Intel Graphics Drivers

26.20.100.7985 (March 26th, 2020)

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Bug fixes for Fortnite DirectX 12 Update.
• Trials of Mana
• Bleeding Edge
• Rocket League now available in DirectX 11
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Apex Legends Season
• Intel Software Gaming Acccess.

FIXED

• Visual anomalies observed in Fortnite (DX12), Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.
• Cursor seems to show bright light when moving across hyperlink option with HDR option on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel UHD graphics.
• Image can't sync with sound when playing a local HDR video via Movies & TV with maximize or full screen mode and Play HDR games and apps enabled on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel UHD graphics.
• Blank out seen while connecting 8k display via Type-C->DP on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.
• Whitish display is seen after changing Refresh rate from Intel Graphics Command Center with HDR ON mode.
• Black screen seen while playing video in Movie & TV portrait clone mode.
• System shows black screen when playing video with Movie & TV in full screen mode with non-default desktop resolution.
• MPEG2 Encoding Issue on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel UHD graphics.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Battlefield V (DX12) and Zombie Army 4: Dead War (Vulkan).
• Intermittent crashes may be seen in Red Dead Redemption 2 (Vulkan), BeamNG.drive and while launching Sony Catalyst Production Suite.
• Corruption observed followed by TDR while trying to maximize and minimize the content in Power DVD application.

26.20.100.7870 (February 21st, 2020)

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS

• Support for Journey to the Savage Planet

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Unable to play Blue-ray DVD with Power DVD on HDMI external monitor with extend display mode on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with UHD Graphics.
• Corruption observed on top of the screen when rapidly trying to adjust the 'Night Light settings' on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.
• Intermittent screen flickering when volume or brightness keys are pressed while running OpenGL/Vulkan applications in full screen.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Battlefield V (DX12), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
• Intermittent crashes may be seen in Black Desert Online on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics and Red Dead Redemption 2 (Vulkan).
• Bubbles screen saver may not launch.
• Black screen may be observed when booting to "Choose an operation system" page with two windows 19H1 OS installed on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.

26.20.100.7755 (January 22nd, 2020)

NEW FEATURES

• Vulkan 1.2 API Support

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS

• This driver provides performance optimizations and playability improvements for Unravel two and Oninaki on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Intermittent crash or hang may be observed in Civilization 6.
• Unable to switch to PC screen only mode when connected to some external HDMI monitors on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics
• HDR monitor may not display when connected to HDMI via Type-C dongle.
• Blank-out may be observed while changing the Refresh Rate in Intel Graphics Command Center with HDR option enabled in OS display page.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Battlefield V (DX12), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Ring of Elysium (DX12), Stay Out.
• Bubbles screen saver may not launch.
• Black screen may be observed when booting to "Choose an operation system" page with two windows 19H1 OS installed on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics

26.20.100.7463 (November 15th, 2019)

HIGHLIGHTS

Launch Driver for

• Football Manager 2020
• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

KEY ISSUES FIXED

NOTE: This driver also contains security improvements.

• Intermittent crash or hang may be observed in The Surge 2 (Vulkan) and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Vulkan).
• Intermittent crash or hang may be observed in Resident Evil 2 / BioHazard RE:2 (DX12) and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (DX11) on 10th Gen Intel Core processors with Iris Plus graphics.
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Serious Sam Fusion (DX12) and World of Warcraft (DX12 when using MSAA on 10th Gen Intel Core processors with Iris Plus graphics)
• Some 3DMark subtests may not complete when running on Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) after installing the latest Windows 10 x64 update KB4515384 (18362.329) on 10th Gen Intel Core processors with Iris Plus graphics.
• Brightness level in LCD may not retain after disconnecting external monitor.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in NextPVR, Code Vein, NBA 2K20, Need for Speed: Heat and Adobe Fresco application.

26.20.100.7372 (October 31st, 2019)

HIGHLIGHTS

Launch Driver for Football Manager 2020

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS

• Added support for Vulkan Extension VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Some 3DMark subtests may not complete when running on Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) after installing the latest Windows 10 x64 update KB4515384 (18362.329) on 10th Gen Intel Core processors with Iris Plus graphics.
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Grid and Total War: WARHAMMER II.
• Intermittent crash or hang may be observed in 3DMark06.
• Pop-up sound may be heard via earphone during music playback with Melon when system is in Modern Standby.
• Gamma issue may be observed in tiled HDR Mode when using Apple Pro Display XDR.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in NextPVR, Code Vein and NBA 2K20.
• Intermittent crash or hang may be observed in The Surge 2 (Vulkan).

26.20.100.7212 (September 26th, 2019)

Launch driver for:

• FIFA 20
• 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Iris Plus Graphics

NEW FEATURES ON 10th GENERATION INTEL CORE PROCESSORS WITH IRIS PLUS GRAPHICS:

• Support for DirectX 12 Variable Rate Shading (VRS) Tier 1
• Beta support for Retro Scaling
• Support for Adaptive Sync (variable refresh rate)
• Support for Half Refresh Rate to improve battery life during full-screen 24 Hz video playback.
• Support for VESA Display ID 2.0 compatibility enables an enhanced plug & play experience for 4K and higher resolution displays, HDR, and Adaptive Sync.

NEW FEATURES ON 7th INTEL CORE PROCESSORS AND NEWER:

• Support for HDCP 2.3 on DisplayPort panels.

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Support for the following Vulkan extensions:
  • VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer
  • VK_EXT_memory_budget.

IMPROVEMENTS:
NOTE: The following fixes are for systems with 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Gen Intel Core processors as well as Pentium and Celeron processors.

• Reduced latency for remote gaming scenarios.
• Performance Optimizations for Gears of War 5.

KEY ISSUES FIXED:

NOTE: The following fixes are for systems with 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Gen Intel Core processors as well as Pentium and Celeron processors with Intel Gen9 graphics.

• HDR option in Windows display settings may be missing.
• Minor graphical anomalies may be observed when opening Microsoft Store or Windows 10 start menu.
• Wide Gamut option may not get enabled in SDR mode on HDR panels.
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may be observed in Solid Edge 2019.
• Color corruption may be observed while resizing video playback window.

26.20.100.7158 (September 6th, 2019)

Launch driver for:

• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
• Greedfall
• 10th Gen Intel Core processors with UHD Graphics ("Comet Lake")

Developer Highlights:

• Enabled reporting support for the following OpenGL 4.6 SPIR-V extensions:
  • SPV_KHR_shader_ballot
  • SPV_KHR_shader_draw_parameters
  • SPV_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class
  • SPV_KHR_subgroup_vote
• Enabled the following Vulkan extensions:
  • VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
  • VK_EXT_buffer_device address
  • VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage
  • VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout

IMPROVEMENTS:

• Performance optimizations for Age of Wonders: Planetfall.
• OpenCL optimizations.
• More efficient content protection.

KEY ISSUES FIXED:

NOTE: This driver contains stability and security improvements.

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in SolidWorks 2019.
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may be observed in Stormworks: Build and Rescue, Madden NFL19, CRYENGINE 5.5 GameSDK and Mastercam.
• Scaling would use medium filter instead of bilinear filtering
• Ghosting effect upon refresh rate change with panel self-refresh enabled.
• Inconsistent brightness when internal HDR panels are turned on.
• Windows Game Bar (Win+G) could not record in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Civilization VI and Path of Exile.
• When contrast enhancement is enabled in the video page, corruption could be observed in H.265/HEVC video playback.

26.20.100.7000 (August 2nd, 2019)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Performance optimizations for DX11 titles.

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS

• Get ready to experience Metal Wolf Chaos XD, a remastered version of the classic mech shooter

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS

• Support for SPV_EXT_physical_storage_buffer extension.
• New Vulkan Extension VK_EXT_buffer_device address allows the application to query a 64-bit buffer device address for a buffer.
• Added OpenCL SPIR-V support to the public IntelGPUCompiler API on top of existing DX11 and DX12 support. IntelGPUCompiler API allows developers to compile their shaders into Intel GPU assembly instructions.
• Implemented the latest iteration of VK_KHR_swapchain (version 70) to allow binding memory from swap chain to raw images created by applications.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

•  Enabled Pixel Shader SIMD Profile-Guided Optimizations, selecting the best pixel shader compilation mode automatically, to boost performance in DX11 titles including Overwatch, Paladins and Hearthstone.
• Performance optimizations for Fortnite and other Unreal Engine 4-based titles.
• DirectML D3D12 MetaCommand performance optimizations for fp16 topologies.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may be observed in Sniper Elite V2 Remastered, World War Z (Vulkan) (1080p Medium and High Settings), Rage 2 (Vulkan) and They Are Billions.
• Game crashes in Apex Legends and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on 7th Gen Intel Core platforms and newer when Alt+Tab keys are pressed during gameplay.
• SpecViewPerf13 crashes after launch on 8th Gen and 9th Gen Intel Core platforms.
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in 3ds Max 2019, Creo 4/Creo 5 (OpenGL), NX 11/NX 12(OpenGL)
• Corruption on Direct3D 12 workloads that use placed resources.
• Color corruption observed when running 3DConnexion demo application.
• Fixed corruption issues in the Windows camera app on the following Gemini Lake processors: Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and N5000, and Intel Celeron J4005, J4105, N4100 and N4000.
• Fixed issue with resolution change when playing back Netflix content.
• Improved HDR support.
• Improved HDR support for OLED panels.
• Improved stability for Edge and Firefox browsers.

26.20.100.6912 (June 20th, 2019)

Launch driver for:

• Steel Division 2
• The Sinking City

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Playability improvements and performance optimizations for The Sinking City
• Improved Unreal Engine 4 performance.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

NOTE: This driver contains stability and security improvements.

• Minor graphical anomalies may be observed in Devil May Cry 5 (DX12).
• Fixed visual artifacts in Microsoft Edge browser when Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing (CMAA) is enabled.
• Improved support for Universal Windows Platform media apps.
• Improved HDR support.
• Miracast is unable to connect successfully after graphics driver is uninstalled and reinstalled on 8th Generation Intel Core processor family.

26.20.100.6890 (June 11th, 2019)

Launch driver for

• Layers of Fear 2

Performance Improvements

• Improved performance when Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing (CMAA) is enabled for DX12 games and 3D applications.
• Lower latency optimizations for remote gaming scenarios.
• Support for MPEG Common Encryption (CENC) V1 protected video playback in Chrome Browser

Fixed

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Rust (Vulkan) and Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (DX12).
• Corruptions may be observed in Creo View 5.1 (OpenGL).
• Improved support for HDR monitors and panels.
• Improved support for DP-VGA dongles.

26.20.100.6861 (May 16th, 2019)

Highlights

• Launch Driver
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • Conan Unconquered

Performance Improvements:

• Improved performance and image quality when Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing (CMAA) is enabled for DX12 games and 3D applications.
• Reduced compilation time on OpenCL shaders
• Playability improvements and performance optimizations for Total War: Three Kingdoms, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and Risk of Rain 2

Developer Highlights:

• Support for OpenGL 4.6 API
• Various additions to D3D12 MetaCommand support in DirectML.
• The Intel Graphics Control Panel SDK now allows for control of Local Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (LACE) sensitivity (low/med/high) on platforms where available
• New Vulkan extensions
  • VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable : allows the explicitly  control depth clipping operation
  • VK_EXT_host_query_reset : adds a new function to reset queries from the host
  • VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout : enables C-like structure layout for SPIR-V blocks
  • VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 : allows use of 16-bit floating-point types and 8-bit integer types in shaders for arithmetic operations

26.20.100.6709 (April 23rd, 2019)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Windows 10 May 2019 Update launch driver

This launch driver is WDDM 2.6 compliant and ready for the Windows 10 May 2019 update. It introduces support for the new DirectX 12 Shader Model 6.4 compiler on 7th Generation Intel Core processors or higher (Intel HD Graphics 610 or higher).

This driver is provided with the early access release of the brand-new Intel Graphics Command Center. The Intel Graphics Command Center (IGCC) is a software interface that provides consumers a modern design to optimize their visual experience – built on community feedback, and designed for simplicity and ease of use:

• IGCC scans for installed games to provide 1-click optimization of in-game settings based on the user's hardware, and the ability to create custom game profiles to directly tune individual game settings.
• Additionally, IGCC helps consumers understand graphics settings with simple explanations and before-and-after images to recognize how each setting will tax their hardware.

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS

Join the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century and start building your industry empire with Anno 1800, help save humanity from a zombie invasion in World War Z or use your hearing sense to investigate crimes in Unheard on Intel UHD Graphics 620 or better.

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS

• This driver is WDDM 2.6 compliant.
• Support for DirectX 12 Shader Model 6.4 compiler.
• Support for PSO cache for Compute Shaders.
• Various performance improvements for D3D12 MetaCommands in DirectML.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Power savings improvements for integrated panels.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

NOTE: This driver contains stability and security improvements.

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Devil May Cry 5 (DX11).
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Re-Legion, Arma 3 (6th generation processors only) and Dreamfall the Longest Journey.
• Rise of the Tomb Raider might display an error message when running DX12.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Apex Legends (low quality settings with TSAA disabled on 6th generation Processors only), Devil May Cry 5 (DX12), Generation Zero, and Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (DX12).
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may be seen in Anno 1800 (DX12) and World War Z (Vulkan).
• Corruptions may be seen in video recorded by Cyberlink screen recorder.

25.20.100.6618 (April 1st, 2019)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Recommended driver for the Intel Graphics Command Center
• Launch Driver: Generation Zero

This is the recommended driver for the early access release of the brand-new Intel Graphics Command Center. If not already installed, this driver will add the Intel Graphics Command Center to the system.

The Intel Graphics Command Center (IGCC) is a software interface that provides consumers a modern design to optimize their visual experience – built on community feedback, and designed for simplicity and ease of use:

• IGCC scans for installed games to provide 1-click optimization of in-game settings based on the user's hardware, and the ability to create custom game profiles to directly tune individual game settings.
• Additionally, IGCC helps consumers understand graphics settings with simple explanations and before-and-after images to recognize how each setting will tax their hardware.

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS

Experience a game of cat and mouse set in a vast open world in Generation Zero or set sail in One Piece: World Seeker on Intel UHD Graphics 630 or better.

Take control of the first modern human settlement and guide through their survival in Dawn of Man on Intel UHD Graphics 620 or better.

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS

• Adds Intel Extension to support wave intrinsics on DirectX 11. HLSL Header file is now available on GitHub.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Performance optimizations for My time at Portia.
• Windows 10 HDR support improvements.
• Reduction in CPU overhead when running media/video workloads.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

NOTE: This driver contains stability improvements.

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Resident Evil 2 / Biohazard RE:2 (DX12), Devil May Cry 5 (DX12).
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Battlefield V (DX11).
• Color and contrast may shift while playing Youtube and moving the cursor.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Devil May Cry 5 (DX11).
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Apex Legends (low quality settings with TSAA disabled on 6th Generation Processors only), Re-Legion, Arma 3 (6th generation processors only), Generation Zero, and Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (DX12).
• Corruptions may be seen in video recorded by Cyberlink screen recorder.
• Color band may be observed on either side of Netflix playback on HDR displays.

25.20.100.6577 (February 26th, 2019)

Launch Driver

• Dirt Rally 2.0
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
• Apex Legends

• Performance improvements for Arma 3
• Enhanced support for DirectML

NEW FEATURES

• Performance improvements and optimizations for Arma 3 on 6th Generation Intel Core processors or higher.
• Power and performance benefits for DX12 games and applications using placed resources.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Cinema4D, Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, vkQuake2
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Final Fantasy XV and Microsoft Edge browser.
• OpenGL stability fixes for background applications.
• Few Internal panels may show black screen after installing graphics driver.
• Content protection may not enable when resuming from sleep after connecting display port monitor.
• Rotation may not be persistent when swapping displays in multi-monitor configurations.
• Aspect ratio options may be missing in Intel Graphics Control Panel for HDMI displays
• Garbage may be seen while using Multi Stream Transport (MST) monitors.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Battlefield V (DX11), Apex Legends (6th Generation Processors only), Arma 3 (6th Generation Processors only), Re-Legion and other games.
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Crackdown 3, and other games.
• Corruptions may be seen in video recorded by Cyberlink screen recorder.
• Color band may be observed on either side of Netflix* playback on HDR displays.

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS:

• DirectML Metacommands - this driver release contains functional fixes and performance improvements while adding support for few features:
• Improved GPU frequency ramp speed giving performance boost to Metacommand enabled workloads
• Support for Softplus activation
• Support for fused operations to improve performance.
• Support for Pooling Metacommand - this operation now uses metacommands for both FP32 and FP16 datatypes and is common in many topologies like Squeezenet, Resnet, Inception etc.
• Enables Indigo benchmark application to run.
• Adds compiler API for DX11 and DX12 shaders to allow compiling shaders offline to analyze the ISA (native code) generated. This can run independently of the runtime driver and is expected to understand shader performance.

25.20.100.6519 (January 18th, 2019)

HIGHLIGHTS

• New Intel Audio Driver (10.26.00.05)
• Windows ML Optimization
• Better support for Windows 10 Ambient light sensor framework
• Power and performance improvements

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved shader cache performance of DirectML metacommands for Microsoft WinML- based applications on 7th Generation Intel Core processor and higher.
• Performance improvements and optimizations for F1 2018 (DX 12) on 6th Generation Intel Core processors or higher.
• Functional and performance improvements in Vulkan driver.

NEW FEATURES

• Enhanced support for Windows 10 Ambient light sensor framework.

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Battlefield V (DX12).
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Farming Simulator 2019.
• Optimization checkbox for gaming tuning in the Graphics Control Panel does not refresh after restoring settings in some systems.
• Video profile settings in Intel Graphics Control Panel may not apply after white balance or color balance.
• Power consumption may be higher after disconnecting HDMI 2.0 display.
• 4K resolution may be lost when switched between HD and 4K monitors during sleep mode.
• Brightness compensation may be applied when in SDR (Standard Resolution) mode.
• Performance may be slightly lower on certain graphics workloads in full screen after resuming from sleep.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Cinema4D application, and some games.
• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Battlefield V (DX11), and other games.

25.20.100.6444 (November 29th, 2018)

These new drivers labeled as either UWD (Universal Windows Driver) or Windows Modern graphics drivers aren't backward compatible with our previous graphics drivers we are now labeling Legacy. This means if later you want to revert to a Legacy driver you will need to uninstall the driver via Windows Apps and Features and reboot the system before installing a Legacy driver. Failure to do so may result in minor to major system instability.

Highlights

• Automatic Game Tuning Feature Updates
• Intel's First Windows Modern Driver
• Launch Driver Games
  • Artifact
  • Farming Simulator 2019

New Features

• Automatic Game Tuning Feature Updates.
• Reduces RAM consumption when using OpenGL.
• Improves battery life when using Display Refresh Rate Switching (DRRS) on supported monitors.
• Vulkan Driver Stability Improvements.

Fixed

• Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in NBA 2K19, FIFA 19 (DX12), Assassin's Creed: Origins.
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, FIFA 19 (DX12), World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (DX12)
• Windows Advanced Display Settings may show incorrect bit-depth on some primary monitors which leads to inaccurate colors.
• Custom Resolution 980 x 588 @ 60 Hz may not get added in capable resolutions.
• Three or more virtual displays may not be supported in Extended Configuration (ED) mode.
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur when using Miracast in extended mode on Intel Pentium Silver and Intel Celeron Processors
• Minor performance regression may be observed in 100.6373 in Battlefield IV and Dragon Age Inquisition.

25.20.100.6373 (November 6th, 2018)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Football Manager 2019 Launch Driver

NEW FEATURES

• Game Performance Improvements and optimizations for Warhammer Vermintide 2 on 6th Generation Intel Core processors or higher.
• Display Quality Improvements in Multi Display Setups
• PowerDVD quality Improvements and playback corruption fixes
• Vulkan memory optimizations
• Security Fixes

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, Mothergunship
• Minor Graphics anomalies may be observed in Assassins Creed Odyssey, Boundless, Rend
• Screen may flicker at low brightness levels in certain panels when DPST is enabled
• Stereo 3D may not work since Windows 10 April 2018 Update
• Display Pattern and +/- buttons may not show up sometimes in Intel Graphics Control Panel when enabling Bezel Correction in Collage mode.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in FIFA 19 (DX12), Assassins Creed Odyssey, and other games
• Minor Graphics anomalies may be observed in NBA 2K19, FIFA 19 (DX12), and other games
• Windows Advanced Display Settings may show incorrect bit-depth on some primary monitors which leads to inaccurate colors.

25.20.100.6326 (October 10th, 2018)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Fix for FIFA19
• Launch Driver Games:
  
  • Pathfinder: Kingmaker
  • Battlerite Royale
  • FIFA19

KEY ISSUES FIXED
Corruption may be observed in FIFA19 (DirectX 11) where in-game objects are rendered black

KNOWN ISSUES

• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Forza Motorsport 7
• Windows Advanced Display Settings may show incorrect bit-depth on some primary monitors which leads to inaccurate colors.
• With Windows 10 October 2018, when recovering from hibernate, Amazon Prime video playback may become choppy and have audio corruption.
• When upgrading to Windows* 10 October 2018, some installs may fail due to an Intel audio driver

25.20.100.6323 (October 3rd, 2018)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Windows 10 October 2018 Update Launch Driver
• HDR for embedded laptop panels Launch Driver

NEW FEATURES

• Enables full quality HDR10 in embedded laptop displays
• HDR and EDR enhancements for external and laptop displays
• Support for Wide Color Gamut Displays
• WinML performance optimizations
• Support for DirectX 12 Shader Model 6.3 Compiler
• Improves hot plug audio synchronization between the Graphics and Audio drivers
• Performance improvements and optimizations for Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 on 6th Generation Intel Core processors or higher
• Memory Optimizations in Vulkan
• Improved color quality during video playback and battery lifetime when display is in standby
• Security fixes and improvements

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Minor Graphics anomalies may be observed in Phantasy Star Online 2
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Vulkan), Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 (OpenCL)
• Checkmark indicating 'optimization' not updating correctly in the Intel Control Panel Gaming page
• Panel Self Refresh remains disabled after full-screen video playback, which may impact battery life
• Intermittent display flickering when display is idle on certain multi-refresh rate panels
• Miracast display may not go full-screen in some systems
• A Virtual Machine session may go blank when running some 3D benchmarks and YouTube* sessions, or if Graphics acceleration enabled, if using a Windows 10 October 2018 Update (RS5) driver

24.20.100.6286 (September 6th, 2018)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Launch Driver Games
  • Strange Brigade
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

NEW FEATURES

• Performance improvements and optimizations for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (for both DirectX 11 and 12 versions) and Jurassic World Evolution on 6th Generation Intel Core processors or higher
• Playability improvements for Vampyr and Monster Hunter: World
• Media streaming improvements while using the AVC* codec at low bitrates for 6th Generation Intel Core processors or higher
• Power optimizations when dynamically switching to lower refresh rates during video playback
• Security fixes and improvements

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Steam overlay may not work in Dota 2 when running in Vulkan mode
• Minor Graphics anomalies may be observed in Titanfall 2 (6th Gen Intel Core Only), Minecraft*, and LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Unravel 2
• While using two displays, the arrangement settings in Windows may reset if the resolution of the second display is changed.
• Inaccurate color may be observed during YouTube playback in web browsers when hardware acceleration is turned on
• Sketchup* application may become unresponsive
• Stereoscopic 3D may not work when viewing a 3D video
• Remote desktop protocol (RDP) and Virtual Network Computing (VNC) applications show a black screen when updating the graphics driver in guest user mode

24.20.100.6194 (July 25th, 2018)

Launch Driver Games

• Warhammer 40K: Gladius –Relics of War
• Defiance 2050
• Banner Saga 3

In addition, this driver is also ready for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Lust for Darkness, and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.

NEW FEATURES

• Improved Thunderbolt stability
• Performance optimizations and playability improvements in The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
• WebGL improvements in the Chrome web browser
• Security improvements

KEY ISSUES FIXED

• Graphics anomalies may be observed in Dota 2 (using the Vulkan API) and other Vulkan apps while in full screen mode
• Color anomalies while minimizing and restoring the high dynamic range content (HDR) playback window on 7th Generation processors or higher
• Video images may be corrupted and not rendered correctlywhen using Adobe Creative Cloud products

KNOWN ISSUES

• Minor Graphics anomalies may be observed in Rise of the Tomb Raider (DirectX 12), Insurgency, and other games
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, Unravel 2, and other games

24.20.100.6094 (May 23rd, 2018)

Highlights

Launch Driver Games

• Destiny 2: Warmind
• Dark Souls: Remastered
• Paladins: Champions of the Realm
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

In addition, this driver is also ready for The Forest and Ancestors Legacy with Intel Iris Pro Graphics or better.

New Features

• Overall performance improvement for DirectX 11 games
• Improved video encoding/decoding in Handbrake, VLC, and other similar applications
• Intel is pleased to announce support for PlayReady4 DRM content

Fixed

• Graphics anomalies may be observed in Extreme Tux Racer, SpellForce 3, Far Cry 5, and Far Cry Primal
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Tom Clancy's The Division (DX12) and other games

24.20.100.6025 (May 5th, 2018)

Highlights

• Microsoft Windows 10 April Update Launch Driver
• Hearthstone: The Witchwood* Launch Driver

This new driver brings significant quality and power saving improvements while displaying Enhanced Dynamic Range (EDR) content and provides better brightness in High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode for 7th Generation processors or higher.

New Features

• Microsoft Windows 10 April update features
• Support for DirectX 12 shader model 6.2
• Supports the new task manager which displays GPU frequency and power status
• Vulkan 1.1 Support

Fixed

• Graphics anomalies may be observed in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Main Menu, NieR: Automata, Atomega, Final Fantasy XV, and Split/Second
• PowerDVD may issue "error code: 0107" which stops the media playback while resuming back from sleep Intermittent alerts may be triggered on some systems by a file from the Intel Graphics driver installation process Corruption may be seen in some systems while desktop sharing or while using remote applications

Known Issues

• Graphics anomalies may be observed in Titanfall 2 (6th Gen Intel Core Only), Extreme Tux Racer, and other games
• Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Tom Clancy's The Division (DX12) and other games.

15.65.3.4944 (February 14th, 2018)

• Intel Graphics Control Panel Now Configures Game Settings Automatically
• Age of Empires*: Definitive Edition Launch Driver
• Final Fantasy XII*: The Zodiac Age HD Launch Driver
• Enhanced performance of graphics workloads for 6th Gen Core processors or higher with intelligent power management under maximum load.
• Improved performance in video encoding for all codecs.
• Display format optimizations on 7th Gen Core processors or higher.

Intel is introducing a new feature with the ability to automatically configure game settings for Intel Graphics on 6th Gen Processors or higher (including systems with 8th Gen Core Processors with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics). Look for the 'Gaming icon' in the Graphics Control Panel. This feature is still in beta so game availability and functionality is limited. Stay tuned for future improvements and more games coming soon!

Currently supported games: Battlefield 1*, Battlefield 4*, American Truck Simulator*, Call of Duty* WWII, Destiny* 2, DOTA* 2, Grand Theft Auto V*, League of Legends*, Overwatch*, World of Tanks*

15.60.01.4877 (December 12th, 2017)

Highlights

• Intel Graphics Control Panel Now Showcases Latest Games
• Okami HD Launch Driver

Check out the updated graphics control panel! It now showcases the latest optimized games for Intel Graphics.

Calling all Jedi masters and Sith lords! Star Wars Battlefront II and many other games such as Mass Effect Andromeda, Battlefield 1, Rise of the Tomb Raider, F1 2016 get improved load times, performance optimizations, and enhanced playability using DirectX11.

Enjoy an extreme off-road gaming experience with Spintires: Mudrunner, create the ultimate soccer club in Football Manager 2018, play your cards in Hand of Fate 2,  and immerse yourself in the World of Final Fantasy on processors with Intel HD Graphics 620 or better.

Battle for control over the magical vortex while enjoying performance optimizations and playability improvements in Total War: WARHAMMER II. Put the pedal to the metal while playing Need for Speed: Payback, enter the Lego universe in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, and enjoy playing Black Mirror and SEVEN: The Days Long Gone on Intel Iris Pro Graphics.

Other improvements:

• Increased accuracy in reporting Frames Per Second when in Balanced or Power Saving mode
• Significant increase in MSAA performance when using DX12 or Vulkan
• Enhanced performance in HEVC/H.265 video playback on Intel 7th Gen Core processors or higher
• Improvements in the Intel Media SDK (MSDK), leading to better encoding quality across dependent media apps such as PowerDirector, MAGIX, etc.

15.60.0.4849 (November 8th, 2017)

This driver enables the Microsoft Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, thereby providing support for users to experience HDR playback & streaming on systems with Intel UHD Graphics 620 and Intel HD Graphics 620 or better, enjoyed on HDR capable external monitors and TVs.

Escape the everyday to a world even beyond your imagination! With Windows Mixed Reality, you can explore new worlds, travel to top destinations, play exciting games, lose yourself in the best movies and entertainment and more.

This new WDDM 2.3 driver also provides security fixes, support for Wide Color Gamut, enables 10-bit HDR playback over HDMI, and enables video processing and video decode acceleration in DirectX* 12.

Experience the magic of The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game on processors with Intel HD Graphics 620 or better.

Battle singing Orcs and score legendary goals while enjoying performance optimizations and playability improvements in the newly released Middle-earth: Shadow of War* and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 on Intel Iris Pro Graphics. Take on The Cabal* and keep the enemy in your sights in these newly released, fast action-packed sequels to legendary favorites, Destiny 2*, Call of Duty: WWII, and Divinity: Original Sin 2* on Intel Iris Pro Graphics.

15.47.02.4815 (October 11th, 2017)

This driver is the first to support the newly launched 8th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processor Family.

• Forza Motorsport 7 Launch Driver
• FIFA 18 Launch Driver
• Project CARS 2 Launch Driver
• Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Launch Driver
• EVE: Valkyrie Warzone Launch Driver

15.46.05.4771 (August 30th, 2017)

• Quake Champions* (Early Access) Launch Driver
• StarCraft Remastered* Launch Driver
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm* Launch Driver

15.45.19.4678 (June 8th, 2017)

• DiRT 4 Launch Day Driver
• Tekken 7 Launch Day Driver
  Drift down the finish line or conquer the arena as you enjoy performance optimizations and playability improvements at release of the anticipated games, DiRT 4 and Tekken 7 on processors with Intel HD Graphics 620 or better.

Run, jump, and blast your way through these summer game releases on Intel Iris Pro Graphics:

• Prey
• Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
  Other Intel products may benefit from these optimizations as well. Visit gameplay.intel.com for recommended game settings for many of your favorite PC games.

This driver provides important security enhancements, as well as:

• Game Load-time Improvements:
  Get back in the battle quicker with significantly reduced load-times in many popular titles, including Star Wars Battlefront, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield 1, and other games.
• Game Performance Improvements:
  Keep the enemy in your sights with performance improvements and smoother gameplay on the games, World of Warcraft: Legion, Tom Clancy's The Division, and For Honor.

15.45.16.4627 (April 5th, 2017)

This driver enables third-party display EDID overrides, therefore enabling custom resolution support for internal and external panels.

This driver provides essential security updates, while also providing performance optimizations on popular gaming titles: For Honor™, Halo Wars 2*, Sniper Elite 4*, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow® Six Siege.

This driver also provides essential fixes to prevent some crashes in Battlefield™ 1.