

If you don't really have the space for the update, then I would recommend finding a way to free up some room, as the increase in performance you'll get from installing it looks to be worth the hit. For those who have slower internet speeds, it's worth installing the drivers well in advance of when you're planning to play, so that you're not sat twiddling your thumbs whilst your friends play without you. Identify your Intel® Graphics by following the instructions here. For more information, see the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant FAQ. It's worth noting that this driver update will be a hefty download, coming in at 1.2GB. Download the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant. Intel DirectX 11 and 12 performance optimizations for: Intel DirectX 9 performance optimizations for: v3959 driver update details (Intel Arc A-Series GPUs) Intel Game On Driver support for: This driver support means you'll get optimized launch-day patches and performance updates as these games release new versions. Today, AMD is the only GPU manufacturer to offer fully-compatible DirectX 11.1 support, and the only manufacturer to support Tiled Resources Tier-2 within a shipping product stack.Alongside this performance increase, the newest driver also provides you with Game On Driver support for a range of new titles, including, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, Need for Speed: Unbound and Fortnite Chapter 4. AMD is planning to enable DirectX 11.2 with a driver update in the Windows 8.1 launch timeframe in October, when DirectX 11.2 ships.

“The Radeon HD 7000 series hardware architecture is fully DirectX 11.2-capable when used with a driver that enables this feature. The issued the following statement today that says they will introduce a driver update that will enable DirectX 11.2 support on AMD Radeon HD 7000 series video cards! A number of sites reported last week that they will never be compatible, but AMD says that is not the case. Video cards based on AMD’s Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the Radeon HD 7000 series and the OEM-rebadged HD 8000 series, aren’t currently compatible with DirectX 11.2.

Microsoft has confirmed that DirectX 11.2 will be exclusive to Windows 8.1 and the Xbox One. The standout feature appears to be Direct3D tiled resources, which allows developers to easily use both GPU and system memory (RAM) to store textures. Windows 8.1 Preview introduced DirectX 11.2, which brings a host of new features to improve performance in your games and graphics apps.
