Susie1818
commented
6 months ago Why driver efficiency is important? The benchmark mentioned above was done under 1440p resolution and Ultra High graphics settings. With lower resolutions such as 1080p in addition to lower graphics settings, which both lessen GPU burdens, the CPU frametimes mentioned above would very soon become not fast enough to keep up with shortened GPU frametimes.
In the example above, the current driver v5379 is capable of delivering about 125 FPS with DX11 (which is far better than the ~60 FPS with previous drivers BTW) and about 250 FPS with DXVK using an i7-13700K CPU in this game. Apparently an A770 is very likely capable of rendering more than 125 FPS under lower resolutions and lower graphics settings. Moreover, considering the fact that most ARC GPU users would be using mid-range or entry level CPUs, such as a Ryzen 5600 which definitely cannot achieve an average frametime of 8ms with this driver, the driver efficiency is even more important.
At the end of the day, we just don't want to see our GPU underperforming due to driver inefficiency. Driver efficiency is one of the biggest challenges that ARC GPU is being faced with right now. Nvidia's current driver efficiency is 3x-5x (~4x) faster compared with that of Arc's current driver.
Felipe-Intel
Checklist [README]
Game [Required]
Assassin's Creed Origins
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Processor / Processor Number [Required]
intel Core i7-13700KF
Graphic Card [Required]
intel Arc A770
GPU Driver Version [Required]
31.0.101.5379
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Intel System Support Utility report
SSU_20240321.txt
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One of the highlight features of driver v5379 is performance uplift for AC:Origins.
I just tested it, with "Ultra High" graphics preset, the new DX11 driver can achieve 80 FPS while using DXVK can get 83 FPS, so the new DX11 does bring very good (though not perfect yet) result compared to previous DX11 drivers. The driver dev team deserves great praise.
However, carefully examining the statistics, you'll see the CPU frametime values are 3/4/8(min/avg/max) milliseconds with DXVK but 6/8/18 with DX11. That means even with the new DX11 driver, it still takes double the time, compared to DXVK wrapper, for the CPU to issue draw calls for a single frame.
I think this information might be helpful for the driver dev team to further improve the driver efficiency.
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2560x1440
Game VSync [Required]
On
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simply the "Ultra High" preset
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