
Eventually though I turned attention to my cpu as a friend of mine had upgraded to a gtx1070 and had exactly the same issue. The first thought I had was I was on the limit of my not as new gtx970 card. Last year I noticed playing Far Cry 5 started to lag, just freezing game for couple of seconds. Upgrading a GPU won't help much if the cpu is too underpowered. That's the drawback of such a system.īeyond that I'm going to mention something sometimes overlooked I myself experienced. Verify the Driver Version and Driver Date are correct.As the main qustion seems to be answered, I agree with previous posters it doesn't look like you can upgrade at all.Double-click the installed Display Adapter.To verify your driver installation was successful:

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To manually install your Intel® Graphics Driver in Windows® 8.1: Method 1: Use Intel® Driver & Support Assistant to Automatically Detect and Install Your Driver (Recommended) As advised by an Intel customer support agent.Your computer manufacturer recommends a graphics update.Examples: visual corruption when playing a new game, Windows gives a graphics driver error. Troubleshooting: If you are experiencing issues installing your graphics driver after following the below steps, try our Troubleshooting Wizard for Intel® Graphics Drivers for step-by-step instructions on how to troubleshoot these issues.Ĭlick or the topic for details: Why would I want to upgrade my graphics driver? To avoid potential installation incompatibilities, we recommend that you check first with your computer manufacturer and use the driver software provided by them. Computer manufacturers might have changed the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the graphics driver software or software packaging. We supply generic versions of graphics drivers for general purposes.
