Intel Arc GPU Driver Problems Revisited: 2025 Arc Graphics Driver Review

Sponsor: Thermal Grizzly Duronaut on Amazon - https://geni.us/tpgcPMw Intel's Arc GPU driver bugs have been Arc's nemesis since launch. We're revisiting Intel Arc drivers in 2025 to look at the post-Battlemage, pre-Celestial GPU driver situation. In this video, we test nearly every single button in Intel's graphics software, track 641 bugs across 10 months of updates, check for video card driver update lag following major PC game launches, and more. The focus today is on the driver package, usability, and bugs. Our most recent performance benchmarks for Arc can be found in our AMD RX 9060 XT GPU review. Interview with Tom Petersen about fixing the Intel Arc GPU drivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp3BGu3vixk Find our previous Intel Arc 2024 GPU benchmarks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3WSqLEciEw The original Intel Arc graphics driver deep-dive from 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjYSeT-T5uk The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Intel B580 on Amazon: https://geni.us/stXID Intel B570 on Amazon: https://geni.us/jlBbBdP AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB on Amazon: https://geni.us/m0Vchb NVIDIA RTX 5060 on Amazon: https://geni.us/NZQX AMD RX 9070 on Amazon (when it lists): https://geni.us/m8We7o AMD RX 9070 XT on Amazon (when it lists): https://geni.us/Do7nDI AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU on Amazon: https://geni.us/bsS1kFv NVIDIA RTX 5090 on Amazon: https://geni.us/CGgM6y TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - 641 Issues Tracked: Intel Arc 2025 Drivers Revisit 02:27 - Intel's Current Driver Quality 04:15 - Revisiting the Broken Smooth Sync 05:04 - Revisiting the Broken Speed Sync 05:48 - The Software is Better 07:09 - Removing Trash Software is Easier 08:13 - HDCP Improvements 08:42 - Fixing Obnoxious Notifications 09:12 - Dropped Features 10:39 - Current State of Intel Software 11:18 - Broken Performance Monitoring 13:18 - Video Capture Issues 14:05 - Smart VSync Issues 14:38 - Smaller Complaints: UI Bugs, Usability, FPS Limits 16:24 - Intel vs. NVIDIA Game-Ready Drivers 18:17 - Timeline of Driver Launches 21:40 - XeSS Support 24:53 - Average Time to Fix Problems 26:59 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Test Lead Jeremy Clayton: Writing, Testing Tim Phetdara: Editing