This update addresses several previously found issues. Please see the Release Notes and excerpt below for details. As always, feedback is appreciated.
The 15.36.18.4156 has been posted to Intel Download Center at the following direct links to the drivers:
64 - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24785
32 - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24786
This driver supports the following:
Support for Intel 5th Generation Intel® Core processors with HD Graphics 5500, HD Graphics 6000, and Iris™ Graphics 6100 and key enhancements for Intel 4th Generation Intel Core Processors. This driver provides up to 10% better performance improvement when running 3DMark11* benchmark and fixes many game, application, display and UI issues.
• 5th Generation Intel® Core Processors with Intel HD graphics, Intel Iris™ graphics and select Pentium®/ Celeron® Processors with Intel® HD graphics for Microsoft Windows* 8.1, Microsoft Windows* 8 and Microsoft Windows* 7 operating systems.
• Intel® Core™ M with Intel HD graphics 5300 for Microsoft Windows* 8.1, Microsoft Windows* 8 and Microsoft Windows* 7 operating systems.
• 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel HD graphics, Intel Iris™ graphics and Intel Iris Pro graphics and select Pentium®/ Celeron® Processors with Intel® HD graphics for Microsoft Windows* 8.1, Microsoft Windows* 8 and Microsoft Windows* 7 operating systems.
New features with this release:
Up to 10% performance improvement as measured on 3D Mark 11* benchmark.
Key issues resolve with this release:
System hang observed while playing Dead Rising 3* game | Windows* 8.1 |
Display corruption observed while playing Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris* game | Windows* 8.1 |
Display corruption was observed near the hair details of a character while playing Resident Evil 6 Biohazard* game with specific settings | Windows* 8.1 |
Display corruption observed on texture details of characters while playing Ryse: Son of Rome* game | Windows* 8.1 |
Display flickering is observed while playing Halo 2* game | Windows* 8.1 |
Application crash observed while trying to run SPECviewperf® 12* benchmark with Creo view settings | Windows* 7 |
Display corruption observed while running Worms: Revolution* game with Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing (CMAA) setting enabled in Intel Graphics control panel | Windows* 8.1 |
Application crashes observed while running Cinebench Cinema 4D* application | Windows* 8.1 |
Corruptions observed while running JUCE Demo* application | Windows* 8.1, Windows* 7 |
Hot keys registered by Intel graphics control panel are not released for usage by other applications even after disabling hot keys | Windows* 8.1, Windows* 7 |
Brightness level does not change when resuming from monitor off state | Windows* 8.1 |
Sometimes the message “Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered” may appear when opening information center in Intel graphics control panel | Windows* 8.1 |
Display black out observed when resuming from hibernate mode with a DisplayPort 2.1 monitor attached to the system | Windows* 7 |
Display on attached HDMI monitor is split into three when changing the resolution of secondary display (4K2K) to specific resolutions | Windows* 8.1 |
Display garbage seen on 4K HDMI monitor when setting it in extended desktop mode and changing resolution to 2560x1600 | Windows* 8.1, Windows* 7 |
Sometimes user is unable to change the aspect ratio on 4K HDMI monitor configured in extended mode. | Windows* 8.1 |