Intel's New Arc GPU Driver Enables XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation To Boost Gaming FPS

The star of Intel's CES 2026 show was of course its new Core Ultra 300 series processors, code-named Panther Lake. We have our review up if you haven't read it already, but the short version is that they offer all-around impressive performance—particularly the Xe3-based integrated graphics. Well, those graphics just got a fresh performance injection with the latest Intel Arc driver that enables XeSS 3 multi-frame generation.

Whatever your feelings on frame generation may be, it's undeniable that they are one method to achieve greater visual fluidity in games. For Panther Lake's integrated graphics hardware, it's entirely possible to reach 60 FPS with decent quality settings in modern games. However, many people have 120Hz or faster displays, and frame generation offers a way to hit a visual 120, 180, or even 240 FPS—frame rates which an integrated part could never hope to achieve ...