Posted on Thursday, February 18 2021 @ 13:12 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel dropped beta version 27.20.100.9313 of its Graphics driver, you can download it
over here. Among other things, this version fixes a crash with Outriders, improves game loading times for Death Stranding, and has stability fixes for the DaVinci Resolve video editing software. The full changelog also contains a long list of known issues, which will get fixed in future driver releases.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Fix for crash seen when launching Outriders* on Intel® Iris® Xe Max graphics.
Game loading time improvements for Death Stranding* on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
Stability fixes for DaVinci Resolve* on Intel® Iris® Xe Max graphics.
IMPROVEMENTS:
Game loading time improvements for Death Stranding* on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
KEY ISSUES FIXED:
Crash seen when launching Outriders* on Intel® Iris® Xe Max graphics.
Performance bottleneck fix for 3DMark Mesh Shader feature test* (Mesh Shaders off) on Intel® Iris® Xe and Xe
Max graphics.
Stability fixes for DaVinci Resolve* on Intel® Iris® Xe Max graphics.
Intermittent crash or hang seen in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege* (DX11) on Intel® Iris® Xe and Xe Max
graphics.
Intermittent crash or hang seen in Battlefield 4* when changing Anti-aliasing deferred settings on Intel® Iris® Xe
graphics.
Intermittent crash or hang seen in Hunt: Showdown*, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare* (DX12).
Black screen observed in Dirt Rally* when game play is switched to full screen using ALT + ENTER on Intel®
Iris® Xe graphics.
Minor graphic anomalies observed in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare* (DX12) while game loading in cutscenes
and during gameplay on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
Minor graphic anomalies observed during gameplay in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt* on Intel® Iris® Xe and Xe Max
graphics.
Corruption or crash seen in Talos Principle* (Vulkan) after changing game settings on Intel® Iris® Xe Max
graphics.
Crash seen while starting new game in Crysis: Remastered* on 10th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with
Intel Iris Plus graphics.
No Visual difference seen when changing Texture filtering in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands* (DX12).
Teamfight Tactics* game may disconnect when starting gameplay on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
LCD may show garbage during WMV movie playback with high CPU usage on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
Brightness may not update as expected while adjusting brightness in Battery mode on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
Flickering may be observed in PC screen mode only on Intel® Iris® Xe graphics.
Black screen observed after unplugging dock with three monitors in combined mode.
DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS:
Support for New Level Zero loader layer tracing API.
