Intel updated the nuclear driver on the weekend, the latest version number 25.20.100.7155, quietly joined the long-augmented Integer Upscaling feature, but Intel gave it a new name "Retro Scaling".

Integer scaling, in simple terms, is in some pixel-level games, especially when running an old game in the simulator, it will pass the nearest pixel multiplication model, so that it can keep the picture clear even at high resolution. The edges of the image are sharp.

The traditional bilinear upscaling changes the color data of the multiplied pixels, resulting in blurred images.

The effect comparison chart is as follows:

However, Intel's integer scaling is limited to the 11th generation of Ice Lake's 10th generation Core processor, and related notebook products are on the market.

Whether it is the new 14nm Comet Lake (although it belongs to the 10th generation Core), or the previous 9th and 8th generation Core, the highest level of nuclear display is only 9.5 generation, and integer scaling is not supported.

In addition to the Intel 10nm 10th generation Core, the only graphics card that supports integer scaling is NVIDIA's Turing series, The latter is also just realized recently.

I have to say that Intel is getting more and more serious about the graphics card, and will see its return to the independent graphics market next year.

Integer scaling can be turned on in Intel's new graphics driver control center.