arc Graphics. ![]() World of Warcraft: Shadowlands – up to 30%.This optimization came almost at the same time as the recent OpenGL & Vulkan update that brought similar gains to certain games. The DirectX11 games, for instance, received a 10% uplift on average (based on a comparison between 22.5.2 May and 22.3.1 March drivers). The company is focusing its efforts on optimizing not just for the latest titles, but also games based on older APIs. AMD rebuilt their DirectX11 driver from the ground up, now delivering 10% better performance on average However, there are cases where NVIDIA releases one driver, such as the today’s Hotfix driver. NVIDIA has two main branches for their notebook and desktop gaming series, whereas Intel now has dedicated drivers for ARC and iGPUs. By releasing those early drivers sooner, gamers can take advantage of the optimizations for their games before WHQL driver completes its Microsoft test suite testing.ĪMD advantage over competitors is one unified driver for desktop, mobile and integrated graphics solutions. In other words, AMD considers their non-WHQL drivers are already as good as production drivers from competitors. By releasing a non-certified WHQL passing driver, AMD can ensure greater support of new game releases and patches. While every AMD Software release passes Microsoft’s WHQL test suite, it is sometimes advantageous for gamers to use non-WHQL certified drivers. However, AMD Recommended drivers represent tried-and-tested software that often has had months of soak time in the public domain. The following quote explains exactly why this happens and what does this mean to gamers.ĪMD Optional drivers are more akin to the production-grade drivers from our competitors. Until now, AMD has never really explained why the non-WHQL drivers often listed as ‘optional’ or ‘recommended’ are pushed to release sooner than WHQL ones. On the other hand, NVIDIA tends to release WHQL drivers immediately.ĪMD on driver releases and testing, Source: AMD One should note here, however, that AMD WHQL releases are usually available much later than BETA drivers. In 2021, AMD releases 26 WHQL drivers, which is more than NVIDIA (20). Since many of us had missed it, it is worth looking at some interesting information that was provided.ĪMD claims to be using as many as 6000 unique system configurations for their rigorous internal testing, this ensures that 99.95% of users do not encounter crashes when using AMD software. AMD is using 6000 unique systems configurations for graphics driver testing, 1500 more than NVIDIAĪMD has just retweeted a blog post from June, which shares some insight into graphics driver releases.
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