Intel heeft voor het Windows 10-platform nieuwe videodrivers uitgebracht voor de ingebakken gpu van de processors uit de Skylake-, Kaby Lake (Refresh)-, Coffee Lake (Refresh)-, Ice Lake-, Tiger Lake-, Amber Lake-, Apollo Lake-, Comet Lake-, Gemini Lake- en Whiskey Lake-generaties. Dat zijn de Intel UHD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Intel Iris Plus Graphics, Intel Iris Pro Graphics en de Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Het versienummer is vastgezet op 27.20.100.8783. De lijst met veranderingen ziet er als volgt uit:
Intel Iris Xe Graphics New Features:Key issues fixed:
- Media Enhancements
- HDR video playback enhancements
- Dolby Vision with video encoding acceleration.
- Decode Support for HEVC 12-bit 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 and VP9 12-bit 4:2:0, 4:4:4.
- Support for 16K picture HEVC and VP9 video decode
- HEVC and VP9 Decoder performance enhancements to support 4K60 4:4:4
- 4K60 HEVC encoder performance improvements
- HEVC and VP9 4:4:4 speed mode support
- Sampler Feedback support
- Graphics Profile Guided Optimization for Compute Shader SIMD
- Intel Turbo Technology Power and Performance Enhancements
- Display Enhancements
- 5K LACE DPST enabled by default
- Allow Adaptive sync panels to dynamically reduce panel RR to lowest possible RR or to media multiple RR (e.g. 48Hz) for idle/media playback scenarios to work alongside Panel Self Refresh
- Additional power savings on battery when combining internal display with external displays.
- 12 bits-per-channel support on single DisplayPort
- LACE Improvement for Dark Content Treatment
Known issues:
- Intermittent crash or hang seen in Resident Evil 3 (DX12) on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.
- Intermittent crash or hang may be seen in Red Dead Redemption 2 (Vulkan), Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint (DX11), Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (DX12), Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (DX11).
- Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in PGA Tour 2K21, Battlefield V (DX12), Rage 2 (Vulkan), Star Wars Battlefront 2 (DX12), Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (DX11).