Intel releases new GPU driver with Core N-series support and fixes for B-series GPUs

Intel has released a new graphics driver under versions 32.0101.6449 WHQL and 32.0101.6256 WHQL. It adds support for the upcoming Intel Core Processor N-series (their specs recently leaked in all details) and a few fixes for the Arc B-series graphics cards and Core Ultra processors.

Here is the changelog:

Highlights:

 

• Launch driver for Intel Core Processor N-series and Series 2 (Codename Twin Lake, Raptor Lake-H Refresh, Raptor Lake-U Refresh).

 

Fixed Issues:

 

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

 

• Skull and Bones (DX12) may experience an application crash while launching gameplay.
• Certain capture cards may exhibit visual artifacts in some scenarios.
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (DX12) may experience lower than expected performance.

 

Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

 

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare III (DX12) may experience flickering during gameplay.

 

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

 

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit black shadow corruption in certain scenes during gameplay.

And here is the list of known bugs:

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

 

• F1 24 (DX12) with XeSS FG may exhibit certain corruptions and applications crashes
  • Application may crash when dynamically changing XeSS FG settings during gameplay. Recommendation is to toggle XeSS FG settings in the game menu before starting a race.
  • “Alt + Enter” shortcut may change the display mode to fullscreen exclusive, which is not supported in XeSS 2 and may cause the game to crash.
• MLPerf may exhibit intermittent errors when running on multi-GPU system configurations. It is recommended to disable integrated GPU as a workaround.
• Topaz Labs Photo AI may exhibit corruptions with certain image enhancement operations.
• Magix Vegas Pro may exhibit corruptions when using style transfer feature.
• Dassault Systèmes CATIA may experience an application crash when using HQAO option.
• Adobe Lightroom Classic may experience lower than expected performance. Workaround is to set recommended preferences in the application
  • Under Edit, Preferences, Performance options, choose Graphics Processor as “Custom”
  • Select “Use GPU for Display”, “Use GPU for Image Processing” and “Use GPU for Export” options.

 

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

 

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit darker than expected shadows in certain campaign scenarios.
• Topaz Gigapixel AI may experience intermittent crash while exporting images.

 

Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

 

• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.
• Davinci Resolve Studio v19.0 may experience errors while rendering OpenVino test scenarios.
• Topaz Video AI may experience corruption when exporting videos after using some models for video enhancements

 

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

 

• Adobe Premiere Pro may exhibit corruption in the output video after performing 8K AV1 Encode.
• PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio V19 may experience errors intermittently with benchmark preset set to Extended.
• Davinci Resolve Studio v19.0 may experience issues while rendering certain OpenVino test scenarios.
• Davinci Resolve Studio v19.0 may experience errors intermittently while rendering certain AI/ML scenarios.
• Topaz Video AI may experience corruption when exporting videos after using some models for video enhancements.
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered (DX12) may experience crash during gameplay with frame generation enabled.

Intel 32.0101.6449 WHQL and 32.0101.6256 WHQL are available on PCs with 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11 with the following graphics products from Intel:

You can download the driver from the official website here. Full release notes are available here (PDF).

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