Highlights:

- Fortnite Launch Driver

- Gigantic Launch Driver

- Minecraft Story Mode: Season 2 Launch Driver

Protect your turf, build castles, and battle massive guardians as you enjoy performance optimizations and playability improvements at release of the upcoming games, Fortnite, Gigantic, Minecraft Story Mode: Season 2, Pyre, Master x Master, Secret World Legends, and Pit People on processors with Intel HD Graphics 620 or better.

This driver enables Windows 10 Creator’s Update features, as well as provides support for toolkits to assist developers in creating Computer Vision and Deep Learning applications. This driver also provides visual enhancements, improving gameplay on many popular games. for recommended game settings for many of your favorite PC games.

This Intel Graphics Driver provides support for:

- 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

- Pentium/ Celeron Processors with Intel HD Graphics 500, 505

CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE:

- Intel Graphics Driver

- Intel Display Audio Driver

- Intel Media SDK Runtime

- Intel OpenCL Driver

- Intel Graphics Control Panel

- Vulkan Runtime Installer

NEW FEATURES:

- OpenGL v4.5 support

- Vulkan v1.0.38 support

- Enabled additional OpenCL media extensions (details: here)

- Enabled Programmable Sample Positions in Direct3D12

- Added support for Computer Vision SDK and Deep Learning Deployment Toolkits (details: here)

- Windows 10 Creators Update features enabled (7th Gen Intel Core Processors only)

KEY ISSUES FIXED:

- Texture flickering may be observed in Halo 2 and other DX9 games

- Graphical anomalies may be observed in Guilty Gear Xrd, Fallout 4, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Guild Wars 2, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Vikings – Wolves of Midgard, Rainbow Six Siege, For Honor, Watch Dogs 2, Lego Minifigures Online (DX12 mode), and other games

- Intermittent crashes or hangs may be observed in Guild Wars 2, DOTA 2 and The Talos Principle (Vulkan only – when resumed from suspend state), and other games.

- Intel HD Graphics Control Panel: The Panel Self Refresh (PSR) option is displayed even for non-PSR panels

- Intel HD Graphics Control Panel: Bezel correction issue in tri-display collage configurations

- WebGL stability improvements

- Graphical anomalies may be observed during fullscreen video playback in some tablets, when panel is rotated by 180o through hardware

- Incorrect resolution cap when auto-detecting virtual displays

KNOWN ISSUES:

- Graphics anomalies may be observed in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Titanfall 2, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands (only when ‘Bloom’ enabled)

- Intermittent crashes or hangs may occur in Tom Clancy’s The Division

- Display may lose rotation after going fullscreen on an external monitor with some DirectX9 applications

- Abnormal behavior observed in PowerDVD on 3D content playback in Windows 10 (fixed in Windows 10 Creator’s Update)

- Must reboot in order to display a new custom resolution in the Intel HD Graphics Control Panel

- In extended display mode, HDCP may not work after video standby when using a type-C to HDMI adapter

- Menu bars may not appear in HDR Expose 3

This zip archive contains the files needed for installing the Intel HD Graphics driver. If it has been installed, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix problems, add new functions, or expand existing ones. Even though other OSes might be compatible as well, we do not recommend applying this release on platforms other than the ones specified.

Versions:

- Intel Graphics Driver: 22.20.16.4729

- Intel Display Audio Driver: 10.22.01.100 (Windows 8.1/10)

Supports Intel Iris graphics, Intel Iris Pro graphics and Intel HD graphics on:

- 7th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Kaby Lake)

- 6th Gen Intel Core processor family (codename Skylake)

- Apollo Lake

- Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v5 Product Family

- Intel Xeon Processor E3-1500 v5 Product Family

- Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v6 Product Family

Microsoft Windows "Setup.exe" Installation:

- Save and unzip the downloadable archive.

- Locate the hard drive directory where the driver files are stored using the browser or the Explore feature of Windows.

- From this directory, double-click the "Setup.exe" file.

- The first dialog of the installation user interface will appear. By default, a checkbox is selected to automatically run WinSAT and enable the Windows Aero desktop theme (if supported). Deselect the checkbox if this support should be turned off.

- Click "Next" to continue.

- Read the License Agreement and, if you agree with the terms, click "Yes" to proceed.

- Review the Readme File information and click "Next" to proceed.

- When the "Setup Progress" is complete, click "Next" to proceed.

- When the "Setup is Complete" screen appears, click "Finish" to complete the installation.

Microsoft Windows "Have Disk" Installation

- Click "Start", right-click "Computer", and click "Properties".

- Click "Device Manager" on the left.

- In the "User Account Control" window, click "Yes".

- Double-click "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)" if present under "Other Devices". (Go to step 6).

- Expand "Display adapters" and double-click the graphics controller.

- In the "Driver" tab, click "Update Driver".

- Click "Browse my computer for driver software".

- Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".

- Click "Have Disk..." and click "Browse".

- Browse to the directory where you unzipped the file you downloaded, click the "Graphics" folder, and select the "igdlh.INF" file. Click "Open".

- Click "OK" and click "Next". The operating system will install the driver.

- Click "Close" and click "Yes" to reboot. The driver should now be loaded.

Microsoft Windows Manual Installation - HD Graphics

- Click "Start", right-click "Computer", and click "Properties".

- Click "Device Manager" on the left.

- In the "User Account Control" window, click "Yes".

- Double-click "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)" if present under "Other Devices". (Go to step 6)

- Expand "Display adapters" and double-click the graphics controller.

- In the "Driver" tab, click "Update Driver".

- Click "Browse my computer for driver software".

- Click directly "Browse".

- Browse to the directory where you unzipped the file you downloaded and click the "Graphics" folder.

- Click "OK" and click "Next". The operating system will install the driver if it considers this an upgrade.

- Click "Close" and click "Yes" to reboot. The driver should now be loaded.

Microsoft Windows Manual Installation - Display Audio

- Click "Start", right-click "Computer", and click "Properties".

- Click "Device Manager" on the left.

- In the "User Account Control" window, click "Yes".

- Double-click "Sound, video and game controllers".

- If installing from scratch, right-click the "High Definition Audio" controller. If updating the driver, right-click the "Intel Display Audio" controller. Click "Update Driver Software...".

- Click "Browse my computer for driver software".

- Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".

- Click "Have Disk..." and click "Browse".

- Browse to the directory where you unzipped the file you downloaded, click the "DisplayAudio" folder, and select the "IntcDAud.inf" file. Click "Open" and click "OK".

- Select "Intel Display Audio" and click "Next".

- The operating system will install the driver. Click "Finish" to complete the installation.

- Click "Yes" to reboot. The driver should now be loaded.

- To determine if the driver has been loaded correctly, refer to the Verifying Installation of the Software section below.

About Graphics Drivers:

While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes.

It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, include support for newly developed technologies, add compatibility with newer GPU chipsets, or resolve different problems that might have been encountered.

When it comes to applying this release, the installation steps should be a breeze, as each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible so that each user can update the GPU on their own and with minimum risks (however, check to see if this download supports your graphics chipset).

Therefore, get the package (extract it if necessary), run the setup, follow the on-screen instructions for a complete and successful installation, and make sure you reboot the system so that the changes take effect.

That being said, download the driver, apply it on your system, and enjoy your newly updated graphics card. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.