Intel Iris/HD Graphics Driver 10.18.10.3907 64-bit

Intel is bringing in multiple enhancements with this driver to provide a rich graphics experience on the 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel Iris Graphics and HD Graphics. 

Some of the key enhancements are:

- Up to 30% performance improvement seen in OpenCL applications
- Battery life improvement in casual games
- Up to 10% performance improvement in select games
- Improvements to control panel for media and display features
- Resolved an issue where the video and audio playback would slow down on an Intel NUC unit while running a Netflix application using Dolby Digital Plus 5.1

OpenGL, OpenCL and 3D improvements:

- This driver adds support for SPIR (Standard Portable Intermediate Representation) extension
- Developer Feature: Added support for LLVM IR mapping to OpenCL source – This feature will be useful for debuggers and enables performance profiling for program optimizations
- OpenCL performance improvements brings benefits of up to 30% in multiple applications and benchmarks such as Basemark CL, CompuBench, and LuxMark
- This new driver adds support for OpenGL 4.3 (previous driver supported OpenGL 4.2)
- Added support for Primitive Boundary preemption during 3D rendering which enables finer granularity for preemption of 3D applications providing better responsiveness when multiple applications are running concurrently

Support for the following OpenGL extensions now added:

- GL_ARB_texture_view
- GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport
- GL_ARB_texture_query_levels
- GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata
- GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility
- GL_ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior
- GL_ARB_copy_image
- GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location
- GL_ARB_texture_stencil8 (OpenGL 4.4)
- GL_AMD_vertex_shader_layer
- GL_AMD_vertex_shader_viewport_index
- GL_EXT_direct_state_access - allows for reduced application overhead and makes multithreaded rendering easier by avoiding state selectors

Improvements for Gaming Applications:

- The driver includes CMAA (Conservative Morphological Anti-Aliasing) for DirectX, a post-processing effect in games that reduces the jagged edges during gaming
- This driver update also supports Adaptive Rendering control, a technique that can improve battery life by saving power while running casual games
- This driver provides an option to end users to adjust the strength of Adaptive Contrast Enhancement through the Intel graphics control panel
- This driver brings in improvements in color buffer formats to enhance support for gaming using dual display screens connected wirelessly using Intel WiDi
- Supports addition of custom display modes (display resolutions)
- The control panel layout now fits portrait modes in a better way with all supported languages
- The control panel provides a slider bar to control the Adaptive Contrast Enhancement
- The information center now provides additional information on the connected display devices

The driver brings in significant performance enhancements in the following games:

- Batman: Arkham City 10%
- Brink 12%
- Doom 3: BFG Edition 84%
- F1 2012 8%
- Hitman: Absolution 10%
- Sleeping Dogs 11%

Performance benefits with FPS Gain between 3-7% seen with the below games:

- Battlefield 4
- Civilization V
- Deus Ex
- Metro 2033
- Rage
- Skyrim: The Elder Scrolls
- Sniper Elite 2

Additional Changes:

- The driver now supports DisplayID version 1.3 specifications providing support for the latest 4k2k monitors
- The driver now allows applications to send information through information frames to HDMI display devices that can re-adjust according to the input information
- Driver adds enhancements for improved cursor responsiveness for wirelessly connected displays using Miracast
- On some PCs, the computer manufacturer might customize the Intel graphics driver to change features, incorporate customizations, or make other changes to the graphics driver software. Intel Graphics Drivers downloaded from the Intel Web site will not install on such systems and will generate errors
- To provide assistance in such cases, the driver now provides a link along with the error message to redirect you to Intel’s support page to help identify the right driver for your computer

Versions:

- Intel Graphics Driver: 10.18.10.3907
- Intel Display Audio Driver: 6.16.0.3149

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

- 4th Generation Intel Core Processor Platform
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processor U Series-based Platform
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processor Y Series-based Platform
- Intel Pentium Processor 3558U / 3560M / 3561Y / G3220 / G3220T / G3240 / G3240T / G3250 / G3250T / G3258 / G3320TE / G3420 / G3420T / G3430 G3440 / G3440T / G3450 / G3450T / G3460
- Intel Pentium Processor 3550M / 3556U / 3560Y
- Intel Celeron Processor 2957U / 2961Y / 2970M / 2981U / G1820 / G1820T / G1820TE / G1830 / G1840 / G1840T / G1850
- Intel Celeron Processor 2000E / 2002E / 2950M / 2955U / 2980U

This download is valid for the products listed below:

- 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel HD Graphics 4200
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel HD Graphics 4400
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel HD Graphics 4600
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel HD Graphics 5000
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel Iris Graphics 5100
- 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200