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Intel delivers ‘massive boost’ to DirectX 9 games with new Arc driver.

When Intel’s new Arc A750 and A770 GPUs launched in October the performance of older DirectX 9 games wasn’t great. Intel is now promising a “massive” performance boost for games like CS:GO (up to 79 percent), StarCraft 2 (up to 48 percent), and League of Legends (up to 36 percent) all thanks to a new Arc driver.

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