Good news for Intel G965 Users who use integrated graphics

[s18000rpm]

DAMN:x

NFS PS DVD2 shows CRC error for all files, gotta get another Disk frm B'lore now :x :?

PS wont play on XP :(

i hav only Vista Beta2 :cry:

my HDD space = 80 GB,
partitoned as
20x2
10x2
6.42x1 (xp pro)
8x1

tried Crysis, but that damn thing is soooooooooooo slow :x

i get 1 FP30S (thats 1 frame per 30 seconds :))) :x.

was playig HL2, WOW, the game runs so smoooth with so many gfx. thingy's i didnt see b4 @ 1024 + all @ high. :)) (wit previous driver, the gases wud be white in colour, but now they are transperant & really cool.

if this is what a GMA X3000 gets, guess what GMA X3500 will be performing like :twisted:

will try old games (CMR05 till 2morow):))
was jus playing

& NFS MW runs smoother now, with all those gfx. glitches eliminated.

the colours look really nicccce :))

got lots of screens. will upload coming sunday (as i'm on NetOne Dial-up):D

[yesh1683]

DAMN:x

tried Crysis, but that damn thing is soooooooooooo slow :x

i get 1 FP30S (thats 1 frame per 30 seconds :))) :x.



Well Something might b wrong
I am getting 11 FPS in CRYSIS
I have completed the demo at normal difficulty
[Sure there are lot of corrupted graphics :p:p]

These errors will b fixed in future [somewhere around 1 year:rolleyes::(]
Better they fix it very soon



was playig HL2, WOW, the game runs so smoooth with so many gfx. thingy's i didnt see b4 @ 1024 + all @ high. :)) (wit previous driver, the gases wud be white in colour, but now they are transperant & really cool.

if this is what a GMA X3000 gets, guess what GMA X3500 will be performing like :twisted:



Did u purchased ORANGE BOX?????:D

[s18000rpm]

nah, company me paisa nahi hai :D
i was talkin of HL2, not the EP's.


but, OMG, GMA X3000 is such a BIG leap from GMA 9xx series :shock:.

cheap solution for gaming :))

btw CMR05 still lags in sunny tracks, if i select rain, then i get about 40FPS :shock: (in some parts), i guess its got something to do wit the h/w T&L.

coz in GMA900, this "sun effect" was not an issue:))

wil try RACE : WTCC.

about Crysis, i guess the P4 (3.02GHz) is the bottleneck.

& how is the GTA & CMR05 running for you guys?

in both of these, the audio gets screwed :x , the audio breaks :x(e.g. when u load a save file in GTA SA, a backgrnd music plays, in my system it doesnt :x ), & while running around, the sound breaks:x

i'm using this driver - "SigmaTel audio driver with Intel Audio Studio " tried another one too, but same happens.

version = "5.10.5258_MSXP_W_IAS_HDFP"

[yesh1683]

Today got hands on Gears Of War and at first installed on XP, Dam the game required whooping 12 GB so i deleted some files and installed the installation took more than half n hour. after installing i started the game.
The game began I set the Options and the game quited to desktop showing an errror:mad: Disappointed :mad: tried again and again same problem


OK i restarted and switched to Windows VISTA
it showed Xlive.dll not found and i installed and then started the game

The game started and set the options all to low @800x600 and clicked new campain
Yes:D the game began:D
The game didnt looked pity on low settings
I got something around 12 FPS, there were very minor GFX errors but it was not noticable
Well wat an game
The gameplay blew me away:grin:

Dam the game as to b played in High settings to experience dam visuals just to test i set all the options to medium i got 6 FPS and it was not playable and set the settings to High to test and i got 2 FPS so changed back to Low and played through and here are the screen shots

Here is the videosettings i Used
http://aycu24.webshots.com/image/37023/2004694569974827507_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004694569974827507)

Here are the screenshots
http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/36227/2004646940775568894_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004646940775568894)http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/36227/2004679720449630589_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004679720449630589)http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/36721/2004614589040235862_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004614589040235862)http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/36821/2004600126493446155_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004600126493446155)




I see lot of people bashing VISTA as poor performer for games but on x3000 many games dont play on XP but its played well in vista:confused::confused::confused:

[s18000rpm]

http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/d1_eli_010005.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/d1_eli_010005.jpg/view/)

HL2, near BlackMesa :))

the reflections are new(now enabled).

took me a minute to upload this :x :D

[yesh1683]

http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/36897/2004916313555561291_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004916313555561291)http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/33745/2004908370229388932_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004908370229388932)http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/36897/2004901700571986131_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004901700571986131)http://aycu33.webshots.com/image/36792/2004953044988971272_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004953044988971272)
http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/34117/2004990610065957242_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004990610065957242)http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/35514/2004921530767215054_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004921530767215054)

http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/35883/2004921597387638382_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004921597387638382)http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/35295/2004986519161046762_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004986519161046762)http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/36257/2004944507096512632_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004944507096512632)http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/35888/2004973168982941266_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004973168982941266)

http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/d1_eli_010005.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/d1_eli_010005.jpg/view/)

HL2, near BlackMesa :))

the reflections are new(now enabled).

took me a minute to upload this :x :D


Good one Post more
What Resolution???

[s18000rpm]

1024 & everythin on high.

btw this is HL2, not its episode

[yesh1683]

1024 & everythin on high.

btw this is HL2, not its episode

Ya got it :D

[prince980]

hey guys,
wat abt virtua tennis 3..can we play exhibition games atleast now?:(

[yesh1683]

hey guys,
wat abt virtua tennis 3..can we play exhibition games atleast now?:(

Long back i tested them but only mini games were playable without any problem
But all matches [including Exibition] were played in slow motion

They might have fixed this error by now...

[yesh1683]

I downloaded Lostplanet Updated Demo which includes patches and fixes many bugs

now itz actually playable @ 640 at low around 15 FPS;) in intense battles it drops to 5:mad:

[franki77]

I downloaded Lostplanet Updated Demo which includes patches and fixes many bugs

now itz actually playable @ 640 at low around 15 FPS;) in intense battles it drops to 5:mad:






hello please am not quoting really but i want ask u how can i convert playstaion 2 to play all disc ;and what are the thing to use ok...........please help me out ok and can contact me on email billi_b2@yahoo.com or u can add me so that we can chat.
nelson

hello,
how can i convert playstion2 to play all dics and what are the thing to be use ok.........please help out.........
nelson

[upendra_gp]

franki77 i think that u will need to mod your ps2 about which discussing here is not allowed because is neither good nor legal! and please someone check the orange box from Valve!

[rakeshishere]

On updated drivers of G965 on Winxp -games such as COD4,NFSPS never worked :( :( :(

[s18000rpm]

PS works for yesh1683.

wats ur pc config?

[rakeshishere]

PS works for yesh1683.

wats ur pc config?
PROCESSOR: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
MOTHERBOARD: Intel DG965RY
RAM: 1GB DDR2
Gfx card: ---- (obvious)

All drivers and BIOS updated to latest versions..!!!!

Edit:
I dont know the reason,but COD4 demo worked fine on my PC and so seeing the good reviews and rating everywhere,i went and purchased the full version finally recieving Direct X error on Windows XP. I have no XFire installed which was suggested to be removed by COD4 tech support. I also have Latest version of Direct X(nov update).I have reinstalled this game more than 5 times .. :(

[s18000rpm]

oh, just remembered, it worked for him on Vista but crashed in XP.

:D

[upendra_gp]

hey does The Orange Box work fine on DG965RY?

[rakeshishere]

oh, just remembered, it worked for him on Vista but crashed in XP.

:D
Oh... yes awesome. FTW ..I never read this post but tried it on Vista today and NFSPS worked with 15FPS ;)

@yesh1683 (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=23399)
Can u check COD4 in XP and Vista? For me the DEMO worked but not the full version :(

[bigdaddy486]

NFS Prostreet is not working...............
But with nVIDIA 6200TC, it is working with 20-22 FPS- we can play it smoothly............

Is 6200 better than X3000?:confused::confused::confused::confused::con fused:

[ichi]

NFS Prostreet is not working...............
But with nVIDIA 6200TC, it is working with 20-22 FPS- we can play it smoothly............

Is 6200 better than X3000?:confused::confused::confused::confused::con fused:
nope, i hav 6600GT and X3000 pawned it in many games after the realease of new optimized drivers :D

[s18000rpm]

today flashed the BIOS to latest version - MQ96510J.86A.1713.1125.0002 & installed the latest drivers v6.14.10.4885.



slow game problem, almost solved (with BIOS update i guess).

now GTA SA plays smooth & CMR05 too.

gotta try NFS PS:))

[s18000rpm]

most probably its the processor which is slowing gaming experience.:x
maybe coz of some OEM stuff

as i took the proc. from my HP Pavilion Desktop.

[s18000rpm]

YAY :))

i was able to play NFS Pro Street demo on XP.

but cud play only one race with GT-R Proto, whenever i tried to race the BMW, the game crashed.

had to turn down car detail to low:)).

btw the handling is not so irritating as some members said. if you know how to take a corner, then you'll like this game.

[Third Eye]

^Didya try dirt on xgma3000?

[s18000rpm]

no.

did digit/pc world give it on dvd?

if yes , which month.

:D

[s18000rpm]

jus bought c2d e4500 today.


this c2d has speedend up my PC:D

now, the laggy games are giving 25+fps & at max. gfx. settings (@1024 resln.)

[bigdaddy486]

Medal Of Honour Not working............

[yesh1683]

I was busy these days due to exams:D

@s18000rpm Congrats on the purchase of C2D




PROCESSOR: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
MOTHERBOARD: Intel DG965RY
RAM: 1GB DDR2
Gfx card: ---- (obvious)

All drivers and BIOS updated to latest versions..!!!!

Edit:
I dont know the reason,but COD4 demo worked fine on my PC and so seeing the good reviews and rating everywhere,i went and purchased the full version finally recieving Direct X error on Windows XP. I have no XFire installed which was suggested to be removed by COD4 tech support. I also have Latest version of Direct X(nov update).I have reinstalled this game more than 5 times .. :(



I completed the full game On VISTA
But I tested 1st level on XP and it was working fine
I just play games on Vista Bcoz in vista games runs a bit smoother

If u use X3000 I recommend to use Vista for games :D

-
-
Many are asking to test DiRT demo :D
I had tested that with beta drivers it was showing Splash screen only and was quiting to desktop

Now will check out with updated drivers
Tonight I will download the demo and post the results 2morrow





Medal Of Honour Not working............

Ya it says graphics card not supported:mad:


YAY :))

i was able to play NFS Pro Street demo on XP.

but cud play only one race with GT-R Proto, whenever i tried to race the BMW, the game crashed.

had to turn down car detail to low:)).

btw the handling is not so irritating as some members said. if you know how to take a corner, then you'll like this game.

The demo plays well at even high settings

But full game lags a bit at mid & High settings
so forced to play at low:mad:

[bigdaddy486]

Any way to play Pro Street in Xp with X3000? Even in future?

[yesh1683]

Any way to play Pro Street in Xp with X3000? Even in future?

Ya surely

We may except the next updated drivers to fix crysis issue also :mrgreen:
Bcoz Intel have not released a driver for 3 Months

So I am Guessing they are working hard to bring the best possible drivers

[s18000rpm]

i got TDU jus now, installed, works without crash, but its a bit laggy:))

i'm on XP, is this game running smooth on Vista?

i'm not able to config my gamepad properly in this game:(

[ichi]

i got TDU jus now, installed, works without crash, but its a bit laggy:))

i'm on XP, is this game running smooth on Vista?

i'm not able to config my gamepad properly in this game:(
yeah it was laggy when i tried on XP.

[yesh1683]

The new XP drivers are released

I hope it should improve a lot:mrgreen: as they have taken 3 long months to develop

Here are the Drivers Verison 14.32.3.4906 released on 10 jan


**Windows XP 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldID=15280&strOSs=44&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Professional&lang=eng)

**Windows XP 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldID=15299&strOSs=109&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Professional%20x64%20Ed ition&lang=eng)


No new drivers for Vista yet except soon

Now i dont have time to test

By tomorrow i will check games
especially crysis and Bioshock and DiRT


i got TDU jus now, installed, works without crash, but its a bit laggy:))

i'm on XP, is this game running smooth on Vista?

i'm not able to config my gamepad properly in this game:(

Ya On vista it runs slightly smoother around 2 FPS more

And strangely if u increase resolution and settings the FPS almost remains same

and also try with new drivers

[The Conqueror]

^^ Will they work for my Mobile G965 ?

[s18000rpm]

Thanks man :D

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2375&OSFullName=Windows%2A+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go%21

they still have to update these m/b pages :))

[ichi]

And strangely if u increase resolution and settings the FPS almost remains same


yeah thats kinda strange that even changing res doesnt affect the performance:confused:

Thnx for the info abt new drivers :)

[yesh1683]

Thanks man :D

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2375&OSFullName=Windows%2A+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go%21

they still have to update these m/b pages :))

On these m/b pages they will update with only WHQL certified drivers:mrgreen:

[bigdaddy486]

Plz check NFS Prostreet..........

[s18000rpm]

TDU was still slow & was not letting me config the "right joystick" of my gamepad, so deleted it:))

will check NFS PS by afternoon.

[ajaybc]

I have an intel DG33BU motherboard.Does its onboard graphics support Shader model 3.0?Are the above mentioned games played on my board?

[s18000rpm]

NFS PS works on XP, i played it at 1024x768@85Hz :))

[dOm1naTOr]

Can nyone post the 3D Marks for 03, 05 nd 06 @ 1024*768??
It cud give reference for its performance.

[yesh1683]

As most of them asked to check DiRT i downloaded the demo and tested with latest drivers on XP and Vista

:(But sadly the game wont run on both an splash screen appears and goes away:(

and also once again tested Crysis with latest XP drivers but still they havent fixed the Gfx Errors :( and it runs only slighty faster with new drivers

[dOm1naTOr]

Dirt dun run on ATI's X1250 onboard gfx too. Even Crysis ran on it

[yesh1683]

Just Now tested Rainbow Six Vegas Plays without any Lag:))
Previously it was lagging a bit

[bigdaddy486]

NFS PS works on XP, i played it at 1024x768@85Hz :))

Actually, does it really works? Not for me......................
Same problem as before ..............

[s18000rpm]

a strange problem.

the game crashes when tryin to enter a completely new Race Day.

i played on Vista, & then copy pasted the saves, i was able to race.

but on XP, when i tried to progress to nest race day, it crashed.

on XP it gives more fps :))

http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/nfs_2008-01-12_17-02-17-67.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/nfs_2008-01-12_17-02-17-67.jpg/view/)

guys on XP can try this save file

http://rapidshare.com/files/83195355/NFS_ProStreet.rar

[ajaybc]

hey NFS PS is a crap game.It really sucks:mad: .It is worse than Carbon and obviously the worst in the whole series.So dont worry if u cant play it in ur computer.

[bigdaddy486]

hey NFS PS is a crap game.It really sucks:mad: .It is worse than Carbon and obviously the worst in the whole series.So dont worry if u cant play it in ur computer.
How can u say that?
It is the best game in the series next to mostwanted.........

[s_lord]

I saw so many games for 965 users but is there any good news for 945g users too??

[yesh1683]

Guys i am going to Delhi tomorrow

and will be back after a long 20 days so s18000rpm (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=11737) keep the thread going and also answer the queries

By the by s18000rpm (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=11737) have u got the full version of NFS PS ???

I saw so many games for 965 users but is there any good news for 945g users too??


Sadly no
Bcoz it does not support Hardware TnL

[s_lord]

Sadly no
Bcoz it does not support Hardware TnL




SO any other external Graphics card for me under 3k

[s18000rpm]

Guys i am going to Delhi tomorrow

and will be back after a long 20 days so s18000rpm (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=11737) keep the thread going and also answer the queries

By the by s18000rpm (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=11737) have u got the full version of NFS PS ???



LOL.

dude, i'm going back to chennai on 18th, till then, no problem:D

[yesh1683]

SO any other external Graphics card for me under 3k

U can look for 8400 GS or 8500 GT
If u can spend 5k then go for 8600 GT :D


LOL.

dude, i'm going back to chennai on 18th, till then, no problem:D

itz ok

There are no good games releasing these days so no games to test :mrgreen:

[s18000rpm]

dude, did you try COD4 on XP (with new drivers).

i'm downloading the game.

[yesh1683]

dude, did you try COD4 on XP (with new drivers).

i'm downloading the game.

I Played 1st 2 levels of COD4 on XP and others on VISTA

Runs very well on Both but slightly better in VISTA;)

Play at 800x600 with many settings high , though u can play @1024 it will lag a bit in intense battle

Itz a great game buddy

Itz the most good looking game u can play with X3000

[s18000rpm]

did you try any multi player stuff?

[yesh1683]

did you try any multi player stuff?

Nope

U might b knowing the reason I guess

[IllegalUser]

hey guys... wil this configure run almost all the latest games til date??
Intel C2D E6300
DG965RY - Suggest any other good MOBO??
2Gb DDR2 Ram
160 HD
450W PSU

Do reply.. And what will be the price of DG965RY and INTEL C2D 6300???

[s18000rpm]

they will run some games (Vista runs newer games), but it'll be a bit laggy.

why not add a graphic card? 8600GT retails at around 5-6k.

[IllegalUser]

yup !! Later.. maybe around June.. July.. But can u tell me the prices Of Intel c2d e 6300 and DG965RY ?? By the way 8600GT 512 Mb? or 256Mb for 5-6k??

hey.. wil this config help to play games in vista/xp??
E2140
ASUS P5B-VM mobo??

[s18000rpm]

you'lll get latest prices for al peripherals here www.theitwares.com

[IllegalUser]

ok thanks. By the way.. Is this combo good enough?? Intel E2140 & ASUS P5B-VM mobo??

[s18000rpm]

HL2 ep2 played on Vista

http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/ep2_outland_06a0002.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/ep2_outland_06a0002.jpg/view/)
Half Life2 Episode 2 runs fine without any hit on fps as long as you dont look at that Portal Storm (blue sh!t goin into sky) :p, if you see or face towards it, then dont expect more than 1 frame per 10seconds :p

every thing becomes really slow, even sound stutters:x :?

same problem on XP drivers too

http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/ep2_outland_06a0004.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/ep2_outland_06a0004.jpg/view/)
http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/ep2_outland_010000.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/ep2_outland_010000.jpg/view/)
http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/ep2_outland_010001.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/ep2_outland_010001.jpg/view/)
http://s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/ep2_outland_020001.jpg (http://s2.supload.com/free/ep2_outland_020001.jpg/view/)


:))

[sandman92]

can any one tell me that " world in conflict" play on winxp with latest driver, because after the video my pc is restarted.

[s18000rpm]

I dont know the reason,but COD4 demo worked fine on my PC and so seeing the good reviews and rating everywhere,i went and purchased the full version finally recieving Direct X error on Windows XP. I have no XFire installed which was suggested to be removed by COD4 tech support. I also have Latest version of Direct X(nov update).I have reinstalled this game more than 5 times .. for me too, on XP it shows "DirectX" error, not even an code:x, but works fine on Vista, completed the game on it.


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
New Driver
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows Vista * 32 (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=2529&DwnldID=15357&strOSs=156&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%20Ultimate,%2032-bit%20version&lang=eng)

Ver:15.7.3 ; Date:10/01/2008 ; Size:16527 (KB)

Release Note (http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15357/ENG/relnotes_winvista_gfx.htm)

Download (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/T8Clearance.aspx?sType=&agr=N&ProductID=2529&DwnldID=15357&url=/15357/a08/winvista_1573.exe&PrdMap=&strOSs=156&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%20Ultimate,%2032-bit%20version&lang=eng)

For Windows Vista ONLY

[s18000rpm]

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/Community/en-US/forums/thread/30236462.aspx

similar thread running @ intel.com :D
http://cache-www.intel.com/plt/cd/corporate/sitewide/pix/hdr-txt-logo.gif

[DavidC1]

Hello guys. I haven't posted here in a long time, but it seems to be the only thread for the X3000 that lives on. Anyways.

Vista is bad for the mobile part, the X3100. Do you know what the performance differences are between the XP and Vista in Half Life 2 engines?? I heard Vista is worse.

yeah thats kinda strange that even changing res doesnt affect the performance

That's due to a driver problem. That just means you aren't getting good fps in lower resolutions.

Anyway, it seems Intel basically abandoned the G35/X3500. The only board available for the X3500 is Asus P5E-VM. Not even Intel makes the X3500 based board. I guess the rumors that they abandoned it to concentrate on the G45/X4500 was true.

The next IGP to anticipate is the X4500 coming in Apr/May. It'll have full DX10 support, and it'll have 2 more unified shaders. It'll also have fully HD video acceleration on the hardware for the best X4500 version.

X4500 info: http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Intel_GMA_X4500HD,_X4500_&_4500_Info/5505.html

Certainly cool. The X4500HD looks very interesting. I am gonna bet that the X4500HD will be more than 2x faster than the X3000 in average. Probably Intel also learned from developing the X3000 and it'll have less bottlenecks on the X4500 and perform well.

BTW, World in conflict doesn't run on XP, but runs on Vista. Also, the latest drivers for Vista, the 15.7.3 driver enables Enemy Territory: Quake Wars to run, while it doesn't on XP.

-Next drivers for Vista/XP coming in early Feb.
-DX10 drivers coming in March

[s18000rpm]

with the new Vista driver, the Windows Experience Index has gone down by .1 , it was 3.8 & now its 3.7 :|

Gaming gfx. pt. went down.

[yesh1683]

Back from Delhi today :mrgreen::mrgreen:

s18000rpm good pics from HL2 EP2

[yesh1683]

New Vista Drivers are released

**Windows Vista 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/12091/eng/GFX_Vista32_15.7.3.1409_PV_Intel.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=12091&strOSs=164&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%2032&lang=eng)

**Windows Vista 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/12092/eng/GFX_Vista64_15.7.3.64.1409_PV_Intel.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=12092&strOSs=150&OSFullName=Windows%20Vista*%2064&lang=eng)

[s18000rpm]

thanks for updating :))


was going to try Sega Rally revo, but net speed dropped :(

btw for me crysis doesnt run, it gets stuck in very first misson, that is when the player jumps from plane, he's stuck in air, but the sound plays on. even the cutscene was slow.

[yesh1683]

thanks for updating :))


was going to try Sega Rally revo, but net speed dropped :(

btw for me crysis doesnt run, it gets stuck in very first misson, that is when the player jumps from plane, he's stuck in air, but the sound plays on. even the cutscene was slow.

I tried Sega Rally Revo full version Game with previous drivers it was not starting gave some error,,

Btw in crysis at first time wen i ran the game it stuck @ cut scene I restarted the game and wen cut scene was abt to begin I skipped that by pressing Space

after pressing space the cut scene exits and the game begins but quite playable frames

in crysis on x300o the cut scenes will lag a lot but game runs little smoother but with minor lags

So edited my post and added thse lines

The cut scenes are more laggy than game,,..

[DavidC1]

Yo guys, can you cut the nonsense and test out ET: Quake Wars?? I heard that the 15.7.3 drivers for Vista allows ET: Quake Wars to run. Its an improvement over previous drivers if it runs.

[Edburg]

hey guys i saw some motherboards with G35 chipset as it had names such as G35XXX stuffs....

one costed 7.xk and another one at 8.xk......i also heard that asus P5E-VM HDMI comes with G35 chip and is a great performer

[MetalheadGautham]

Btw in crysis at first time wen i ran the game it stuck @ cut scene I restarted the game and wen cut scene was abt to begin I skipped that by pressing Space

The cut scenes are more laggy than game,,..
thats the craziest information I have ever heard :lol:

[Harvik780]

That's true

[yesh1683]

thats the craziest information I have ever heard :lol:

crazy or not but its true:D with x3000

Oops i forget to add some more line there
after pressing space the cut scene exits and the game begins but quite playable frames

in crysis on x300o the cut scenes will lag a lot but game runs little smoother but with minor lags

So edited my post and added thse lines




Yo guys, can you cut the nonsense and test out ET: Quake Wars?? I heard that the 15.7.3 drivers for Vista allows ET: Quake Wars to run. Its an improvement over previous drivers if it runs.

It was not playable with older drivers
I will check with newer drivers once 2morrow


hey guys i saw some motherboards with G35 chipset as it had names such as G35XXX stuffs....

one costed 7.xk and another one at 8.xk......i also heard that asus P5E-VM HDMI comes with G35 chip and is a great performer

G35 is the successor for x3000 so quite naturally it will perform better than x3000

[sandman92]

hi buddies can any one tell me that how much time to left for G35 intel board & price

[sagargv]

^^ get urself a p35 board + a decent gfx card .

[MetalheadGautham]

can anyone tell me whats the performance b00st x3100 has over x3000, and x3500 has over x3100 ?

[yesh1683]

Tested Quake Wars : Enemy Territory with latest drivers

Doesn't Run on Both XP & Vista

It shows Following Error in Console window

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_fragment_shader
********************
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...releasing DC
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down performance queries
Error during initialization

[yesh1683]

Just Now Checked with THE WITCHER DEMO on Vista

Plays fine @ 800 with Low settings No lags

[DavidC1]

can anyone tell me whats the performance b00st x3100 has over x3000, and x3500 has over x3100 ?


X3100=mobile
X3000=desktop
X3500=new desktop

X3000 is around 30-50% faster than X3100, and X3500 is 10-15% faster than X3000.

[INS-ANI]

will these drivers work on SOny vaio CR23 and Inspiron 1420?

[s18000rpm]

^yup

sony has pm965 & dell has gm965

for DELL - click (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1420&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=)

[sameer.pur]

yeah QW-ET isn't running either on Vista nor on XP using new drivers..:cry:


has anyone tested Bioshock on X3000???

[ichi]

yeah QW-ET isn't running either on Vista nor on XP using new drivers..:cry:


has anyone tested Bioshock on X3000???
bioshock hangs at some points and gets laggy as hell.

[yesh1683]

Tested 2 More games today on Vista

Conflict Denied Oops
Penumbra

Conflict Denied oops Plays at 640 @ low settings but some objects are not rendered correctly and some times objects looks blue and also the game lags badly at some points

Penumbra plays without any lag @ 800 @ low settings
I changed the settings all to high still plays without any lag smoothly but the game gives error message after abt 20 seconds so we have set to low quality

Will post some pics later today

[bigdaddy486]

Hey, Transformers has very low FPS @ 4 or 5 while nvidia 6200TC have 24FPS minimum

[yesh1683]

Hey, Transformers has very low FPS @ 4 or 5 while nvidia 6200TC have 24FPS minimum

Transformers gives around 15 FPS
strangely at 800 it gives 15 but if u play at 1024 then also the FPS remains 13 to 15
Both at medium settings

nvidia 6200 TC is an graphic card and only reason game plays well is they have good drivers and intel lacks in drivers department

[nehal]

With Latest Driver the Following latest games are now playable

Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Demo [@800 with mid to high with some eye candy on]


Hello,
Recently i purchased Call of Duty 4,Im getting a directx error in it which is a bit strange coz my multiplayer runs fine @ 800 with all low but when I try to play single player it throws the directx error:mad:
Any ideas on this...
Im using XP Pro with all the graphics driver & directx updated.Plz help me as this was quite a costly game which i purchased.
Thanks...

[nehal]

I Played 1st 2 levels of COD4 on XP and others on VISTA

Runs very well on Both but slightly better in VISTA;)

Play at 800x600 with many settings high , though u can play @1024 it will lag a bit in intense battle

Itz a great game buddy

Itz the most good looking game u can play with X3000


Hello,
My COD4 is not working in single player although it runs in MP:confused:
Unable to understand whats the problem (I get DirectX error)...had it been directx error for the game then even multiplayer shudnt have worked...

[yesh1683]

Hello,
My COD4 is not working in single player although it runs in MP:confused:
Unable to understand whats the problem (I get DirectX error)...had it been directx error for the game then even multiplayer shudnt have worked...

Try these 2 methods and post the results

1] Install Demo and try to run the game [U can find the demo on Digit DVD or download one].
2] Try to play the game in Vista if u have VISTA

[nehal]

I Played demo & it ran well...encouraged by this i purchsed the game but its not running...
No I dont have Vista need to install it...Is it possible to have Vista & XP as dual OS?

I tried World in Conflict full version but the game crashes after a couple of minutes;gives some internal memory error & reboots:mad:
Wondering if ever I would beb able to play any new games on my lappy
My COnfig:
Core2Duo 2GHZ
XP SP2,
1 GB DDR RAM
GMA X3100
Guys plz help as i was really desperate to play some games in my college vacations

[codename_romeo]

Try these 2 methods and post the results

1] Install Demo and try to run the game [U can find the demo on Digit DVD or download one].
2] Try to play the game in Vista if u have VISTA


Read somewhere about this thing.....COD4 did not run on X3100 machines...

[s18000rpm]

i read in intel's forum about the DirectX error, they said to click "ok" in that dialog box & then the game will load.

for me that method's not working.

[nehal]

I tried World in Conflict full version but the game crashes after a couple of minutes;gives some internal memory error & reboots:mad:
Wondering if ever I would beb able to play any new games on my lappy
My COnfig:
Core2Duo 2GHZ
XP SP2,
1 GB DDR RAM
GMA X3100


I googles & read at some other forums that these game can run at playable modes in Vista...in XP they give problem so will try them in Vista
Has anyone got sucess with World in Conflict,my game crashes after initial load

[DavidC1]

New Intel drivers out:

Vista 15.8: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2576&OSFullName=Windows+Vista*+Ultimate%2C+32-bit+version&lang=eng&strOSs=156&submit=Go%21
XP 14.33: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2576&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go%21

My system

Core 2 Duo E6600
Transcend 2x1GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-15
WD 360GD Raptor+Seagate 160GB SATA2
Intel DG965WH
WinXP SP2

Crysis: Doesn't have that char movement bug anymore, but now has a bug related to water. Everything is fine except the water which looks like staring at an interlaced screen. Performance has also improved noticeably. The cutscene in the beginning where the guys talk used to drop to 0-1 fps at moments, now its much faster 4-5 fps.

World in Conflict: Doesn't crash the computer anymore, it runs. Performance test from my system using the built in benchmark is

Avg: 12
Min: 6
Max: 38

Unreal Tournament 2007 Demo: Not playable, there are way too many texture corruption bugs that were not present

Doom 3 engine based games like Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey now runs a lot faster. The biggest improvement is on Doom 3, at over 50%.

[s18000rpm]

thanks, d/lin now:D

[ichi]

Doom 3 engine based games like Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey now runs a lot faster. The biggest improvement is on Doom 3, at over 50%.
commendable work intel guys :grin:

[yesh1683]

@DavidC1 (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?u=28979) Thanx for the link i updated the 1st page with new links

Will test out few more games :D

[DavidC1]

EDIT: 3DMark05 and 01 in hardware mode exhibits significant texture corruption, and so does UT3.

The fps increase in the Doom 3 engine based games seems to be with max fps, the average fps, tested again, was not too much noticeable.

ET: QW still does not run

WIC screenshot(ignore the FRAPS number): http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8371/worldinconflict1024x768pp7.th.jpg (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=worldinconflict1024x768pp7.jpg)
Don't get your hopes up too much, but I am seeing it as signs of improvement...

[yesh1683]

Somebody plz test COD4 full game in Xp with this drivers and post the results

[s18000rpm]

Somebody plz test COD4 full game in Xp with this drivers and post the results


it runs.

:))

[nehal]

With Latest Driver the Following latest games are now playable

**Note**This is valid for only G965 with X3000 as onboard graphics**




It works on X3100 also...
I'll try COD4 & WIC with this...
@DavidC1:
did u get any directxerror with this driver?

It works on X3100 also...
I'll try COD4 & WIC with this...
@DavidC1:
did u get any directxerror with this driver?

I've d'loaded & installed tese drivers bt there's no change in the driver version:confused:
Is it due to GMA X3100 ??

[s18000rpm]

^
XP Drivers applies to following m/b's
NOTE: This document refers to systems containing the
* following Intel(R) chipsets:
*
*
* Intel(R) G33 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) G35 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) G965 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q33 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q35 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q963 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q965 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GL960 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GLE960 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GM965 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GME965 Express Chipset

======================================

Vista Drivers apply to following m/b's

NOTE: This document refers to systems containing the
* following Intel(R) chipsets:
*
* Intel(R) 945G Express Chipset
* Intel(R) 945GZ Express Chipset
* Intel(R) 946GZ Express Chipset
* Intel(R) G33 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) G35 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) G965 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q33 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q35 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q963 Express Chipset
* Intel(R) Q965 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) 940GML Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) 943GML Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) 945GMS Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GL960 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GLE960 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GM965 Express Chipset
* Mobile Intel(R) GME965 Express Chipset

[nehal]

^

Here's the lappy specs:

Processor Technology :

Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology


Processor Name :

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7250(2 GHz)*1*2




Network Connection :

Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection




Chipset :

Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset




Processor System Bus :

800MHz




Memory Bus :

667MHz




Cache Memory :

2MB


Here is the Graphics report :


Report Date: 03/06/2008
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 22:59:19
Driver Version: 6.14.10.4924
Operating System: Windows XP* Professional, Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600)
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 9.0
Physical Memory: 1014 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory: 8 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory: 128 MB
Graphics Memory in Use: 10 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13
Processor Speed: 1995 MHZ
Vendor ID: 8086
Device ID: 2A02
Device Revision: 0C


I suppose it very well meets the requirements
Pls excuse for my H/W ignorance :(

[s18000rpm]

did you un-install previous drivers -> restart->install new drivers->restart ?

btw did you try COD4 with these drivers?
for me it works.

[nehal]

Im getting this error when I remove the driver & install the latest ones...
So reverting back to the old drivers:mad:
COD4 SP did nt wrk for me ;it gives directx error
Any idea on this reinsatllation graphic driver error

[s18000rpm]

download that driver again.

[nehal]

download that driver again.

DOwnloaded again bt still getting the same error...
Another thing when i run the new driver it still shows the old driver version although the relese date is 15 Feb :confused:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5214/driverversionpx3.jpg

[yesh1683]

Have u updated ur system with latest Direct X

and windows updates???

[DavidC1]

Nehal, you have the latest drivers. On XP, 4904=14.32.3, 4924=14.33

I only have demo version of CoD4, not full. I'll try to report later on.

[nehal]

World in Conflict: Doesn't crash the computer anymore, it runs. Performance test from my system using the built in benchmark is



David ,my WIC crashes after initial load..blue screen which i assume is some memory error...anyways I'll try it on Vista

@ Everyone on this forum:
You guys are doing gr8 job...poor ignorant souls like me find this forum an excellent source of info fixiing & discussing our h/w,s/w probs...

[nehal]

Guys...
dwnloaded the latest directx9.c &nw Im able to play WIC full version at some setting low...

[nehal]

Still getting directx error when i run COD4 in XP :mad: although WIC runs at 10 FPS avg...drops down to 4-6 in explosions...

[s18000rpm]

i ran COD4 (v1.4) on XP.

didnt get directx error.

[mmick]

With 15.8 Vista 32-bit + reinstall Directx 9.0c (nov 2007) all runs well.

I only got problems installing, I advice uninstall previous drivers and after reboot install 15.8.

I noticed a little better performance on Sega Rally (the newest) and Test Drive Unlimited and better compatibility.

[nehal]

Phew....Finally COD4 runs on my X3100...bt on Vista:cool:

[nehal]

Guys..
Im getting some flickers while running COD4 on 640x480 resolution..on a regular interval of 3-4 seconds...any guess on this ...is it due less RAM (I have 1 GB) or something else?

[ichi]

it worked fine at 800x600 res, why the hell u playin on 640x480 ?

[nehal]

Can you tell me your settings?

[yesh1683]

Can you tell me your settings?

All settings high with AA and AF off :)):))

[nehal]

Guys I was planning to plug in one more 1GB RAM stick in my sys.This wud total to 2 GB & make it run on dual channel model
Now is there any remote possibility of compatibility issues between the two stics as they are likely to be of different company...
I have Sony Vaio & in the product spec it reads like "Sony does not guarantee compatibility with memories of other brands" :mad:
Wt do u suggest

[ichi]

consult with the dealer, if the clocks and frequencies are same then it wont be a crack

[DavidC1]

Nehal, you have a laptop?? Well, apparently it seems that GMA X3100(mobile) and X3000's(desktop) performance is different enough that the experience on the G965 is almost not reflected on the GM965 systems. On Vista, there are quite a few games that run slower than XP, for laptops. It looks like its opposite for desktop X3000.

[nehal]

Got 2 GB RAM to work in dual channel mode.This has boosted performance a little bit in COD 4 in Vista.
While playing WIC my lappy gets fried up in 30 mins so staying away from it...seems WIC is big resource hog although COD4 does not takes that many resources

[yesh1683]

Tryed LOST game today
Played well @640 only at Low settings:(

[sandman92]

Hi Buddy can any one tell me that DG965RY is support 1333MHZ processor after update Bios, i am waiting your reply

[sagargv]

nope . i dont think so. even if u cud , i dont see a reason you would want to do that. . that mobo doesnt support OCing.

[nadun]

hi guys..sad to say this but I'm disappointed with GMA X3000 cause I can't get any of these games working like the way you said here. I played COD 4 on vista but it wont run smoothly even if I set all settings to low (I mean everything..resolution also @640*480 :(:( ) I dont know what is the reason for this.

My configuration : P4 processor 3.04Ghz
Intel DG965WH
Kingston 1GB ram * 2 dual channel
Hithachi 80 GB HDD IDE
Creative Audigy Value sound card.

Is this problem with my processor..:(

[s18000rpm]

Is this problem with my processor..:(maybe, coz i also had samae problem , that is - slow games, even old game like CMR05, GTA VC would run slow, but after the proc. upgrade (c2d e4500), every thing runs really smooth.
P4 cud be the bottleneck.
i have the same m/b & 1GB RAM (2x512)
btw did you get the proc. from HP desktop?:))

[quan chi]

hi guys..sad to say this but I'm disappointed with GMA X3000 cause I can't get any of these games working like the way you said here. I played COD 4 on vista but it wont run smoothly even if I set all settings to low (I mean everything..resolution also @640*480 :(:( ) I dont know what is the reason for this.

My configuration : P4 processor 3.04Ghz
Intel DG965WH
Kingston 1GB ram * 2 dual channel
Hithachi 80 GB HDD IDE
Creative Audigy Value sound card.

Is this problem with my processor..:(

maybe, coz i also had samae problem , that is - slow games, even old game like CMR05, GTA VC would run slow, but after the proc. upgrade (c2d e4500), every thing runs really smooth.
P4 cud be the bottleneck.
i have the same m/b & 1GB RAM (2x512)
btw did you get the proc. from HP desktop?:))

The onboard gfx may also be the problem.

[s18000rpm]

The onboard gfx may also be the problem.

no, my friend, in GTR2 i get 25+ fps & in cod4 (640x480) 20+ fps. (with core 2 duo e4500)
with P4 - GTR2 wud run at 15fps max. & gta vc, sa @15.

the proc. is most probalbly the bottleneck.

btw @nadun, update the BIOS too.

link to intel d/l page (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2375&OSFullName=Windows+Vista%2A+32&lang=eng&strOSs=164&submit=Go%21#BIO)

[nadun]

maybe, coz i also had samae problem , that is - slow games, even old game like CMR05, GTA VC would run slow, but after the proc. upgrade (c2d e4500), every thing runs really smooth.
P4 cud be the bottleneck.
i have the same m/b & 1GB RAM (2x512)
btw did you get the proc. from HP desktop?:))

I'll consider having a core 2 duo processor then..In here Sri Lanka Core 2 duo 2.2 is around 14000 i think. But do you think is it a better to have the 2.2 core 2 processor or Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT graphics card cause at the moment I can only buy one of them.. And also I m having latest drivers for all, mobo and latest bios too( but still no change in performance..) I thought that the problem might be with processor cause I couldn't played most games at 1024*768 resolution even when I had Nvidia 6200 TC graphics card..

[s18000rpm]

I'll consider having a core 2 duo processor then..In here Sri Lanka Core 2 duo 2.2 is around 14000 i think. But do you think is it a better to have the 2.2 core 2 processor or Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT graphics card cause at the moment I can only buy one of them.. And also I m having latest drivers for all, mobo and latest bios too( but still no change in performance..) I thought that the problem might be with processor cause I couldn't played most games at 1024*768 resolution even when I had Nvidia 6200 TC graphics card..

if you want to go for gfx. card, then DONT go for 8500gt, go for 8600GT.
as you already had this problm. wit a gfx. card, i'd say going for c2d is a safe bet.
my proc. core2duo e4500 (2.2GHz) costs about Rs.5000 INR. (~ 14000LKR)

btw, does the BIOS load slowly when a Transcend USB pen drive is connected.

[nadun]

if you want to go for gfx. card, then DONT go for 8500gt, go for 8600GT.
as you already had this problm. wit a gfx. card, i'd say going for c2d is a safe bet.
my proc. core2duo e4500 (2.2GHz) costs about Rs.5000 INR. (~ 14000LKR)

btw, does the BIOS load slowly when a Transcend USB pen drive is connected.

I coudn't test that cause I dont have a transcend pen drive. ( I have a kingston one ) Thanks for replying..I'll try to go for a processor then..

[quan chi]

during the year when gta sa, vc etc were released there was no c2d.

btw c2d is best when you dnt have a gfx crd i think.

[mmick]

even old game like CMR05, GTA VC would run slow, but after the proc. upgrade (c2d e4500), every thing runs really smooth.
P4 cud be the bottleneck.

Intel drivers put most of the work on the CPU as most C2D can do on software faster than x3x00 do on Hardware. So if you own a good cpu you´ll get good performance. Intel does disappoint on the drivers they have: though best than some years ago, Intel drivers are still buggy and *very* slow. To give you an idea most ATI X700 mobile are faster than my X3100 on everything but video.

Assassin´s Creed does not work on my Vista SP1, it crashes after the inicial video (latest drivers)
Crysis at lowest settings (800x600 all at Low) it is playable (10-20fps) but anything above that it will slowdown *a lot*!

If Intel focus on driver optimization x3100 would perform a lot better but this way (old turtle speed) we´ll get nothing. I sure ain´t buy another intel graphics if intel continues to take this long to improve drivers and optimize speed! My X3100 + C2D 1.8GHz + 667MHz RAM is a lot slower (on DX9 games!) than an older Centrino 1.6 + Radeon 9600/X700 + 400MHz RAM

My cousins laptop (nvidia mobile 7300 + Core Duo 1.6GHz mobile + RAM 533MHz) is about 3x faster than mine on DX9 (intel mobile X3100 + Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz 800MHz bus + Dual RAM 667MHz). Intel is still pushing graphics thru C2D software capabilities (3D bench) but when a game uses the C2D for physics than nothing is left for the drivers and X3100 goes to the ground!

If you have the choice to give 50-100€ more for a low-end discrete graphics instead of a Intel integrated graphics, do it! It does worth it! ATI/NVIDIA drivers, even if the hardware on papers seems inferior, are far better and in the end (games/3D software) it will run games without problems and leave you space to OC.

Intel DOES NOT let you OC or even run games well (X3100 is DX10 + SM3 but DX10 and SM3 games *do not* run even several months after X3100 release). There are no excuses...

[yesh1683]

New XP drivers are released

**Windows XP 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/15766/a08/winxp_14331.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=15766&strOSs=44&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Professional&lang=eng)

**Windows XP 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/15769/a08/winxp64_14331.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=15769&strOSs=109&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Professional%20x64%20Ed ition&lang=eng)

[nehal]

New XP drivers are released


Is there any improvement in performane?
Any ideas when Vista drivers will be released

[anshad666]

is this correct for gmaX3100????.....am havng acer 5920....

[DavidC1]

If Intel focus on driver optimization x3100 would perform a lot better but this way (old turtle speed) we´ll get nothing. I sure ain´t buy another intel graphics if intel continues to take this long to improve drivers and optimize speed! My X3100 + C2D 1.8GHz + 667MHz RAM is a lot slower (on DX9 games!) than an older Centrino 1.6 + Radeon 9600/X700 + 400MHz RAM


As much as I appreciate your posting, the X3100 also has limited hardware. No driver in the world will let your Geforce 2 MX run like X1900XTX!! G965/GM965/G35 has poor DX10 implementation, low fillrate, and overall poor performance.

The IGP has 8 Execution Units yes, but, no two execution units from different GPUs are alike!! Some are made for low cost and low power and that's what the X3100 is.

One thing I noticed is that for Intel graphics, the first generation of a new architecture is always ehh... Extreme Graphics 2 improved performance significantly and improved compatibility without changing the core clock speed and pipeline. GMA 900 made another strides in that and GMA 950 is acceptable for 3-4 year old gaming. The X3x00 architecture is Intel's first in brand new architecture. X4500 will be naturally be that much better because things engineers learned developing the X3000/X3100/X3500 will go into X4500.

If the X3100 was indeed powerful as we initially thought, we would had much better performance. Yes in some games, refined drivers will bring good performance. But for the most part, the HARDWARE PLAIN SUCKS!!

[mmick]

As much as I appreciate your posting, the X3100 also has limited hardware. No driver in the world will let your Geforce 2 MX run like X1900XTX!! G965/GM965/G35 has poor DX10 implementation, low fillrate, and overall poor performance.

You´re right but X3100 is (in theory) better than a Radeon 9600/X700 on hardware specs. X3100 is running on a GMA 950-based driver and Intel is slowly introducing X3100 code as they have plenty of time until the GPU-on-the-CPU (as Nahalem) is released. I almost bet that that GPU will be based on an improved X3100...

[DavidC1]

You´re right but X3100 is (in theory) better than a Radeon 9600/X700 on hardware specs. X3100 is running on a GMA 950-based driver and Intel is slowly introducing X3100 code as they have plenty of time until the GPU-on-the-CPU (as Nahalem) is released. I almost bet that that GPU will be based on an improved X3100...


You are mistaken. Radeon 9600 is not only outdated by current standards, but the fillrate of the X3000 is not better than the Radeon 9600, and Radeon 9600 has vastly better Vertex Shader performance and polygon throughput.

ATI Radeon 9600 Pro, 400MHz core clock, 4 pixel pipeline/1 texture per pipeline/2 vertex shader, 600MHz 128-bit memory

1.6GTexels/s single & multi-textured fill rate
9.6GB/s bandwidth

3DMark2001 SE High Polygon Count test:
1 light: 45.4 MTriangles/s
8 lights: 10.1 MTriangles/s

3DMark2003 Vertex Shader: 10.3 fps

Intel X3000, 667MHz core clock, equivalent pixel pipeline is 2 with special case and 1.6 in most cases with 2 texture per pipeline, 800MHz dual channel 64-bit memory in the best case

1.06GTexels/s in single texture fillrate
2.133GTexels/s in multi texture fillrate
12.8GB/s bandwidth

3DMark2001 SE High Polygon Count test:
1 light: 8.9 MTriangles/s
8 lights: 0.9 MTriangles/s

Same test with software mode:
1 light: 19.8 MTriangles/s
8 lights: 7.8 MTriangles/s

3DMark2003 Vertex Shader: 5.72 fps

Radeon 9600 Pro is 5x and over 10x faster in 1 and 8 light polygon test in 3DMark 2001 SE respectively compared to X3000's hardware T&L. It is also over 2x faster and 50% faster than X3000's software T&L.

It is also almost 2x faster in Vertex Shader performance in 3DMark 2003 test. X3000's test was done with software mode so hardware mode will be equal/slower.

Extremely poor vertex shader performance and low polygon throughput is why the X3000 performs poor in older games and the fps in low resolutions is low.

There is much more I haven't detailed. You don't want to even compare to the X700 variants. The versions of X700 has 2GTexels/s fillrate and higher bandwidth not to mention an updated architecture.

[yesh1683]

New XP & vista Drivers are released

**Windows XP 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/11041/eng/GFX_2K_XP32_14.32.4.4926_PV_Intel.zip&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=11041&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows XP 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/11042/eng/GFX_XP64_14.32.4.64.4926_PV_Intel.zip&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=11042&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows VISTA 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/15829/a08/winvista_1582.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=15829&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows VISTA 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/15834/a08/winvista64_1582.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=15834&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

[mmick]

Yeah, I couldn´t post before as my internet was very slow.

15.8.2 for Vista.

- Assassin´s Creed still doesn´t work
- Crysis still incredibly slow
- Test Drive Unlimited a little faster, I suspect a little bump on speed with these drivers but far from good.

Here you have 15.9 (beta) that has not been released yet!

http://www.computerbase.de/downloads/treiber/grafikkarten/intel_grafiktreiber

It´s even faster than 15.8.2 and in my Laptop I can now choose the energy savings! If I turn Energy Savings off I got an extra bump on speed! I can assure you that from 15.8 to 15.9 and energy savings off I can have up to 15-20% more speed! (Tomb Raider Anniversary + Test Drive Unlimited). I still can´t run Assassins Creed...

[DavidC1]

15.9 driver is coming out by end of this month/early next month and is a minimum required driver for their next generation GM45/G45 chipset with GMA X4500 IGP. 15.9 driver is also DX10 driver, but too bad G965 won't support DX10. GM965 and G35 users will get DX10 support though.

The latest driver is not what yesh1683 posted for XP. The latest driver for XP is 14.33.1. 14.32.4 is the latest driver for 945 chipsets.

[mmick]

15.9 driver is coming out by end of this month/early next month and is a minimum required driver for their next generation GM45/G45 chipset with GMA X4500 IGP. 15.9 driver is also DX10 driver, but too bad G965 won't support DX10. GM965 and G35 users will get DX10 support though.

This beta version (I´m running it) does not seem to support DX10 (GM965) but it does support Shaders v3.0, at least when I set them on Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (High Settings) it runs very well!

I tried the default setting of my GM965 15.8 (with no option to change energy savings) and the 15.9 with energy savings off and I would say that it was about 25% fast on PES 2008 and 15-20% fast from 15.9 with default energy savings vs. 15.9 energy savings off :D

These drivers + GM965 are getting better :D :D :D

[WH87]

This beta version (I´m running it) does not seem to support DX10 (GM965) but it does support Shaders v3.0, at least when I set them on Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (High Settings) it runs very well!

I tried the default setting of my GM965 15.8 (with no option to change energy savings) and the 15.9 with energy savings off and I would say that it was about 25% fast on PES 2008 and 15-20% fast from 15.9 with default energy savings vs. 15.9 energy savings off :D

These drivers + GM965 are getting better :D :D :D

how do you determine if it supports dx 10 or not ? after installing the beta, i went to dxdiag, and what was previously 9ex became now 10 (ddi). have not tested any games though

[mmick]

how do you determine if it supports dx 10 or not ? after installing the beta, i went to dxdiag, and what was previously 9ex became now 10 (ddi). have not tested any games though

When I try to run DX10 games they don´t work, only on DX9 mode. Now shaders 3.0 seem to run better.

[WH87]

true, it still wont run lost demo, and still no improvement with virtua tennis either. still plays with low fps.

[mmick]

true, it still wont run lost demo, and still no improvement with virtua tennis either. still plays with low fps.

Well in the end you can expect up to 50% on fps increase (if so much) but nevertheless you can play most 2007 games at 640 or 800x600 LOW at decent fps. In two years we´ll have another PC with another graphics and until then *we hope* intel optimizes their drivers to use X3x00 chips at their maximum.

[WH87]

what i hope for is that we get such drivers b4 these games get too old (especially if its a multiplayer game, since the online mode wont be as active, in a year or so)

[yesh1683]

true, it still wont run lost demo, and still no improvement with virtua tennis either. still plays with low fps.

LOST game is playable
I tried Full Game it plays Smoothly @ 640 @ low the game still looks good at low settings

[Ethan_Hunt]

Quick question Yesh.My friend will be opting for a Compaq laptop which has an X3100 onboard based on Intel 965 chipset.Will the drivers that you have updated out here be compatible with it? What performance can we except with this mobile version of X3100?

[WH87]

LOST game is playable
I tried Full Game it plays Smoothly @ 640 @ low the game still looks good at low settings

i meant the dx10 version of the demo, not the dx9..

[s18000rpm]

which is better?
beta or the stable version drivers?:))

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BIOS Update for dg965WH motherboard

BIOS Update 1729 [MQ96510J.86A] (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2375&OSFullName=Windows+Vista%2A+32&lang=eng&strOSs=164&submit=Go%21#BIO)(1165KB)

[DavidC1]

This beta version (I´m running it) does not seem to support DX10 (GM965) but it does support Shaders v3.0, at least when I set them on Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (High Settings) it runs very well!

I tried the default setting of my GM965 15.8 (with no option to change energy savings) and the 15.9 with energy savings off and I would say that it was about 25% fast on PES 2008 and 15-20% fast from 15.9 with default energy savings vs. 15.9 energy savings off :grin:

These drivers + GM965 are getting better :grin: :grin: :grin:


1. These are DX10 drivers. These are the MINIMUM required driver for the GM45/G45 chipsets. You may just want to take a look at that German site. They ran Crysis and Call of Juarez(albeit at low settings): http://www.computerbase.de/news/treiber/grafikkarten/2008/april/intel_erster_directx-10-treiber_gma-grafik/. Also look here: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?p=1149309

2. Shader Model 3.0 has been supported since the 15.6 Vista and 14.31 XP drivers.

[WH87]

1. These are DX10 drivers. These are the MINIMUM required driver for the GM45/G45 chipsets. You may just want to take a look at that German site. They ran Crysis and Call of Juarez(albeit at low settings): http://www.computerbase.de/news/treiber/grafikkarten/2008/april/intel_erster_directx-10-treiber_gma-grafik/. Also look here: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?p=1149309

2. Shader Model 3.0 has been supported since the 15.6 Vista and 14.31 XP drivers.

thats the same link given above for the same beta version. i did download and install, and when trying to run lost dx 10 demo, it gives me an error about night finding d2dx19_33.dll

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ahh i found out why... it seems that the directx10 installing with vista has a few files missing that are needed by some games. these files are supposingly installable from the game's cd, but since the demo is no cd, it didnt have dx to install, so i installed latest dx from ms's page, and now lost works, although it was more or less unplayable(3-4 fps) (maybe cuz resolution doesnt go below 1200x in the demo.)

[yesh1683]

Good News now
Just Now Checked RAINBOW SIX VEGAS 2
Played fine but only at low @ 640
With weired problems explained below

In XP

with OLD drivers the game has lots of graphical errors,, with latest drivers posted on 1st page (though itz not latest by driver version, itz an Production version and WHQL drivers) there was no error in graphics, it played well at around 14 FPS at 640 at low
But very weired, the game runs smooth while we walk and we shoot but if enemies gun is shot at us the game begins to lag a lot at times it stopped responding and restarted. (the reason may b, if we receive the enemy 's bullets the game becomes motion blur, even though i disabled motion blur)

In VISTA

with latest drivers posted on 1st page and also with beta drivers both have same effect

In vista the game plays well at 640 at low at around 10 FPS
But very minor graphics error still very much playable

So itz better to play in vista
But if any body got the game plz check once again in XP it might b problem with my XP I have format that as i installed it way back wen i bought my PC

These are the screen shots i took while playing in VISTA



http://img239.imagevenue.com/loc363/th_71034_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-32-31-67_122_363lo.jpg (http://img239.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71034_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-32-31-67_122_363lo.jpg)http://img121.imagevenue.com/loc904/th_71037_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-32-52-38_122_904lo.jpg (http://img121.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71037_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-32-52-38_122_904lo.jpg)http://img202.imagevenue.com/loc83/th_71044_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-34-25-70_122_83lo.jpg (http://img202.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71044_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-34-25-70_122_83lo.jpg)http://img152.imagevenue.com/loc980/th_71046_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-36-14-61_122_980lo.jpg (http://img152.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71046_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-20_15-36-14-61_122_980lo.jpg)
http://img22.imagevenue.com/loc1113/th_71057_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_12-19-58-84_122_1113lo.jpg (http://img22.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71057_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_12-19-58-84_122_1113lo.jpg)http://img132.imagevenue.com/loc860/th_71062_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_12-22-10-05_122_860lo.jpg (http://img132.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71062_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_12-22-10-05_122_860lo.jpg)http://img164.imagevenue.com/loc1011/th_71068_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_12-45-27-79_122_1011lo.jpg (http://img164.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71068_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_12-45-27-79_122_1011lo.jpg)
http://img210.imagevenue.com/loc561/th_71078_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_13-05-56-30_122_561lo.jpg (http://img210.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71078_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_13-05-56-30_122_561lo.jpg)http://img24.imagevenue.com/loc705/th_71080_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_13-08-05-71_122_705lo.jpg (http://img24.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71080_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_13-08-05-71_122_705lo.jpg)http://img132.imagevenue.com/loc618/th_71085_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_14-52-01-45_122_618lo.jpg (http://img132.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=71085_R6Vegas2_Game_2008-04-21_14-52-01-45_122_618lo.jpg)




which is better?
beta or the stable version drivers?:))

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BIOS Update for dg965WH motherboard

BIOS Update 1729 [MQ96510J.86A] (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2375&OSFullName=Windows+Vista%2A+32&lang=eng&strOSs=164&submit=Go%21#BIO)(1165KB)

I think beta drivers are better because u get lot of new features in graphics property
U can change the video settings and all with beta drivers


Quick question Yesh.My friend will be opting for a Compaq laptop which has an X3100 onboard based on Intel 965 chipset.Will the drivers that you have updated out here be compatible with it? What performance can we except with this mobile version of X3100?

It is compatible with x3100
Both might perform same
But not sure as i dont have any laptop

[WH87]

yesh, shouldnt u change the status of the lost 10dx demo ? or does it still not work for you ? (all i needed to do is update directx after updating to the beta drivers) and although 2-4 fps aint playable, it still is better than not running at all.

[mmick]

Shader Model 3.0 has been supported since the 15.6 Vista and 14.31 XP drivers.

Sure, but nevertheless it didn´t work well (at least on my PC with Vista)

[DavidC1]

Sure, but nevertheless it didn´t work well (at least on my PC with Vista)


Doesn't mean it didn't have support. I didn't have problems with my XP based system, and some games in Vista didn't either. Games that require SM3.0 like Bioshock ran with those drivers(for the first time ever!).


Quick question Yesh.My friend will be opting for a Compaq laptop which has an X3100 onboard based on Intel 965 chipset.Will the drivers that you have updated out here be compatible with it? What performance can we except with this mobile version of X3100?


You are a bit confused here. The X3100 is the mobile version and X3000/X3500 is the desktop version. Here are the key differences:
X3000/X3500=667MHz core, up to DDR2-800 dual channel
X3100=400/533MHz core depending on version(GL960=400MHz, GM965=500MHz), and up to DDR2-667 dual channel

The desktop X3000(G965) is 30-40% faster than the mobile GM965 and 50-60% faster than the GL960.

What I strongly suggest is tell your friend to wait for next gen Centrino code-name Montevina. It'll come summer this year(June/July) and the GM45/GM47 will feature GMA X4500. This will be 1.7-2.0x faster than GM965 depending on version.

[Ethan_Hunt]

Thanks for your reply David.BTW I do know that X3100 is the video controller for mobile version if Intel 965 chipsets & X3000 is the desktop version.If you failed to notice I own a DG965RY myself.:D

Anyway my friend is not too much into gaming but he games ocassionally with standard games like FIFA 2008 & so on which I don't think require heavy shader crunching power.Apart from that it would just be for casual use.Thanks again for your reply.

[yesh1683]

Today tested The CLUB demo

The game runs very smooth infact the smoothest gameplay on G965

I played at 800x600 medium to High settings (the settings is shown in screenshots)
It runs at 30 FPS:D without any lag

Here are some screen shots



http://img202.imagevenue.com/loc41/th_62924_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-32-47-51_122_41lo.jpg (http://img202.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62924_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-32-47-51_122_41lo.jpg)http://img204.imagevenue.com/loc521/th_62924_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-34-42-93_122_521lo.jpg (http://img204.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62924_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-34-42-93_122_521lo.jpg)http://img213.imagevenue.com/loc511/th_62925_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-34-50-23_122_511lo.jpg (http://img213.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62925_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-34-50-23_122_511lo.jpg)http://img187.imagevenue.com/loc68/th_62927_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-35-51-37_122_68lo.jpg (http://img187.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62927_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-35-51-37_122_68lo.jpg)
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http://img172.imagevenue.com/loc804/th_62942_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-37-45-34_122_804lo.jpg (http://img172.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62942_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-37-45-34_122_804lo.jpg)http://img145.imagevenue.com/loc995/th_62943_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-38-25-29_122_995lo.jpg (http://img145.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62943_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-38-25-29_122_995lo.jpg)http://img169.imagevenue.com/loc723/th_62949_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-38-34-04_122_723lo.jpg (http://img169.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=62949_TheClub_2008-04-21_14-38-34-04_122_723lo.jpg)

[DavidC1]

Anyway my friend is not too much into gaming but he games ocassionally with standard games like FIFA 2008 & so on which I don't think require heavy shader crunching power.Apart from that it would just be for casual use.Thanks again for your reply.


This is the problem with the X3100. The architecture is optimized for heavy shader environments. Civ 4 demo on default settings gets 15-20 fps in the beginning for my desktop X3000. Remember this is their first generation of the new architecture.

Because the notebook version has less bandwidth and core clock, some old games ran pretty slow. I've heard NFSU1 got 20 fps on the lowest settings. Perhaps he was using the GL960, but even on the GM965 it'll increase to maybe 30 fps or so.

It'll be wise to wait if he can.

[Ethan_Hunt]

^Crap! If a game like FIFA delivers poor performance on it then god help that chipset.He can't wait much because this has to be an instant purchase.The laptop would mainly be used by his sister who is into basic stuff & he would use it ocassionally for medium gaming.

@Yesh: The Club screenies really looks good.Dam I really underestimated our X3000 onboard.;)

[mmick]

Drivers are very cool but one of the ways to increase graphics speed always was overclocking since early days of 3D boards. I got up to 50% speed increase OC both GPU & MEM.

On my GM965 (X3100) + C2D T7100 I don´t know how to overclock it and even a chipset can be OC aswell as the C2D. It doesn´t matter if it´s 5, 10 or 15%...it´s a speed increase and may well make the difference between unplayable and playable.

So...does anyone knows any way to overclock most C2D + RAM + GM965? Every single OC is good as:
- GM965 uses lots of CPU aswell
- GM965 OC also processes faster
- if RAM is faster it can feed both CPU and GPU faster
- if the bus is faster, everything benefits

[DavidC1]

- GM965 uses lots of CPU aswell
- GM965 OC also processes faster
- if RAM is faster it can feed both CPU and GPU faster
- if the bus is faster, everything benefits


Hmm, there probably is a way to overclock, but I doubt it'll be easy.

GM965 only uses a lot of CPU when doing software rendering, more recent games will benefit a lot from hardware rendering so CPU will barely help here. The RAM and GPU overclocking will benefit the most. The IGP can access the RAM without having to go through the FSB so bus overclocking won't help that much either.

[mmick]

The IGP can access the RAM without having to go through the FSB so bus overclocking won't help that much either.

IGP do not have channels of their own. They depend on the bus/mem speed

[DavidC1]

IGP do not have channels of their own. They depend on the bus/mem speed
You are misunderstanding things here. Look at my simple drawing.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2493/basicor2.th.png (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=basicor2.png)

Older generation IGPs needed to go through FSB in order to access the memory. It no longer does.
Why do you think Intel has a 8.4GB/s(1066MHz 64-bit) bus but using 12.8GB/s(Dual Channel DDR2-800) memory??

That's because the IGP can DIRECTLY access the memory by bypassing the FSB. Intel has a name for it, called Direct Memory Access or DMA. DMA has been existing for quite a long time now.

So FSB ONLY benefits the CPU. Because its not sharing FSB bandwidth but sharing memory bandwidth. Excess memory bandwidth is used by the IGP and IGP only.

[mmick]

Why do you think Intel has a 8.4GB/s(1066MHz 64-bit) bus but using 12.8GB/s(Dual Channel DDR2-800) memory??

That's because the IGP can DIRECTLY access the memory by bypassing the FSB.

So FSB ONLY benefits the CPU. Because its not sharing FSB bandwidth but sharing memory bandwidth. Excess memory bandwidth is used by the IGP and IGP only.

That is unreal:

- RAM work at 667MHz @ 64-bit máx (if I´m not mistaken) in laptops
- C2D bus work at 667/800MHz also which should be enough to flood the RAM with data
- Though FSB is not for the IGP, generally RAM frequency (and CPU) is set according to the FSB or PCI on most OC programs for laptop. Even if IGP uses a separate channel or scheme it depends on how fast RAM works! GPUs need hugh amounts of data between GPU <-> MEM and if the CPU is taking a lot of part of the physical data channels of the RAM, even if a second path is completely free, RAM cannot handle more than it´s dual channel 667MHz @ 64-bit (laptops).

Low-end graphics have generally dedicated RAM 600-800MHz @64-bit just for the GPU.

In the end it all depends on RAM speed (to feed the CPU + IGP) and CPU itself to handle some of the software rendering/code.

Down to the business: any software???

[CircusFreak]

OK , now i'm pissed , you guys showed me that i could play Gears of war on low
so now i have the game and when i play its laggy and i get REALLY bad graphics , i cant even make a room out of al the f*cked up graphics , please help whats wrong with my pc?
i have Vista and the video card driver is 15.8.2

[DavidC1]

That is unreal:

- RAM work at 667MHz @ 64-bit máx (if I´m not mistaken) in laptops
- C2D bus work at 667/800MHz also which should be enough to flood the RAM with data
- Though FSB is not for the IGP, generally RAM frequency (and CPU) is set according to the FSB or PCI on most OC programs for laptop. Even if IGP uses a separate channel or scheme it depends on how fast RAM works! GPUs need hugh amounts of data between GPU <-> MEM and if the CPU is taking a lot of part of the physical data channels of the RAM, even if a second path is completely free, RAM cannot handle more than it´s dual channel 667MHz @ 64-bit (laptops).


1. In laptops, RAM works at 667MHz Dual Channel, which is 128-bit, or nearly double the 800MHz 64-bit FSB, unless your manufacturer is cheap and puts single channel. And, due to DMA, IGP is sharing the 667MHz 128-bit connection not the 800MHz 64-bit connection called FSB. You OC FSB only CPU part of the performance will matter. Go try it. X3000 gets 10% increase by having 20% faster memory. See what 20% increase in FSB overclocking(keeping CPU/IGP/RAM at same clock) will do for your 3D performance.

Ok look, FSB alone doesn't matter for IGP. Whether your hardware will stand having everything overclocked(CPU/memory/IGP/MCH) is dependent on the quality of your hardware.

Having only FSB overclocked will only benefit your CPU. You might get negligible performance increases like 1%, but nothing like if you only overclocked your RAM. Having a faster FSB just means that the path from CPU to MCH has gone greater, but the IGP is still getting the same bandwidth due to having same non overclocked memory through DMA interface.

The CPU is likely under-utilizing the FSB running games since its only doing non-bandwidth intensive operations like integer operations(AI/talking to driver/physics), and rest of the bandwidth is likely used up by the IGP.

By CircusFreak
i have Vista and the video card driver is 15.8.2

The newer drivers have image quality problems in UT3 based games. Run on older ones like 15.7 and you won't have image quality problems. For performance, don't really expect your hardware to do better than this.

[ika.dips]

Is gaming ur only passion…??? Wanna be a millionaire…??? It’s the latest revolution in the gaming world… n its called vixture

[CircusFreak]

1. In laptops, RAM works at 667MHz Dual Channel, which is 128-bit, or nearly double the 800MHz 64-bit FSB, unless your manufacturer is cheap and puts single channel. And, due to DMA, IGP is sharing the 667MHz 128-bit connection not the 800MHz 64-bit connection called FSB. You OC FSB only CPU part of the performance will matter. Go try it. X3000 gets 10% increase by having 20% faster memory. See what 20% increase in FSB overclocking(keeping CPU/IGP/RAM at same clock) will do for your 3D performance.

Ok look, FSB alone doesn't matter for IGP. Whether your hardware will stand having everything overclocked(CPU/memory/IGP/MCH) is dependent on the quality of your hardware.

Having only FSB overclocked will only benefit your CPU. You might get negligible performance increases like 1%, but nothing like if you only overclocked your RAM. Having a faster FSB just means that the path from CPU to MCH has gone greater, but the IGP is still getting the same bandwidth due to having same non overclocked memory through DMA interface.

The CPU is likely under-utilizing the FSB running games since its only doing non-bandwidth intensive operations like integer operations(AI/talking to driver/physics), and rest of the bandwidth is likely used up by the IGP.


The newer drivers have image quality problems in UT3 based games. Run on older ones like 15.7 and you won't have image quality problems. For performance, don't really expect your hardware to do better than this.


So this will acually let me be able to play it??? because its not that i have a little image problem like a little disfigure...its really that i cant see anything..
its just some gray squares and everything...so older driver will fix this?

[ichi]

k so u all like posting in gamerz section ? huh

and wats up wit vixture ?

[CircusFreak]

is it possible to replace the video card i have now with another one , even with the fact that i'm using a laptop?

[DavidC1]

So this will acually let me be able to play it??? because its not that i have a little image problem like a little disfigure...its really that i cant see anything..
its just some gray squares and everything...so older driver will fix this?


Yes, I know because I have tried the latest XP driver which had the same problem. I think some base code is shared with XP and Vista.

[GameAddict]

Can anybody tell me how well Painkiller and its expansions (BOOH and Overdose) work on G965, 2 gigs of RAM and C2Duo 2 GHz?

GA

[pk_chester]

I Think Either He is a lier or Either he wrote this at 2 in night!
Cause damn man if my brother cant play Crysis with 6600GT 128MB GPU on low than how can you play it with an integrated one? See integrated Graphics Card take your system's memory and use it as their own frame buffer and at last give you some bad performance! It cant be true man!

[CircusFreak]

Yes, I know because I have tried the latest XP driver which had the same problem. I think some base code is shared with XP and Vista.

i have just installed the 15.7 driver version and still i get really bad to almost NO graphics on Gears of War is doesnt change a thing..there's just REALLY BAD texture..
pls help man i'm all out of ideas on how to fix it

would it be possible to put another video card in my laptop ?together with my integrated one??

[yesh1683]

Can anybody tell me how well Painkiller and its expansions (BOOH and Overdose) work on G965, 2 gigs of RAM and C2Duo 2 GHz?

GA

Painkiller & BOOH plays very well everything set to high at 1024x768 no graphical errors

But overdose has some minor graphical error it would show only half gun and also some objects are shown in white colour but still playable i played that wen it was released and with old drivers (havent tested with new Drivers)


I Think Either He is a lier or Either he wrote this at 2 in night!
Cause damn man if my brother cant play Crysis with 6600GT 128MB GPU on low than how can you play it with an integrated one? See integrated Graphics Card take your system's memory and use it as their own frame buffer and at last give you some bad performance! It cant be true man!

My friend has played crysis on 6600 non GT and completed the game
he played at 800 with low settings
even nvidia 6150 onboard plays crysis with low settings but at low FPS

on x3000 it plays around 10 FPS at low settings the screenshots are posted in 11th page

[DavidC1]

i have just installed the 15.7 driver version and still i get really bad to almost NO graphics on Gears of War is doesnt change a thing..there's just REALLY BAD texture..
Hmm, try uninstalling the driver then reinstalling the driver.

DX10 Intel driver is out!!

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2576&OSFullName=Windows+Vista*+Ultimate%2C+32-bit+version&lang=eng&strOSs=156&submit=Go%21

[yesh1683]

Hmm, try uninstalling the driver then reinstalling the driver.

DX10 Intel driver is out!!

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2576&OSFullName=Windows+Vista*+Ultimate%2C+32-bit+version&lang=eng&strOSs=156&submit=Go%21

Thank david for the link
Updated first page with new links

Now Guitar Hero 3* game is playable according to release notes haven't tested though

[pk_chester]

hey sorry yesh1683!
it really plays well for my bro on that 6600GT maybe I wrote it at 2 in the night!

[GameAddict]

Painkiller & BOOH plays very well everything set to high at 1024x768 no graphical errors

But overdose has some minor graphical error it would show only half gun and also some objects are shown in white colour but still playable i played that wen it was released and with old drivers (havent tested with new Drivers)




Thanks!

[INS-ANI]

hello guys, i own an insiron 1420, with T5450,1.66GHZ and 667FSB. aditional 2 GB RAM.
have intel 965 chipset.Please suggest some high graphics game i can run.
can my system run crysis,prostreet,COD?

[DavidC1]

can my system run crysis,prostreet,COD?
Please, Crysis?? Forget about it. You can get 5-7 fps average with 800x600 everything low IF you have 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo desktop with G965. On your laptop with slower CPU and GPU, you'll average 3-4. Granted, even the fastest graphics cards don't run it amazingly well.

Call of Duty=1st one yes, 2nd one mostly on low settings, 4th one, probably not

Prostreet=I heard you can play with low settings but enabling smoke may cause a problem, so don't enable it :).

[GameAddict]

Call of Duty=1st one yes, 2nd one mostly on low settings, 4th one, probably not



Probably not true. Check the previous thread postings and users have reported to have run CoD 4 quite well.

GA

[pk_chester]

COD4 is not Crysis's small brother! IMO it does not require much power to run it on all low settings! My friend plays it with a 6150SE on all low settings at 800*600 with 25+ FPS average!!

[DavidC1]

Probably not true. Check the previous thread postings and users have reported to have run CoD 4 quite well.

GA


It can, but it has compatibility issues. I heard its big enough not worth playing, which isn't too much different from really slow.

[GameAddict]

It can, but it has compatibility issues. I heard its big enough not worth playing, which isn't too much different from really slow.

What type of compatibility issues? The first post of this thread says "Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Demo [@800 with mid to high with some eye candy on]".

I do not get the second statement..."big enough...". It's reviewed to be a bit short. How is the length of game related to play-worthiness and being slow or fast (which depends on the system one has)?

GA

[sandman92]

any good news for XP users

[DavidC1]

What type of compatibility issues? The first post of this thread says "Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Demo [@800 with mid to high with some eye candy on]".


Well, it will pop DX related windows when you try to play. I guess it'll be playable in safe mode, but higher settings and resolutions greater than 800x600 will crash it. Otherwise its ok I guess.

[s18000rpm]

Well, it will pop DX related windows when you try to play. I guess it'll be playable in safe mode, but higher settings and resolutions greater than 800x600 will crash it. Otherwise its ok I guess.on XP, yes it gives that "DX error", but on vista it runs at 15-20fps @800 resln. (on my pc - c2d e4500, 1 GB 800Mhz RAM, 965wh)

[DavidC1]

on XP, yes it gives that "DX error", but on vista it runs at 15-20fps @800 resln. (on my pc - c2d e4500, 1 GB 800Mhz RAM, 965wh)


Oh yea, right.

[s18000rpm]

^you dont b'live me?
obviously the gfx settings are set to low. all of them.

i'll upload a video with fps when i get back to home.

[nothingbutair9]

Hi I have a asus F9E laptop T5450 with GM965 GMAx3100 embedded graphics card with 256 shared memory and 2 GB ram. (running XP)

however it was very slow on playing Company of heroes, very lagging like 6fps with lowest settings.

I tried the new driver but still it doesnt improve, is this card really that bad?

I also notice in the graphics propertise it saids it only uses 28MB instead of the 256MB available memory. Is there a way to increase it to use MAX 256 always? There are no settings in BIOS...

Jon

[DavidC1]

^you dont b'live me?
obviously the gfx settings are set to low. all of them.

i'll upload a video with fps when i get back to home.


Do you not understand why I wrote

"Oh yea, right"

rather than

"Yea right"

??

nothingbutair9:

It's not THAT bad. Try uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling it. Anyways, the usage of the RAM is dynamic and you can't change the algorithm. What you can do is make it fixed, so a fixed amount of memory is allocated. You can set that on BIOS, but it depends on the system whether that's even possible.

[s18000rpm]

[Q*OTE=David*1;827206]Do yo* not *nderstand why I wrote

"Oh yea, right"

rather than

"Yea right"

??

[/Q*OTE]
sorry, i tho*ght the "rather" one:D

never sho*ld one post when goin over 3 beers:))

---------------
:|

what happened to digit? :x

[DavidC1]

sorry, i tho*ght the "rather" one:grin:

I am saying I wasn't being sarcastic :).

[yesh1683]

Good news again today downloaded GRID demo
according to me this game is the best looking racing game on PC

On XP it plays but cars look white colour

On vista it plays very well no graphical error only some minor lines on cars but itz negligable
Played at 640 al settings low gave around 15 FPS
@ 800 with mid settings it gives around 10 FPS

But the game is very hard I am not able to control the car if i turn little it turns a lot :( and goves zigzag i am not able to turn an single corner in right way:x:x

Here are the screenshots of GRID played on VISTA:D


http://img145.imagevenue.com/loc991/th_22286_GRID_2008-05-17_16-15-22-79_122_991lo.jpg (http://img145.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22286_GRID_2008-05-17_16-15-22-79_122_991lo.jpg)http://img243.imagevenue.com/loc479/th_22292_GRID_2008-05-17_16-15-49-07_122_479lo.jpg (http://img243.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22292_GRID_2008-05-17_16-15-49-07_122_479lo.jpg)http://img199.imagevenue.com/loc131/th_22294_GRID_2008-05-17_16-16-12-61_122_131lo.jpg (http://img199.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22294_GRID_2008-05-17_16-16-12-61_122_131lo.jpg)http://img16.imagevenue.com/loc1094/th_22306_GRID_2008-05-17_16-16-50-59_122_1094lo.jpg (http://img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22306_GRID_2008-05-17_16-16-50-59_122_1094lo.jpg)
http://img137.imagevenue.com/loc627/th_22312_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-09-62_122_627lo.jpg (http://img137.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22312_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-09-62_122_627lo.jpg)http://img14.imagevenue.com/loc974/th_22313_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-30-87_122_974lo.jpg (http://img14.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22313_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-30-87_122_974lo.jpg)http://img194.imagevenue.com/loc540/th_22324_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-53-37_122_540lo.jpg (http://img194.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22324_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-53-37_122_540lo.jpg)
http://img202.imagevenue.com/loc247/th_22330_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-58-12_122_247lo.jpg (http://img202.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22330_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-58-12_122_247lo.jpg)http://img239.imagevenue.com/loc588/th_22335_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-58-88_122_588lo.jpg (http://img239.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22335_GRID_2008-05-17_16-17-58-88_122_588lo.jpg)http://img216.imagevenue.com/loc428/th_22336_GRID_2008-05-17_16-18-00-24_122_428lo.jpg (http://img216.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22336_GRID_2008-05-17_16-18-00-24_122_428lo.jpg)

[sameer.pur]

Good screenshots.........:smile:
I'd like to play this....... :p

[s18000rpm]

@yesh1683, cool pics. this game will surely rock on that laptop:D

most probably codies are still tinckering with the car physics , as this is just a demo.

btw try cock-pit camera, see how much fps drops.

[ichi]

with 10fps the cars will be twitchy by default

[yesh1683]

Downloaded S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky E3 Leaked demo
The game started with 1024 and all settings high and played at LOW FPS
I changed the settings and now the game is crashing:(

The problem is with that buggy Demo :D

[ichi]

The game runs fine and smooth after editing user.ltx manually to turn off some graphics effects.

OMG guess I will play it on X3000 if the final version will be a more optimized one.

[prashu162]

Can anybody plzz tell 'Is Nvidia 8800GT DDR3 graphics card compatible with Intel DG965RY motherboard??' because i am thinking of getting one ;)

Waiting for ur replies guys :)

[yesh1683]

Can anybody plzz tell 'Is Nvidia 8800GT DDR3 graphics card compatible with Intel DG965RY motherboard??' because i am thinking of getting one ;)

Waiting for ur replies guys :)

Off course itz compatible
8800GT supports PCI express 2.0
but DG965RY does not come with PCI express 2.0
but still it works as 1.0

[prashu162]

Thank u for ur reply dude but i want to know will it effect the performance anyway because DG965RY has PCI 1.0 :(

Also will XFX GeForce 9600GT 512MB DDR3 Graphic Card work on DG965RY Board

[yesh1683]

Thank u for ur reply dude but i want to know will it effect the performance anyway because DG965RY has PCI 1.0 :(

Also will XFX GeForce 9600GT 512MB DDR3 Graphic Card work on DG965RY Board

Performance wise I dont know

U can install every PCI express card
Even 9800GX2

But only thing is U must have Good Power Supply:D







New Vista Drivers Released [Production Version]

**Windows Vista 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/12091/eng/GFX_Vista32_15.8.2.1461_PV_Intel.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=12091&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows Vista 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/12092/eng/GFX_Vista64_15.8.2.64.1461_PV_Intel.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=12092&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)






New XP drivers

**Windows XP 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/16052/a08/win2k_xp1434.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=16052&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows XP 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/16060/a08/winxp64_1434.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=16060&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

Following Issues resolved

Guitar Hero 3* game crashes while trying to launch.
Call Of Duty 4* game stops responding while loading.

So now Call of Duty 4 can be played on XP also

[Ashutosh Malik]

Hi all,
i m Unable to run Call of Duty 2.(Direct X 9.0c error).
my system confi:
MB: DG965RY
Pro: pentium d 3.4 (Dual Core)
Ram : 1 gb(667)

[ichi]

New XP Drivers Released [Production Version]


thnx :D

[yesh1683]

Downloaded Devil May Cry 4 Demo

Plays equally well on Both XP and Vista

I played at 640x480 everything low and it returned around 25 FPS

But wen he is running in outdoors FPS drops but still very much playable
in the boss bottle it returned 30 FPS consistently most of the time:D

I benchmarked the game with in built benchmark provided in games the results are listed below
SCENE 1: Avg 25.86 FPS
SCENE 2: Avg 22.88 FPS
SCENE 3: Avg 31.27 FPS
SCENE 4: Avg 17.71 FPS

Here is the screen shot of the benchmarked results
http://www.flickcabin.com/sessions/da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709/DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9 2008-06-09 14-25-45-75.jpg (http://www.flickcabin.com/)

Here are some of the game screens during benchmark

http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc632/th_72956_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-17-43-80_122_632lo.jpg (http://img21.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72956_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-17-43-80_122_632lo.jpg)http://img152.imagevenue.com/loc671/th_72960_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-17-52-30_122_671lo.jpg (http://img152.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72960_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-17-52-30_122_671lo.jpg)http://img249.imagevenue.com/loc135/th_72965_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-18-03-95_122_135lo.jpg (http://img249.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72965_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-18-03-95_122_135lo.jpg)
http://img176.imagevenue.com/loc338/th_72966_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-19-19-70_122_338lo.jpg (http://img176.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72966_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-19-19-70_122_338lo.jpg)http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc746/th_72967_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-19-34-95_122_746lo.jpg (http://img21.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72967_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-19-34-95_122_746lo.jpg)http://img209.imagevenue.com/loc70/th_72972_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-20-33-71_122_70lo.jpg (http://img209.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72972_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-20-33-71_122_70lo.jpg)
http://img108.imagevenue.com/loc939/th_72973_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-21-19-13_122_939lo.jpg (http://img108.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72973_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-21-19-13_122_939lo.jpg)http://img16.imagevenue.com/loc714/th_72974_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-22-12-72_122_714lo.jpg (http://img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72974_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-22-12-72_122_714lo.jpg)http://img248.imagevenue.com/loc234/th_72979_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-23-47-70_122_234lo.jpg (http://img248.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72979_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-23-47-70_122_234lo.jpg)
http://img225.imagevenue.com/loc568/th_72980_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-24-42-06_122_568lo.jpg (http://img225.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72980_DevilMayCry4_Trial_DX9_2008-06-09_14-24-42-06_122_568lo.jpg)

[prakash.gourav]

yar what about g945 ???
if i want to upgrade to 965 in exchange of 945 , how much will it cost??

[yesh1683]

yar what about g945 ???
if i want to upgrade to 965 in exchange of 945 , how much will it cost??

Dont exchange motherboard for motherboard just for gaming

as G945 has PCI express slot better u buy Graphics card

at below 6K u get 8600GT
or buy 9600GT at 9K

[prashu162]

thanks for ur info dude i will look after it :)

[yesh1683]

Tested today
IRON MAN

not playable in both VISTA and XP
Nothing happens if i double click

Itz a crap game anyway so not intrested:D

[ichi]

ZOMG...iron man is some high density solid crap :D

[¦Rage--oצ]

well... i have dg965ry motherboard but the latest drivers arent getin installed :confused:.......... an error comes and i have no option but to format the comp or use system restore but i have the 2nd latest graphic drivers (dont know the ver no.) but the driver is just before the one u posted ( well ull fnd difficulty in reading but understand:!:) and cant play crysis or witcher or bioshock plzzzz advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And also CAN U plzzz see if ASSASSINS CREED works on 965... well i tried it but only the starting video shows up and the game shuts... plzzz advice;-)

well my pc config is --------------------
Intel DG965RY motherboard(wid inbuilt 250mb graphic memory)
intel core 2 duo 2.2ghz
1gb ddr2 ram (kingston)

[yesh1683]

well... i have dg965ry motherboard but the latest drivers arent getin installed :confused:.......... an error comes and i have no option but to format the comp or use system restore but i have the 2nd latest graphic drivers (dont know the ver no.) but the driver is just before the one u posted ( well ull fnd difficulty in reading but understand:!:) and cant play crysis or witcher or bioshock plzzzz advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And also CAN U plzzz see if ASSASSINS CREED works on 965... well i tried it but only the starting video shows up and the game shuts... plzzz advice;-)

well my pc config is --------------------
Intel DG965RY motherboard(wid inbuilt 250mb graphic memory)
intel core 2 duo 2.2ghz
1gb ddr2 ram (kingston)

U can play CRISIS & witcher with those drivers:)
Bioshock is playable but it stucks at 2nd checkpoint while playing demo :(

Assassins Creed is not playable it demands high system:mad:

[s18000rpm]

Performance wise I dont know

U can install every PCI express card
Even 9800GX2

But only thing is U must have Good Power Supply:D







New Vista Drivers Released [Production Version]

**Windows Vista 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/12091/eng/GFX_Vista32_15.8.2.1461_PV_Intel.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=12091&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows Vista 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/12092/eng/GFX_Vista64_15.8.2.64.1461_PV_Intel.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2377&DwnldId=12092&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)






New XP drivers

**Windows XP 32 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/16052/a08/win2k_xp1434.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=16052&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

**Windows XP 64 Bit** (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/16060/a08/winxp64_1434.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2576&DwnldId=16060&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng)

Following Issues resolved

Guitar Hero 3* game crashes while trying to launch.
Call Of Duty 4* game stops responding while loading.

So now Call of Duty 4 can be played on XP alsodo we have to update the vista drivers?

coz, right now, i'm usin 15.9 ver. & prod. ver. is 15.8.2

[DavidC1]

tell me somethiong about prod version
i am using 15.9 and 14.34 driver version
tell me when will intel launch driver which support all hardwere features

The 15.9 driver supports DX10/SM4.0/OpenGL1.5. 14.34 supports DX9/SM3.0/OpenGL 1.5. 14.34 is for XP anyway so DX10 won't be supported. Other than not supporting OpenGL 2.0 yet, it does support everything in hardware. I don't know where some people are getting the idea that the hardware is not supported by the drivers.

[prashu162]

i am able to play Test Drive Unlimited without any problems :)

[yesh1683]

^^ Buddy thats not allowed here

Post reported

I also Tested Incredible hulk runs very smooth even at 1024 resolution

But at first check point (boss battle) the game crashes and shows error message I played on XP havent tested on Vista thaugh as my vista is corrupted so have to reinstall vista and will check

[dr.vikasburva]

i am not able to run el matador and brain lara 07
plz help me:p

[mikeon]

hey I just got a new compaq laptop with GMA x3100, core 2 duo 1.83,2 gb ram... I checked the intel site for game playability for GTA san andreas, they recommend 1600x1200 at high settings draw distance max... i tried the same settings except that my laptop max is 1440x900 at high and the lag is terrible.... unplayable... the game works well at that resolution at low settings but even at 1024x768 at medium it still lags... is it really this bad or is it because im runnin vista? will xp make a difference ?

[ichi]

^^ask intel tech support :D

They might listen to u

[s18000rpm]

hey I just got a new compaq laptop with GMA x3100, core 2 duo 1.83,2 gb ram... I checked the intel site for game playability for GTA san andreas, they recommend 1600x1200 at high settings draw distance max... i tried the same settings except that my laptop max is 1440x900 at high and the lag is terrible.... unplayable... the game works well at that resolution at low settings but even at 1024x768 at medium it still lags... is it really this bad or is it because im runnin vista? will xp make a difference ?

try to play in 16bit:)).
i run gta sa at 1024x768x16, gfx. at full setting

my gma x3000 runs that game smoothly only in 16bit mode, any resln.

[ichi]

^^yeah those patchy skies and textures :D
reminds me of NFS 2

[dr.vikasburva]

am not able to run el matador and brain lara 07
plz help me

[mikeon]

I also tried true crime new york but it lags at the lowest resolution too... even driver parallel lines keeps hanging in vista and is not smooth enough... Of all the games I've tried, this graphics chipset really let me down...

[dr.vikasburva]

I also tried true crime new york but it lags at the lowest resolution too... even driver parallel lines keeps hanging in vista and is not smooth enough... Of all the games I've tried, this graphics chipset really let me down...
am not able to run el matador and brain lara 07
plz help me

[dr.vikasburva]

today downloaded sbk 08
runs very smoothly

[sameer.pur]

@yesh1863

Both Iron Man & Incredible Hulk are working for me in XP.

Though I will install these new drivers today.
I was still playing with the previous version 6.14.10.4935..

[nehal]

Guys..
Did anyone try using a AV cable & directing the video o/p to TV..how does it look like..

[yesh1683]

Today tested FRONTLINES: Fuel Of War runs very well at 800x600 @ very low settings but game looks very well even at low but wen explotions happen the graphics gets corrupted

Here are some screenshots from the game

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@yesh1863

Both Iron Man & Incredible Hulk are working for me in XP.

Though I will install these new drivers today.
I was still playing with the previous version 6.14.10.4935..

Incredible Hulk Runs very well

But I am still not able to run Ironman (I dont know wats wrong with my sytem):confused:

[ichi]

^^oh yeah, explosions are checkerboard, funny glitches...lolz

[Torang]

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/16168/eng/GFX_XP32_14.34.3.4957_PV_Intel.exe
is it new driver????!!!!!!

[dr.vikasburva]

assessins is playable on new drivers thanks

[¦Rage--oצ]

hey installed the latest drivers (dg965ry) and when i play wow after 1 or 2 min the screen gets enlarged and when i minimize it graphic error cms.. plz help

[yesh1683]

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/16168/eng/GFX_XP32_14.34.3.4957_PV_Intel.exe
is it new driver????!!!!!!

Ya itz a new version thanx man

but where u found it i searched the intel website and didnt find & ur link is from intel:confused:



assessins is playable on new drivers thanks

R u sure man

Better i will check out myself soon

[Torang]

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Restart My Games Or Blue Screen:
Spiderman 3:Level=Scorpin blue screen my game
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 = Level 2 Restart my game
Lost Via Domus = Level ??? Low Frame Rate & Restart my game
software:error
Powerdvd 8.0=not run
my driver:14.34 & 14.34.3
my system : xp sp2
ram:1g Buffalo
cpu: core2dou 6400
main:dg965wh_____graphic : gma x3000

[ichi]

^^u like it ?
please next time don't install non-WHQL certified drivers

[yesh1683]

The latest drivers has been improved a lot i think

Just hurriedly yesterday tested BIOSHOCK Demo which was earlier strucking or crashing at 2nd loadpoint but now the problem is solved i passed through that point

will check Full game and post the screenshots soon:D


OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Restart My Games Or Blue Screen:
Spiderman 3:Level=Scorpin blue screen my game
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 = Level 2 Restart my game
Lost Via Domus = Level ??? Low Frame Rate & Restart my game
software:error
Powerdvd 8.0=not run
my driver:14.34 & 14.34.3
my system : xp sp2
ram:1g Buffalo
cpu: core2dou 6400
main:dg965wh_____graphic : gma x3000

Which OS are U using the XP drivers crashes some games
But VISTA drivers wont crash any game and even plays smooth compared to XP

I am hoping they release same quality Drivers for XP also :(


With latest drivers the graphics error while explosion in FRONTLINES Fuel Of War is solved:D

[koolguy1556]

Today tested World In Conflict with Intel GMA X3000 driver 6.14.10.4957 and it works incredibly well.........I played it on 800x600 resolution with all setting at low.........Thanks guys...........This new driver is performing very well as i didn't been able to play the game on earlier drivers...............