Posted on Wednesday, August 19 2020 @ 10:41 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
A new graphics driver from Intel has hit the web, you can find version 27.20.100.8587
over here. This release has performance optimizations for Wasteland 3 and Crusader Kings III. You also get some bug fixes.
Highlights
Performance Optimizations for Wasteland 3* and Crusader Kings III* on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel® Iris Plus graphics.
Halo 3: ODST*, Wasteland 3*, Surgeon Simulator 2*, Windbound*, Crusader Kings III*, and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout* verified playable on Intel Iris Plus graphics or better.
Developer highlights
OneAPI Level Zero Runtime pre-production release is now included.
Adds support for the Vulkan extension VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control - This Khronos
extension adds flags to VkPipelineCreateInfo and VkPipelineCacheCreateInfo structures with the goal of providing
information about potentially expensive hazards within the client driver during pipeline creation to the application
before carrying them out rather than after.
Bug fixes:
Intermittent crash or hang seen in Red Dead Redemption 2 (Vulkan), Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12), Cities Skylines,
F1 2020 (DX12), FIFA20 (when switching between windowed and full screen) on 10th Generation Intel Core
processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.
Intermittent crash or hang seen in Rocket League when switching the display from duplicate to extended mode
and vice versa on 10th Generation Intel Core processors.
Minor graphics anomalies may be observed in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (DX12), Rise of the Tomb
Raider (DX12).
Corruption observed in Microsoft Word / Excel when resizing and toggling between windowed or Fullscreen
mode on 10th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Plus graphics.
