Thanks for the notice. Just installed this latest driver
Steve at Gamers Nexus really put down the initial Intel Arc GPU
launch.
I bought the A770 LE 16 GB on Oct 12 2022 and have been
very pleased with it on FS2020 at 4K, Ultra, DX12.
Running it as PCIe 3.0 versus its 4.0 capability.
Been through the following 8 driver updates to date:
3490
3491
3802
3959
3975
4032
4090
4091
Not a single problem with FS2020.
Performance on DX9?
DX9, That is history.
Yes, but initially that was a primary criticism by some reviewers. Apparently that has been fixed.
Silent Hunter III for ever!
At some point, some pundits on Youtube were claiming Intel was exiting this space.
This means Intel is actually investing engineering time in its line of consumer GPUs.
It bodes well for the future.
More competition is better for us mere mortals.
Out of curiosity I bought the Arc 770 16Gb this weekend. With no change to my 3rd gen i7-3770K (ivy-bridge) it runs -ish. Built around 2012 it still has the MBR instead of GPT and thus I cannot disable CSM support yet to fix the missing above 4g on the Z77 to get some sort of the needed rebar functions.
The message ’ your computer does not comply’ will show up till the Intels are accepted I guess.
The 770LE should still run ok. The limitation of rebar support is quicker transfers of more than 4 GB of data at a time. So instead of transferring data to the GPU in chunks of more than 4 GB, you’re be limited to chunks of 4gb.
Your particular model of CPU still sees 32 GB of RAM, and the GPU can store a lot with 16 GB of VRAM.
Go into Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DELETE and select Task Manager from the options), click on the second tab (Performance) and scroll down to the bottom on the left side to see installed GPUs. Click on the Arc 770 and you’ll see you still have access to the full 16 GB of GPU RAM.
ReBAR just changes the “paging size” of RAM between the CPU and the GPU.
Yes, until MS/Asobo adds Intel as an accepted GPU.
Also, you can convert a Disk from MBR to GPT.
And you need to have it as a GPT anyway. MBR is old tech.
Change a Master Boot Record (MBR) into a GUID partition table (GPT) disk | Microsoft Learn.
The disk conversion did not validate because the number of partitions I had on the drive. After removing some the disk finally validated and converted. It may also have to do with the 100 Mb the UEFI partition needed to be made. CSM is now disabled.
I also noticed that the PCIe was running on the 1.1 version due automated selection. It’s now forced to version 3.0 and runs way smoother.
Does anybody know if / when Asobo will add XeSS to the sim?
I’m currently running FSR with my ARC A770, but I hope making use of the special hardware for XeSS implemented in the ARC will be better.
Edit: 2/24/2023
My previous Error 17 being returned when trying to Capture (Record)
was resolved. My error.
I have “Controlled Folder Access” activated in my Windows 11 Security.
Arc Control was trying to access a folder and was blocked which caused the error message and return without running.
I gave Arc Control permission and no more errors.
Intel Arc Control
The Capture options are not saved.
I changed mine to 1080P and AV1 encoding.
There is no hotkey for Capture on/off.
You have to turn it on and off via the Capture screen.
Set your Audio source to your Monitor or System Default.
I love the Capture capability for the display.
I have an external Capture card connected via USB but it will only capture video from my Nvidia Shield. (No screen capture)
This A770 Capture is for any video displayed.
AV1 encoding to an MP4 file is great.
I use the “Highlighting” feature.
I don’t know what highlighting is.
But there is a hotkey for it, off/on. Alt + H
Just set the option to “Keep raw footage”.
I was planning to buy an internal Capture card.
With the Intel A770 LE 16 GB GPU, I don’t need to now.
It works great.
New ARC Beta Driver 4123 available. (9th driver released)
Intel ® Arc™ A770, A750, A310,
A770M, A550M, A380, A730M,
A370M and A350M Graphics
(Codename Alchemist)
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/729157/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-beta-windows.html?
It works great on my A770 LE 16GB GPU.
Graphics look better.
Could be from this driver or download from the cloud.
New update of SU 12 Beta.
A770 working fine without any problems or change.
Running the 10th driver now, 4125, without any problems.
Flying at 4k, Ultra, TAA, DX12 with no problems.
Note that the FS2020 initial notification screen that a Nvidia/AMD
GPU is not present has been removed and no longer displays.
Anti Aliasing for the Intel GPUs, XeSS, has not been added.
Ray Tracing has not been added.
Anti Aliasing for the Intel GPUs, XeSS, has not been added.
Not the info that I hoped for, but thanks for sharing. That was one major thing I was interested in. Hopefully they add XeSS soon, as so many other games did. According to Intel it shall not be hard 
Look at it this way - if you already have 1 (or two) cards and are happy with them, things can only get better 
And rumour has it that they’re getting rid of the “Your computer doesn’t meet the minimum requirements” message if you don’t have either an NVidia or AMD card as well …
Not a rumor.
But, it has been discontinued in SU12 Beta.
My 2nd Arc 770LE arrived last night. First impressions - VERY NICE.
8120x2160 is SMOOTH! I have each arc feeding one lower screen and one upper screen on my 8k video wall, and I did find some bugs and other annoying behaviours of the sim.
Trying to stretch the view to 8192x4320 shrinks the wide-screen goodness effect - the more you make it higher, the more it “zooms in” towards the normal view, instead of a wide-screen panorama. I really like the panoramic view;
Stretching the window to the full 8kx4k triggers a “sanity check” that drops you down to 4k - so only 2k x 1k on each screen. Really ugly. My guess is they have code that checks if you’re trying to run in full 8k and drops it down to 4k - because an XBox would just die running in 8k;
Reverted temporarily to 4k on one screen, and it’s obscenely smooth. See below for the reasons why;
CPU utilization with 2 arcs dropped to 16%, even in 8192x2160 mode with ultrra detail on most stuff - can now probably run full ultra on everything with no hassles, will play with the setting this weekend.
The current CPU is last year’s i5-12400, and nothing on the system is overclocked, just 128 gb of Kingston Fury RAM running at stock 3600mhz. I had pencilled in an upgrade to an i9-13900 for later this year, but with CPU utilization dropping to next to nothing, and CPU temps still at 35°C, why bother?
Summary: Works even better than I could have hoped for. I have 2 65" smart TVs that are on order - can’t wait to see what sort of wide-screen effect a 16k horizontal resolution will give.
There was a skeptic who kept claiming that this would not give the results I expected - that adding a second Arc would do nothing in terms of fluidity, etc., because it’s not SLI (or some other stupidity - they refused to review the VULCAN specs). Well folks, they were SO WRONG. And it will only get better once MSFS supports Intel XeSS.
Now gotta get back to my budget to remove the CPU/Motherboard/RAM upgrade to i9-13900, 128 gb DDR5-6000 ghz, and 1600 watt power supply. That money will be directed to a new sound system, flight radios, etc. And when 4tb SDDs drop down to a more reasonable price, 5 of them, because a maxed-out system makes for a happy system and a happy owner.
My friends (and their boyfriends) are going to have a blast with this!
When are we all being invited over to check this system out???
Who was the lead guy at ACES (the FSX developer) who went to work for intel after the studio shut down? He was going to work specifically on an intel graphics card project.
Thanks. Once I get the 2 65" side screens in and connected (store says maybe late next week), I’ll be inviting my friends for the “grand reveal”. And supper, of course. After all, it’s not everyone who has a 100" 8k video wall and 2 additional 4k 64" side screens in their living room/office.
Should make movie nights totally awesome, since the side screens are on carts with wheels, so they can just be rotated beside the video wall. Almost 17’ edge to edge. Kind of reminiscent of the first row at a drive-in.
I’ll still go for the i9-13900 at some point, if only to get the better iGPU (an embedded 770). Might as well, since Meteor Lake is shaping up to be a total suck for gamers - max of 6 cores, all e cores. Sure, they’ll get a performance boost from the die shrink, but as NVidia saw with the 4090, there’s a point of diminishing returns.
I’m just in awe that an i5-12400 is only using 16% CPU when running 8k x 2k. Shows just how much work can be offloaded to the GPU in the right circumstances (2 video cards with a combined 32 gb of RAM, combined bandwidth of 512 bits, and maxed out fast system RAM). Note - no SSD needed, both hibernation and swap disabled. With too much RAM, hibernation takes too darn long even on the fastest SSDs, and with enough RAM, there’s no need for swap.
Changed a lot of settings (some of them are useless above 4k - they’re there to “make things look better” in lower resolutions). Will do more experiments this weekend, but gotta go!
