The package and driver versions are:
PROEMT64 v.12.2 contains Intel e1000 driver 8.8
PROEMT64 v.12.3 contains Intel e1000 driver 8.9
PROEMT64 v.12.4 contains Intel e1000 driver 8.10
PROEMT64 v.12.5 and v13.0 contain Intel e1000 driver 8.10.1
Our installer has a bug in 5.3 where "8.10" looks like "8.1" which "less than" 8.8. We addressed the parsing of the driver version in 5.3 Service Pack 3. You will need to get that version or temporarily downgrade the Intel driver to 8.8 or 8.9, then upgrade the driver after installing Surgient.