Intel has released a new graphics driver for GPUs integrated in Intel 6th (Skylake), 7th (Kaby Lake) and 8th (Coffee Lake) Core processors. This new driver (version 15.60.1.4877) brings the following new features:
– Intel Graphics control panel now showcases latest games
– Okami HD Launch Driver
– DX11 shader caching feature: provides load time and playability improvements across multiple games
– DX11 performance improvements, improving CPU usage
This new driver also improves the following things:
– Increased accuracy in reporting Frames Per Second when in Balanced or Power Saving mode
– Significant increase in MSAA perform ance when using DX12* or Vulkan*
– Enhanced performance in HEVC/H.265 video playback on Intel 7 th Gen Core processors or higher
– Improvements in the Intel® Media SDK (MSDK), leading to better encoding quality across dependent media apps such as PowerDirector*, MAGIX*, etc.
You can download the Intel graphics driver v15.60.1.4877 from the following links:
I tested this driver on my notebook (GeForce GTX 1050 + Intel HD 630).
The v4877 exposes OpenGL 4.5 with 243 OpenGL extensions and exposes Vulkan 1.0.62 API.
A new OpenGL extension has been added compared to v4815:
- GL_ARB_polygon_offset_clamp
GL_ARB_polygon_offset_clamp is a new extension introduced with OpenGL 4.6. Nice news!
OpenGL information
- OpenGL Extensions: 243 extensions (GL=222 and WGL=21) - GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 - GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate - GL_AMD_vertex_shader_layer - GL_AMD_vertex_shader_viewport_index - GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility - GL_ARB_ES3_1_compatibility - GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility - GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays - GL_ARB_base_instance - GL_ARB_bindless_texture - GL_ARB_blend_func_extended - GL_ARB_buffer_storage - GL_ARB_cl_event - GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object - GL_ARB_clear_texture - GL_ARB_clip_control - GL_ARB_color_buffer_float - GL_ARB_compatibility - GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage - GL_ARB_compute_shader - GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted - GL_ARB_conservative_depth - GL_ARB_copy_buffer - GL_ARB_copy_image - GL_ARB_cull_distance - GL_ARB_debug_output - GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float - GL_ARB_depth_clamp - GL_ARB_depth_texture - GL_ARB_derivative_control - GL_ARB_direct_state_access - GL_ARB_draw_buffers - GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend - GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex - GL_ARB_draw_indirect - GL_ARB_draw_instanced - GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts - GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location - GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location - GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions - GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport - GL_ARB_fragment_program - GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow - GL_ARB_fragment_shader - GL_ARB_fragment_shader_interlock - GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments - GL_ARB_framebuffer_object - GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB - GL_ARB_geometry_shader4 - GL_ARB_get_program_binary - GL_ARB_get_texture_sub_image - GL_ARB_gpu_shader5 - GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64 - GL_ARB_half_float_pixel - GL_ARB_half_float_vertex - GL_ARB_indirect_parameters - GL_ARB_instanced_arrays - GL_ARB_internalformat_query - GL_ARB_internalformat_query2 - GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata - GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment - GL_ARB_map_buffer_range - GL_ARB_multi_bind - GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect - GL_ARB_multisample - GL_ARB_multitexture - GL_ARB_occlusion_query - GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 - GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object - GL_ARB_point_parameters - GL_ARB_point_sprite - GL_ARB_polygon_offset_clamp - GL_ARB_post_depth_coverage - GL_ARB_program_interface_query - GL_ARB_provoking_vertex - GL_ARB_query_buffer_object - GL_ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior - GL_ARB_robustness - GL_ARB_robustness_isolation - GL_ARB_sample_shading - GL_ARB_sampler_objects - GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map - GL_ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture - GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects - GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters - GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding - GL_ARB_shader_draw_parameters - GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store - GL_ARB_shader_image_size - GL_ARB_shader_objects - GL_ARB_shader_precision - GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export - GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object - GL_ARB_shader_subroutine - GL_ARB_shader_texture_image_samples - GL_ARB_shading_language_100 - GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack - GL_ARB_shading_language_packing - GL_ARB_shadow - GL_ARB_stencil_texturing - GL_ARB_sync - GL_ARB_tessellation_shader - GL_ARB_texture_barrier - GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp - GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object - GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32 - GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range - GL_ARB_texture_compression - GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc - GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc - GL_ARB_texture_cube_map - GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array - GL_ARB_texture_env_add - GL_ARB_texture_env_combine - GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar - GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 - GL_ARB_texture_float - GL_ARB_texture_gather - GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge - GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat - GL_ARB_texture_multisample - GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two - GL_ARB_texture_query_levels - GL_ARB_texture_query_lod - GL_ARB_texture_rectangle - GL_ARB_texture_rg - GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui - GL_ARB_texture_stencil8 - GL_ARB_texture_storage - GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample - GL_ARB_texture_swizzle - GL_ARB_texture_view - GL_ARB_timer_query - GL_ARB_transform_feedback2 - GL_ARB_transform_feedback3 - GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced - GL_ARB_transpose_matrix - GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object - GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra - GL_ARB_vertex_array_object - GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit - GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding - GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object - GL_ARB_vertex_program - GL_ARB_vertex_shader - GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev - GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev - GL_ARB_viewport_array - GL_ARB_window_pos - GL_ATI_separate_stencil - GL_EXT_abgr - GL_EXT_bgra - GL_EXT_blend_color - GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate - GL_EXT_blend_func_separate - GL_EXT_blend_minmax - GL_EXT_blend_subtract - GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint - GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array - GL_EXT_direct_state_access - GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 - GL_EXT_draw_range_elements - GL_EXT_fog_coord - GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit - GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample - GL_EXT_framebuffer_object - GL_EXT_geometry_shader4 - GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters - GL_EXT_gpu_shader4 - GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays - GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil - GL_EXT_packed_float - GL_EXT_packed_pixels - GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp - GL_EXT_rescale_normal - GL_EXT_secondary_color - GL_EXT_separate_specular_color - GL_EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch - GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix - GL_EXT_shadow_funcs - GL_EXT_stencil_two_side - GL_EXT_stencil_wrap - GL_EXT_texture3D - GL_EXT_texture_array - GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc - GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp - GL_EXT_texture_env_add - GL_EXT_texture_env_combine - GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic - GL_EXT_texture_integer - GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias - GL_EXT_texture_rectangle - GL_EXT_texture_sRGB - GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode - GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent - GL_EXT_texture_snorm - GL_EXT_texture_storage - GL_EXT_texture_swizzle - GL_EXT_timer_query - GL_EXT_transform_feedback - GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat - GL_INTEL_conservative_rasterization - GL_INTEL_fragment_shader_ordering - GL_INTEL_framebuffer_CMAA - GL_INTEL_map_texture - GL_INTEL_multi_rate_fragment_shader - GL_INTEL_performance_query - GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced - GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent - GL_KHR_context_flush_control - GL_KHR_debug - GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr - GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr - GL_NV_blend_square - GL_NV_conditional_render - GL_NV_primitive_restart - GL_NV_texgen_reflection - GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap - GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp - GL_SGIS_texture_lod - GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays - GL_WIN_swap_hint - WGL_EXT_swap_control - WGL_EXT_depth_float - WGL_ARB_buffer_region - WGL_ARB_extensions_string - WGL_ARB_make_current_read - WGL_ARB_pixel_format - WGL_ARB_pbuffer - WGL_EXT_extensions_string - WGL_ARB_multisample - WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float - WGL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB - WGL_ARB_create_context - WGL_ARB_create_context_profile - WGL_EXT_pixel_format_packed_float - WGL_EXT_create_context_es_profile - WGL_EXT_create_context_es2_profile - WGL_NV_DX_interop - WGL_WGL_INTEL_cl_sharing - WGL_NV_DX_interop2 - WGL_ARB_create_context_robustness - WGL_ARB_context_flush_control
Vulkan information
- Instance extensions: 11
- VK_KHR_surface (version: 26)
- VK_KHR_win32_surface (version: 6)
- VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_debug_report (version: 8)
- VK_EXT_display_surface_counter (version: 1)
- VK_KHX_device_group_creation (version: 1)
- VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities (version: 1)
- Instance layers: 2
- VK_LAYER_NV_optimus (version: 1.0.56, impl: 1)
- VK_LAYER_LUNARG_standard_validation (version: 1.0.61, impl: 1)
- Physical devices: 1
- [Vulkan device 0]: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 ------------------
- API version: 1.0.62
- vendorID: 32902
- deviceID: 22811
- driver version: 65538
- memory heap count: 2
- heap1: 3660MB
- heap2: 3660MB
- memory type count: 3
- mem type 0 - heap index : 0 - property flag : 1
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
- mem type 1 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 7
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 2 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 15
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT
- extensions: 27
- VK_KHR_swapchain (version: 69)
- VK_KHR_external_memory (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_bind_memory2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation (version: 3)
- VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_maintenance1 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_maintenance2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_push_descriptor (version: 2)
- VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_16bit_storage (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_variable_pointers (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export (version: 1)
- device layers: 1
- VK_LAYER_NV_optimus (version: 1.0.56, impl: 1)
- device features:
- robustBufferAccess: true
- fullDrawIndexUint32: true
- imageCubeArray: true
- independentBlend: true
- geometryShader: true
- tessellationShader: true
- sampleRateShading: true
- dualSrcBlend: true
- logicOp: true
- multiDrawIndirect: true
- drawIndirectFirstInstance: true
- depthClamp: true
- depthBiasClamp: true
- fillModeNonSolid: true
- depthBounds: false
- wideLines: true
- largePoints: true
- alphaToOne: true
- multiViewport: true
- samplerAnisotropy: true
- textureCompressionETC2: true
- textureCompressionASTC_LDR: true
- textureCompressionBC: true
- occlusionQueryPrecise: true
- pipelineStatisticsQuery: true
- vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics: true
- fragmentStoresAndAtomics: true
- shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize: true
- shaderImageGatherExtended: true
- shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats: true
- shaderStorageImageMultisample: true
- shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat: false
- shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat: true
- shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderClipDistance: true
- shaderCullDistance: true
- shaderFloat64: true
- shaderInt64: true
- shaderInt16: true
- shaderResourceResidency: true
- shaderResourceMinLod: true
- sparseBinding: true
- sparseResidencyBuffer: true
- sparseResidencyImage2D: true
- sparseResidencyImage3D: true
- sparseResidency2Samples: true
- sparseResidency4Samples: true
- sparseResidency8Samples: true
- sparseResidency16Samples: true
- sparseResidencyAliased: true
- variableMultisampleRate: true
- inheritedQueries: true
- device limits
- maxImageDimension1D: 16384
- maxImageDimension2D: 16384
- maxImageDimension3D: 2048
- maxImageDimensionCube: 16384
- maxImageArrayLayers: 2048
- maxTexelBufferElements: 134217728
- maxUniformBufferRange: 65536
- maxStorageBufferRange: 134217728
- maxPushConstantsSize: 256
- maxMemoryAllocationCount: 1874157
- maxSamplerAllocationCount: 4000
- bufferImageGranularity: 1
- sparseAddressSpaceSize: 17592186044416
- maxBoundDescriptorSets: 8
- maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers: 64
- maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers: 200
- maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages: 200
- maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages: 16
- maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments: 8
- maxPerStageResources: 200
- maxDescriptorSetSamplers: 384
- maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers: 1200
- maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic: 16
- maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers: 1200
- maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic: 16
- maxDescriptorSetSampledImages: 1200
- maxDescriptorSetStorageImages: 96
- maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments: 8
- maxVertexInputAttributes: 16
- maxVertexInputBindings: 16
- maxVertexInputAttributeOffset: 2047
- maxVertexInputBindingStride: 4095
- maxVertexOutputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationGenerationLevel: 64
- maxTessellationPatchSize: 32
- maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents: 120
- maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents: 4096
- maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryShaderInvocations: 32
- maxGeometryInputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryOutputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryOutputVertices: 256
- maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents: 1024
- maxFragmentInputComponents: 128
- maxFragmentOutputAttachments: 8
- maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments: 1
- maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources: 16
- maxComputeSharedMemorySize: 32768
- maxComputeWorkGroupCount: [65536; 65536; 65536]
- maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations: 1024
- maxComputeWorkGroupSize: [1024; 1024; 64]
- subPixelPrecisionBits: 8
- subTexelPrecisionBits: 8
- mipmapPrecisionBits: 8
- maxDrawIndexedIndexValue: 4294967295
- maxDrawIndirectCount: 4294967295
- maxSamplerLodBias: 16.000000
- maxSamplerAnisotropy: 16.000000
- maxViewports: 16
- maxViewportDimensions: [32768; 32768]
- viewportBoundsRange: [-65536.000000 ; 65535.000000]
- viewportSubPixelBits: 8
- minMemoryMapAlignment: 64
- minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
- minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment: 32
- minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
- minTexelOffset: 4294967288
- maxTexelOffset: 7
- minTexelGatherOffset: 4294967264
- maxTexelGatherOffset: 31
- minInterpolationOffset: -0.500000
- maxInterpolationOffset: 0.437500
- subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits: 4
- maxFramebufferWidth: 16384
- maxFramebufferHeight: 16384
- maxFramebufferLayers: 2048
- framebufferColorSampleCounts: 31
- framebufferDepthSampleCounts: 31
- framebufferStencilSampleCounts: 31
- framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts: 31
- maxColorAttachments: 8
- sampledImageColorSampleCounts: 31
- sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts: 31
- sampledImageDepthSampleCounts: 31
- sampledImageStencilSampleCounts: 31
- storageImageSampleCounts: 31
- maxSampleMaskWords: 1
- timestampComputeAndGraphics: 1
- timestampPeriod: 83.333000
- maxClipDistances: 8
- maxCullDistances: 8
- maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances: 8
- discreteQueuePriorities: 2
- pointSizeRange: [0.125000 ; 255.875000]
- lineWidthRange: [0.000000 ; 7.992188]
- pointSizeGranularity: 0.125000
- lineWidthGranularity: 0.007813
- strictLines: 0
- standardSampleLocations: 1
- optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment: 16
- optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment: 16
- nonCoherentAtomSize: 1
geomechanical is fixed, yea but tesselation hang my laptop after exiting demo