Intel releases new graphics card driver to solve Windows 10 compatibility issues

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Microsoft has already started to push the official version of Windows 10 Version 1809, but it may not be updated properly if using Intel graphics. Because Microsoft telemetry data shows compatibility issues with Intel graphics drivers, Microsoft has adjusted its strategy in the cloud to ignore devices that use the graphics card.

In response to this problem, Intel has released a new version of the graphics card driver for compatibility; users must update the driver for the latest version of Windows 10.

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According to a statement issued on the official Microsoft support page, installing a new version of Windows 10 with an older Intel graphics driver will significantly increase power consumption.

At the same time, the process of the graphics card driver will take up a lot of processor resources and cause the system to be stuck. Given this, Microsoft directly prohibits the upgrading of such devices.

Even if the upgrade assistant performs the update, the compatibility check step will be blocked. As a countermeasure, the user must upgrade to the latest graphics driver.

Changelog

  • 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

List of supported models

  • 8th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel UHD Graphics 610, 620, 630.
  • 7th Generation Intel Core processors, related Pentium / Celeron Processors, and Intel Xeon processors, with
    Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640, 650 and Intel HD Graphics 610, 615, 620, 630, P630.
  • 6th Generation Intel Core processors, Intel Core ™ M, and related Pentium processors, with Intel Iris Graphics
    540, Intel Iris Graphics 550, Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580, and Intel HD Graphics 510, 515, 520, 530.
  • Intel Xeon processor E3-1500M v5 family with Intel HD Graphics P530
  • Pentium / Celeron Processors with Intel HD Graphics 500, 505

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