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Intel Disables DirectX 12 API Loading on Haswell Processors

 
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:44 am    Post subject: Intel Disables DirectX 12 API Loading on Haswell Processors Reply with quote

Intel's fourth-generation Core processors, codenamed Haswell, are subject to new security exploits. According to the company, a vulnerability exists inside the graphics controller of 4th generation Haswell processors, happening once the DirectX 12 API loading occurs. To fix the problem, Intel has found that disabling t

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If a user with a Haswell processor has a specific need to run the DirectX 12 application, they can downgrade their graphics driver to version 15.40.42.5063 or older.

I don't get it.
They disabled DX12 to "fix" the problem.
If you want DX12, downgrade - and probably, face the problem (no fix).
Some solution, lol!
They keep disabling shit instead of fixing them.
I think Intel is going to get the worst vendor of the year award this year.
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