When will the Bifrost app be updated? using a Predator Bifrost A770 gpu for a couple of months

Lomppu
Lomppu Member Posts: 8

Tinkerer
edited February 6 in Predator Laptops

Hi! I've been using a Predator Bifrost A770 gpu for a couple of months now. I keep updating to the latest drivers directly from Intel almost every week. I've been holding on to Acer's proprietary software for gpu control in favor of Intel Arc Control in the hope that Acer might offer some BiFrost exclusive functionality in their software. Now it's been over a year since an update to the Bifrost app and over four months since an Acer driver update. Should I forget Acer and start treating my card as a first party component from Intel? Arc Control has way more functionality over the Bifrost, anyway.

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  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,897 Trailblazer

    > > I keep updating to the latest drivers directly from Intel almost every week. > >

    What noteworthy or significant problems are being fixed, improvements being made, or enhancements being added by these generic Intel updates relative to any ACER OEM updates?

    Jack E/NJ

  • Lomppu
    Lomppu Member Posts: 8

    Tinkerer

    Hi, thanks for answering.

    For me personally, the Intel drivers have fixed the audio over hdmi through the gpu, and Windows automatic hdr. With the Acer driver, I got no sound output even though windows showed correct audio readout in settings, and auto hdr used to be so saturated it was unuseable.

    Intel's latest driver update brought 10-30% increase in fps to a wide arrangement of popular games like last of us and apex legends. For this alone, I would forget the Acer driver.

    Intel Arc Control provides game-specific performance management and enhancements, similar to nvidia geforce experience. Arc Control also has a very detailed performance tweaking tool, whereas the Bifrost app can only set a temp limit, power limit and fan speed. Arc control also has cool streaming utilities.

    I feel like the draw to buy a third party version of a gpu is the added functionality and performance, but so far the bifrost has left me cold. I hope Acer picks up the pace with their software and driver updates.

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,897 Trailblazer

    > >I hope Acer picks up the pace with their software and driver updates.> >

    Like the rest of us, you just have to keep checking the Acer downloads for updates. I'd guess another 6 mo wait might be about par for the pace. But only if it still compares well to the AMD-flavored BiFrost series and of course the nVidia competition. 🙂

    Jack E/NJ

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