Intel Releases 3621 Graphics Drivers With 31 Fixes For Windows 8.1 Users

By Nathan Kirsch June 4, 2014

Intel has released new integrated graphics drivers that support 3rd and 4th Generation Intel Core Processors with Intel HD/Iris Graphics and happen to be running Microsoft Windows 7, 8, & 8.1. The 32-bit and 64-bit drivers are now available to download now under version number 15.33.22.3621. The include some new features and 31 bug fixes for those running Windows 8.1. Game fixes are also included for big name game titles like Watch Dogs, Call of Duty: Ghosts, DOTA 2, Thief! This is a drive update that sounds like it is worth updating to!

New Features In Intel 3621 Drivers:

Intel Graphics Control Panel has now been updated with below improvements
- Improved responsiveness and faster launch
- A new tile – profiles has been introduced in the Graphics control panel to allow users to save/share/import settings
Intel graphics control panel now offers an option to allow user to disable driver reporting Multi-Sample Antialiasing (MSAA) capabilities to applications. Some applications automatically enable MSAA, if the driver reports support for it. Enabling MSAA makes the workload more intensive, it can impact the frame rate/smoothness of animation for certain applications. In such cases, this option provides the user the ability to disable MSAA. The option appears in the 3D tile of Graphics control panel, under Anti-aliasing sub section.
Optimizations in the driver binary size for DirectX* user mode driver DLL files. This implies a smaller disk footprint for the graphics driver.
This driver enhances support for 4k2k (or Ultra Hi Definition) panels by adding the capability of an overlay plane (generally used for video playback) to be utilized for 4k2k panels.
HEVC decode now supported by the driver and video players can now take advantage of the GPU accelerated decode support offered by Intel

Issues Fixed For Windows 8.1 Users in 3621 Drivers:

Fixed issue where with an A/V receiver and a HDMI/ DisplayPort monitor connected to the system in that order, sound playback would stop working when either the A/V receiver or the HDMI/ DisplayPort monitors are switched off and then switched back on.
Fixed blue screen error The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck referencing 0x3b seen after turning off an A/V Receiver or HDMI TV.
Resolved the issue of game crash while playing Thief* game
Resolved the issue where terrain textures were missing while playing the EverQuest NEXT Landmark* game
Reesolved issue where display corruption was observed while playing Borderlands* 2 game
Fixed an issue where display corruption was observed while playing Resident Evil* 6 game
Resolved an issue where display corruption was observed while playing DOTA* 2 (Defense of the Ancients*) game
Resolved visual corruption issue while playing Watch Dogs* game
Resolved the game crash issue while playing The Witness* game
Display corruption was observed at some parts of the screen while playing Call of Duty: Ghosts* game
Resolved issue of screen flicker being observed while playing Slugger* game
Resolved issue where display flickering was observed on certain textures while playing AION*game
Resolved issue where two audio devices showed up when HDMI and DisplayPort monitors are connected to the system in Dual Display clone mode
Resolved issue where the message Display driver stopped working and has recovered would appear after closing and opening the lid on a system where the close lid event is set to do nothing in the power settings page of operating system
Noise or display corruption was seen at the bottom of the screen while trying to switch between the Power conservation settings page and the New Windows User Interface screen
The screen might turn black when resuming from sleep with an HDMI monitor connected to the system in Extended Desktop mode
Display might not come up when unplugging a HDMI monitor and attaching another monitor using VGA port
Resolved issue where black screen was seen during system boot up on an Ultra Hi-Definition (UHD) panel
Resolved issue of wide gamut feature missing in the graphics control panel when specific monitors are attached
Resolved issue of three display setting not persisting after changing the display setting from three display to single display configuration and then back to three display configuration
Resolved the requirement of having to install graphics driver twice before it showed up under device manager
Resolved an issue where no text strings were displayed in the rotation menu when right clicking on the desktop
Intel graphics tray icon would disappear from taskbar after changing hotkey status in the Intel graphics control panel
While playing an audio file in a triple display configuration with a HDMI and a VGA monitor connected, switching the secondary and tertiary displays causes no sound output
Resolved an issue which prevented changing size of the graphics control panel after making changes to display scaling in the graphics control panel
Resolved issue where the brightness of the notebook display increased when the notebook is connected back to AC power after the display is turned off
When attempting to change the location of Display 1 and Display 2 in extended desktop setting, the location is not kept after clicking on the apply button on Intel graphics control panel
Resolved issue where the display would black out while undocking the system from a docking station with a monitors connected to the docking station through VGA and DisplayPort
Resolved issue of no sound output heard from a few HDMI monitors after setting dual display configuration while playing a video file on Windows Media player*
Resolved issue of garbage display seen on the screen while playing .mpg video file in full screen using Windows Media Player
Fixed an issue where display corruption was observed while playing a video with YouTube* using Internet Explorer*

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