Intel Core i5-12600KF CPU Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3959 DCH Beta 64-bit

Installing this Intel generic graphics driver will overwrite your computer manufacturer (OEM) customized driver. OEM drivers are handpicked and include customized features and solutions to platform-specific issues.

The generic Intel driver provides users the latest and greatest feature enhancements and bug fixes that OEMs may not have customized yet to address platform-specific needs. Users can check for matching OEM versions at OEM websites.

GAMING HIGHLIGHTS:

Intel Game On Driver support on Intel Arc A-series Graphics for:
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- Warhammer 40K: Darktide
- Marvel’s Midnight Suns
- The Callisto Protocol
- Fortnite (Chapter 4/UE5.1)

Intel continues to improve the DirectX 9 game experience with Intel Arc Graphics. This software package contains performance optimizations for:
- League of Legends
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Payday 2
- Stellaris
- Starcraft 2
- Guild Wars 2
- NiZhan
- Moonlight Blade

Intel continues to improve the DirectX 11 and 12 game experience with Intel Arc Graphics. This software package contains performance optimizations for:
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (DX12)
- Far Cry New Dawn (DX11)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (DX11)
- DOTA 2 (DX11)
- Dying Light 2 (DX12)

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS:

- Support for Agility SDK 1.608.0 developer features: Enhanced Barriers for finer-grained control of barriers and support of Vulkan to D3D12 Dynamic Pipeline State
- This Intel Arc software package includes support for optimized Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 with GPU accelerated decompression for developer integration.

NOTES:

- Take your system lighting to the next level with Intel Arc RGB Controller. Intel Arc RGB Controller was custom designed to allow users to harness 90 individually addressable LEDs on Intel Arc A770 Graphics Limited Edition cards.
- Supported on Intel Arc A770 Graphics Limited Edition on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
- Intel and Cooler Master collaborated on the creation of this software

FIXED ISSUES:

- Victoria 3 (DX11) may exhibit ghosting corruption when applying MSAA x16 settings.
- Hearts of Iron IV (DX11) may exhibit texture corruption when applying MSAA x16 settings.
- Stellaris (DX9) may exhibit texture and flickering corruption during Star previews.
- Sonic Frontiers (DX11) may experience flickering corruption on Intel Arc A380 Graphics Products when Frame Rate Limit setting is set to 60. A workaround is to set Frame Rate Limit to 30

KNOWN ISSUES:

- Diablo II: Resurrected (DX12) may cause system instability or application crash.
- Conqueror’s Blade (DX12) may experience corruption in benchmark mode.
- Call of Duty: Vanguard (DX12) may experience missing or corrupted shadows during the Submarine mission.
- Payday 2 (DX9) may exhibit flickering corruption on specific water surfaces.
- System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery.
- GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Blender may exhibit corruption while using Nishita Sky texture node.

INTEL ARC CONTROL FIXED ISSUES:

- Arc Control may not scale automatically and may cause some UI toggles to become unresponsive when changing from a 1080p resolution to a 4K resolution. A workaround is to revert resolution or reboot.
- Some applications may exhibit pixel corruption when Sharpening Filter is enabled globally.
- Arc Control Studio Capture may exhibit a “Selected audio device not found” error after resuming the system from sleep.

INTEL ARC CONTROL KNOWN ISSUES:

- Windows UAC Admin is required to install and launch Arc Control.
- Some applications may exhibit a transparent or blank window when CMAA is set to “Force ON” globally.
- A 1440p resolution selection in Arc Control Studio Capture may be unavailable when the display native resolution is 4K.
- Arc Control Studio Camera overlay position may not retain desired position and size after a system restart.
- The Arc Control Studio Camera tab may take longer than expected responsiveness upon the first navigation.
- Arc Control may report incorrect memory bandwidth value

Intel Arc Control Performance Tuning (BETA):

- Intel Arc Control Performance Tuning is currently in Beta. As such, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel will continue to refine the Performance Tuning software in future releases.

CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE:

- Intel Graphics Driver
- Intel Media SDK Runtime (21.0.1.35)
- Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime (21.0.2.7)
- Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL Driver
- Vulkan Runtime Installer
- Intel Graphics Driver Installer (1.0.718.0)
- oneAPI Level Zero Loader and Validation Layer
- Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for OneAPI Level Zero specification
- Intel Arc Control installer
- Intel Driver Support Assistant

OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT:

- Microsoft Windows 10-64 - October 2020 Update (20H2)
- Microsoft Windows 10-64 - May 2021 Update (21H1)
- Microsoft Windows 10-64 - November 2021 Update (21H2)
- Microsoft Windows 11-64 - October 2021 Update (21H2)
- Microsoft Windows 11-64 (22H2) 

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.