diff --git a/module.gradle b/module.gradle
index 29e4d03a..b247db82 100644
--- a/module.gradle
+++ b/module.gradle
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ neoForge {
                     systemProperty('neoforge.enabledGameTestNamespaces', project.mod_id)
                     systemProperty('neoforge.enabledGameTestNamespaces', project.mod_id)
                     systemProperty("alrEnableDebugContext", "true")
+                    // systemProperty("alrUseIntelBindlessImageArrayWorkaround", "2")
                     jvmArgument("-XX:+UseParallelGC")
                     jvmArgument("-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions")
                     jvmArgument("-XX:+DebugNonSafepoints")
diff --git a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/ALROptions.java b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/ALROptions.java
index 9f811f83..2f286aef 100644
--- a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/ALROptions.java
+++ b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/ALROptions.java
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ public class ALROptions {
     public static final String OCCLUSION_CULLING_FORCE_IMPL = getProperty("alrOcclusionCullingForceImplementation", null);
     public static final boolean TEXTURE_DEBUG_CLEAR = getPropertyBoolean("alrTextureDebugClear", false);
     public static final boolean DEBUG_CONTEXT = getPropertyBoolean("alrEnableDebugContext", false);
+    // public static final int USE_INTEL_BINDLESS_IMAGE_ARRAY_WORKAROUND = getPropertyInt("alrUseIntelBindlessImageArrayWorkaround", 0);
 
     public static void logAllOptions() {
         log.info("ALR options: SPD_OPTION_WAVE_INTEROP_LDS={}, OCCLUSION_QUERY_USE_FRUSTUM_PRE_PASS={}, OCCLUSION_CULLING_FORCE_IMPL={}, TEXTURE_DEBUG_CLEAR={}",
+            // + ", USE_INTEL_BINDLESS_IMAGE_ARRAY_WORKAROUND={}",
             SPD_OPTION_WAVE_INTEROP_LDS,
             OCCLUSION_QUERY_USE_FRUSTUM_PRE_PASS,
             OCCLUSION_CULLING_FORCE_IMPL,
             TEXTURE_DEBUG_CLEAR
+            // , USE_INTEL_BINDLESS_IMAGE_ARRAY_WORKAROUND
         );
     }
 
@@ -33,6 +36,18 @@ private static boolean getPropertyBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
         return !"false".equals(prop);
     }
 
+    private static int getPropertyInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
+        String prop = System.getProperty(key);
+        if (prop == null) {
+            return defaultValue;
+        }
+        try {
+            return Integer.parseInt(prop);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
+            return defaultValue;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static boolean getPropertyBoolean(String key) {
         String prop = System.getProperty(key);
         return !"false".equals(prop);
diff --git a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/ALRHIHeuristics.java b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/ALRHIHeuristics.java
index 9c8a8382..e0cdee5e 100644
--- a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/ALRHIHeuristics.java
+++ b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/ALRHIHeuristics.java
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public record ALRHIHeuristics(
-        boolean isWindowsArcGraphics
+        boolean isWindowsIntelGraphics
 ) {
 }
diff --git a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/compute/shader/ALRComputeProgramInstance.java b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/compute/shader/ALRComputeProgramInstance.java
index db32b3b7..b07d1dcb 100644
--- a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/compute/shader/ALRComputeProgramInstance.java
+++ b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/compute/shader/ALRComputeProgramInstance.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public int getUniformLocation(String name, ALRGpuDeviceBackendExtension device)
         int orDefault = this.uniformLocationCache.getOrDefault(name, -2);
         if (orDefault == -2){
             orDefault = device.alrGetUniformLocation(this, owner, name);
+            System.out.println("uniformName = " + name);
+            System.out.println("uniformLocation = " + orDefault);
             this.uniformLocationCache.put(name, orDefault);
         }
         return orDefault;
diff --git a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/texture/gl/bindless/GlBindlessTexturingSupport.java b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/texture/gl/bindless/GlBindlessTexturingSupport.java
index 02e049f2..32b38674 100644
--- a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/texture/gl/bindless/GlBindlessTexturingSupport.java
+++ b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/extension/blaze3d/texture/gl/bindless/GlBindlessTexturingSupport.java
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBBindlessTexture;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL46;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
+import java.nio.LongBuffer;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @ApiStatus.Internal
@@ -126,6 +129,12 @@ public void alrBindTextureHandleMultiple(
         String name,
         List<TextureHandle> handle
     ) {
+        // Windows intel drivers has the wrong implementation of `glUniformHandleui64vARB`
+        if (this.backendExtension.alrhiCreateHeuristics().isWindowsIntelGraphics()) {
+            this.alrBindTextureHandleMultipleIntelBaseLocation(namedUniformAccess, name, handle);
+            return;
+        }
+
         int uniformLocation = namedUniformAccess.getUniformLocation(name, this.backendExtension);
 
         long[] handles = new long[handle.size()];
@@ -137,6 +146,57 @@ public void alrBindTextureHandleMultiple(
         ARBBindlessTexture.glUniformHandleui64vARB(uniformLocation, handles);
     }
 
+    /// Queries each array element by name; requires element names to be accepted by NamedUniformAccess.
+    private void alrBindTextureHandleMultipleIntel(
+        NamedUniformAccess namedUniformAccess,
+        String name,
+        List<TextureHandle> handle
+    ) {
+        int i = 0;
+        for (TextureHandle textureHandle : handle) {
+            String uniformName = name + "[" + i++ + "]";
+            int uniformLocation = namedUniformAccess.getUniformLocation(uniformName, this.backendExtension);
+            if (uniformLocation == -1) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            ARBBindlessTexture.glUniformHandleui64ARB(uniformLocation, handleId(textureHandle));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Query the location of array uniform as base location and set each element separately
+    private void alrBindTextureHandleMultipleIntelBaseLocation(
+        NamedUniformAccess namedUniformAccess,
+        String name,
+        List<TextureHandle> handle
+    ) {
+        int i = 0;
+        int locationStart = namedUniformAccess.getUniformLocation(name, this.backendExtension);
+        if (locationStart == -1) return;
+        for (TextureHandle textureHandle : handle) {
+            ARBBindlessTexture.glUniformHandleui64ARB(locationStart + i++, handleId(textureHandle));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Pads the input array
+    private void alrBindTextureHandleMultipleIntelPadded(
+        NamedUniformAccess namedUniformAccess,
+        String name,
+        List<TextureHandle> handle
+    ) {
+        int uniformLocation = namedUniformAccess.getUniformLocation(name, this.backendExtension);
+
+        try (MemoryStack stack = MemoryStack.stackPush()) {
+            int count = handle.size();
+            LongBuffer padded = stack.mallocLong(count * 2);
+            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                padded.put(i * 2, handleId(handle.get(i)));
+                padded.put(i * 2 + 1, handleId(handle.get(i)));
+            }
+
+            ARBBindlessTexture.nglUniformHandleui64vARB(uniformLocation, count, MemoryUtil.memAddress(padded));
+        }
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("resource")
     @Override
     public void alrTextureDisposed(GpuTexture texture) {
diff --git a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/mixins/blaze3d/gl/GlDeviceMixin.java b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/mixins/blaze3d/gl/GlDeviceMixin.java
index 6eb92631..a1482720 100644
--- a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/mixins/blaze3d/gl/GlDeviceMixin.java
+++ b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/mixins/blaze3d/gl/GlDeviceMixin.java
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.GpuOutOfMemoryException;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlConst;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlDebugLabel;
+import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlDevice;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlStateManager;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlTexture;
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.GLX;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.preprocessor.GlslPreprocessor;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.textures.GpuTexture;
-import dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.ALROptions;
 import dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.extension.blaze3d.ALRGpuDeviceBackendExtension;
 import dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.extension.blaze3d.ALRHICapabilities;
 import dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.extension.blaze3d.ALRHIHeuristics;
@@ -38,12 +36,11 @@
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-@Mixin(targets = "com.mojang.blaze3d.opengl.GlDevice")
+@Mixin(GlDevice.class)
 public abstract class GlDeviceMixin implements ALRGpuDeviceBackendExtension {
 
     @Shadow
@@ -145,32 +142,25 @@ public ALRHICapabilities alrhiCreateCapabilities() {
     @Override
     public ALRHIHeuristics alrhiCreateHeuristics() {
         if (this.alr$heuristics == null) {
-            this.alr$heuristics = new ALRHIHeuristics(this.alr$isWindowsArcGraphics());
+            this.alr$heuristics = new ALRHIHeuristics(this.alr$isWindowsIntelGraphics());
         }
         return this.alr$heuristics;
     }
 
     @Unique
-    private boolean alr$isWindowsArcGraphics() {
+    private boolean alr$isWindowsIntelGraphics() {
         if (Util.getPlatform() != Util.OS.WINDOWS) {
             return false;
         }
-        String renderer = this.getRenderer();
-        String lowerRenderer = renderer.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-        if (!lowerRenderer.contains("intel")) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        String cpuInfo = GLX._getCpuInfo();
-        String lowerCpuInfo = cpuInfo.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
-        boolean windowsArcGraphics = lowerRenderer.contains("arc")
-            || (lowerCpuInfo.contains("intel") && lowerCpuInfo.contains("ultra"));
+        String vendor = GL11.glGetString(GL11.GL_VENDOR);
+        boolean windowsIntelGraphics = vendor != null && vendor.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("intel");
         LOGGER.info(
-            "Windows graphics info: renderer='{}', cpu='{}', windowsArcGraphics={}",
-            renderer,
-            cpuInfo,
-            windowsArcGraphics
+            "Windows graphics info: renderer='{}', vendor='{}', windowsIntelGraphics={}",
+            this.getRenderer(),
+            vendor,
+            windowsIntelGraphics
         );
-        return windowsArcGraphics;
+        return windowsIntelGraphics;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/optimization/occlusion/hiz/HierarchicalZSupport.java b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/optimization/occlusion/hiz/HierarchicalZSupport.java
index d27cffc8..d5195567 100644
--- a/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/optimization/occlusion/hiz/HierarchicalZSupport.java
+++ b/module.rendering/src/main/java/dev/anvilcraft/lib/v2/rendering/optimization/occlusion/hiz/HierarchicalZSupport.java
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.optimization.occlusion.hiz;
 
 import dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.extension.blaze3d.ALRGpuDeviceExtension;
+import dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.optimization.occlusion.hiz.spd.SinglePassDownsampler;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 
 /// Device policy for the hierarchical-Z backend.
 ///
-/// The {@link dev.anvilcraft.lib.v2.rendering.optimization.occlusion.hiz.spd.SinglePassDownsampler SPD pass}
+/// The {@link SinglePassDownsampler SPD pass}
 /// and the Hi-Z occlusion test bind their mip chain either as consecutive image
 /// units, or - on devices that cannot spare that many units - through a bindless
 /// image array:
@@ -15,9 +16,8 @@
 ///   `layout(binding = N)` index that is not below `GL_MAX_IMAGE_UNITS`.
 ///   {@link #REQUIRED_IMAGE_UNITS} is the smallest power of two that satisfies
 ///   this requirement.
-/// - The bindless fallback is what makes hierarchical-Z usable on devices with
-///   fewer image units, but it is broken on Intel Arc graphics under Windows:
-///   the driver advertises `GL_ARB_bindless_texture`, yet using it crashes the JVM.
+/// - The bindless fallback makes hierarchical-Z usable on devices with fewer
+///   image units. Windows Intel image arrays use the per-element upload workaround.
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public final class HierarchicalZSupport {
     /// `GL_MAX_IMAGE_UNITS` needed to bind the SPD mip chain as image units.
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ public static boolean hasEnoughImageUnits(ALRGpuDeviceExtension device) {
     /// @return `true` when the bindless path has to be and may be used
     public static boolean useBindlessTexturing(ALRGpuDeviceExtension device) {
         return !hasEnoughImageUnits(device)
-            && device.alrhiCreateCapabilities().bindlessTexturing()
-            && !device.alrhiCreateHeuristics().isWindowsArcGraphics();
+            && device.alrhiCreateCapabilities().bindlessTexturing();
     }
 
     /// Returns whether hierarchical-Z can run on the device at all.