Good news for Intel G965 Users who use integrated graphics

[s18000rpm]

no problem with MW, just the gfx. (reflection) is a bit boxy





[see the boxy reflections on the hood]

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My XP is not updated, but DX9 is latest (april release- digit).

will post more on RACE-WTCC, CMR05 after XP update is done.
& on Oblivion, i'll update by wednesday.

bt my config- Intel 965WH, P4 3.06GHz, "2 x 512" Corsair DDR2 800 (running at 533).
Win XP Pro. (fresh install)

Originally Posted by yesh1683

s18000rpm & allwyndlima

Plz visit the below thread and tell whether u also noticed same thing or not?
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...418#post527418

sorry dude, but i have a P4 , so cant help you.

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

sorry dude, but i have a P4 , so cant help you.

Nice pics there

May b allwyndlima will help me he as he as got C2D

[goobimama]

does the 965RY board have a PCI-e graphics slot? I was wondering i I could stick a 7900GT in there...

[upendra_gp]

Please tell me a good motherboard having this chipset!

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by goobimama

does the 965RY board have a PCI-e graphics slot? I was wondering i I could stick a 7900GT in there...

yes it has got the PCI Express x16 slot so u can plug in any graphics card

Originally Posted by upendra_gp

Please tell me a good motherboard having this chipset!

There are plenty
ASUS should be an good one

ASUS
P5B-V
P5B-VM

INTEL
DG985RY

MSI and GIGABIT also have these mobos

[upendra_gp]

Originally Posted by yesh1683

yes it has got the PCI Express x16 slot so u can plug in any graphics card



There are plenty
ASUS should be an good one

ASUS
P5B-V
P5B-VM

INTEL
DG985RY

MSI and GIGABIT also have these mobos

what is their cost?
Will they really able to handle the games mentioned at the start of this thread?
are they a bit future proof?

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by upendra_gp

what is their cost?
Will they really able to handle the games mentioned at the start of this thread?
are they a bit future proof?

Intel board costs around 5200/-
Asus boards cost over 6000/-
Asus offers better features and performance

They will handle the games mentioned at the start of the thread but most eyecandies turned off

I doubt it will b future proof

If u are a Gamer, then u need to get PCi-express graphics card best buy will b 8600GT as it is DX10 ready and costs around 6000/-

If u need best onboard graphics solution then this mobo is best buy

[s18000rpm]

^CMR05 runs (had to re-install), but lags heavily when played at even 800*600 resolution

dunno whats wrong. XP still getting updated.

[Ethan_Hunt]

@Yesh: Sorry buddy I didn't install those drivers till now.Had a bad exprience with the earlier update(Intel's last driver update & not your T&L beta one) that I had tried out on my mobo.The games became extremely low on response.Like I said earlier,it would take around 2-3 seconds for the actual action to take place after the keypress.And the stupid thing is I was not able to switch back to my old driver(present on motherboard disc)& it would persist with the same problem.I had to format XP completely to get back my old drivers.So I am heavily doubtful about this driver update on the beta drivers.If I get the same problem again then I am dead as I have huge data on the same driver which I can't afford to loose.

Let me see if I can get it updated though.

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

^CMR05 runs (had to re-install), but lags heavily when played at even 800*600 resolution

dunno whats wrong. XP still getting updated.

I Tested demo and it played fine on 1024 @ high settings
I will test the full version game and see
If possible u check the demo version

[s18000rpm]

strange. when i run CMR05 on "Windows 2000" compatibility mode, it runs fine at 1024 resolution..

but if i turn ON Anisotropic Filtering, the game starts to lag.

well this is just a Beta driver afterall, so no complaints.

[rakeshishere]

NFSMW gfx lags when i just installed these drivers..so had to use the older drivers which i received from the CD

[s18000rpm]

for me it was the other way around. using the stable drivers (frm CD), MW lagged even in 640resl.

but i'm able to run it at higher settings (1024....), same for GTA SA.

[yesh1683]

Today tested DOOM3

Well it played amazing i played at1024 that too at ULTRA SETTINGS all turned on only AA & AF off it gave around 15 FPS still playable only just a little bit lag

I wonder how intel releases the final drivers

Intel had done an great Job

Here screenshot

[s18000rpm]

can someone confirm that Counter Strike Source works with this Beta Drivers?

whenever i launch CSS, i get BSOD

do i have run it in compatibilty mode, coz i tried & it doesnt run, but takes 100% CPU usage but doesnt even launch.

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

can someone confirm that Counter Strike Source works with this Beta Drivers?

whenever i launch CSS, i get BSOD

do i have run it in compatibilty mode, coz i tried & it doesnt run, but takes 100% CPU usage but doesnt even launch.

Sorry buddy I dont have counter strike game to test

Today I checked Rainbow 6 Vegas and it is not playable but intel has listed in playable games
Game starts and we can setup in menus but wen loading screeen comes Pc restarts [same as hitman and double agent]

Plz if u have that game can u check ???

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

will post more on RACE-WTCC, CMR05 after XP update is done.
& on Oblivion, i'll update by wednesday.

Buddy where is oblivion today is already saturday

Have u tested that

[s18000rpm]

sorry, but i was getting lots of BSOD with CS

i'll get the Oblivion 2morow & report back

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

sorry, but i was getting lots of BSOD with CS

i'll get the Oblivion 2morow & report back

Then wat about Rainbow 6 Vegas Do u have that game?

I dont get BSOD screen some games just restrarts

By the by have u updated ur BIOS? Itz alos important

[s18000rpm]

ya, updated it today, but i get BSOD when "Optimal Default" setting is loaded in BIOS.

i have to set the HDD configuration to IDE mode (out of SATA, AHCI [only for vista]), then only i'm able to log in.

with BIOS update, i didnt see any difference, sometimes even MW gets slower(as usual).

maybe my proc. cant take full (or atleast half) advantage of the RAM.

for me Carbon runs at playable FPS @ 640resl only.

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

ya, updated it today, but i get BSOD when "Optimal Default" setting is loaded in BIOS.

i have to set the HDD configuration to IDE mode (out of SATA, AHCI [only for vista]), then only i'm able to log in.

with BIOS update, i didnt see any difference, sometimes even MW gets slower(as usual).

maybe my proc. cant take full (or atleast half) advantage of the RAM.

for me Carbon runs at playable FPS @ 640resl only.

My guess is also with proc wont taking full adavantage of ram

i have set the Video memoty settings in BIOS to following values

under ADVANCED
VIDEO CONFIGURATION

DVMT Mode <DVMT>
IGD DVMT Memory <maximum DVMT>
IGD Aperture Size <256 MB>

Setting memory to maximum DVMT will force the graphics memory [shared] to 320 MB
so it will be 320 mb video memory shared for graphics
this way i got good performance in espcially vistas aero style

to fully utilize this 320 mb video memory the intel recommends 1.5 GB of RAM

[s18000rpm]

to get steady performance, you can use the Fixed option, this way the system will not increase/decrease the Alloted memory, that 256/384MB becomes like a dedicated RAM.

[ilugd]

is it applicable to my motherboard? Property
Model D915GLVG

[s18000rpm]

the drivers?
no.

[yesh1683]

Today I tested Virtua Tennis 3 Well some weired problems it can be played at all settings at all resloutions

But it can play only mini games in map that is practice sessions like catching ball hiting bulls eye and all at smooth FPS

But it will not play exhibition match or any match with players

The match seems to be in slow motion

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

sorry, but i was getting lots of BSOD with CS

i'll get the Oblivion 2morow & report back

Still waiting for oblivion Buddy

[harryneopotter]

is this chipset comparable to Nvidia 6150 igp ????

[yesh1683]

Originally Posted by harryneopotter

is this chipset comparable to Nvidia 6150 igp ????

6150 is old chipset and g965 is new

And G965 is far better than 6150

Moreover G965 has got harware TnL and 6150 doesnt

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by yesh1683

Moreover G965 has got harware TnL and 6150 doesnt

Nope.Both the 6150 & the 6100 have full support for Hardware T&L.How you might ask? Well these chipsets with their standard drivers are capable of playing No One Lives Forever 2 which is very strict on demanding the use of a hardware T&L supported card/chipset.The 6150 & 6100 have far better games compatibililty compared to the G965 as like you earlier mentioned Hitman Blood Money still doesn't run on your chipset whereas it plays flawlessly on my friends "old" 6100 board & same goes for oblivion @800x600 settings.Intel has a pathetic driver line up which has cursed their X3000 graphic series.It had been in talks that this Hardware T&L support based driver will be releasing soon & till now it's still in the Beta testing.

If I had to choose one I would have certainly gone in for Nvidia's onboard solution provided they were available with Intel's Core 2 Duo compliant motherboards.

[s18000rpm]

tried Oblivion today (atlaaaast), but on my system it gave a BSOD (some igfx... error was shown in BSOD screen), which somehow made other games to crash too, ultimateley i re-installed the gfx. drivers.

man my P4 bottlenecks the whole system, GTR2 runs flawlessly when there's no more than 8 cars (around me) [provided the DAMAGE is OFF], otherwise i get huge FPS hit
(currently running it at 800x640 to squeeze out more FPS)


my system
=>XP Pro (SP2) [not with complete updates]
=>P4 3.06GHz
=>1GB DDR2 800 RAM (run @ 533)
=>Kaspersky AV
=>K-Lite Codec Pack installed.

CMR05 & GTA SA hav sound problems, i guess its not fully compatible with Sigmatel Audio Drivers.
(in GTA SA, i cant hear the car sound, CJ's voice... & in CMR the car sound dies evry now & then.

[rakeshishere]

The Beta Drivers Game me some problems for some Games such as NFSMW,DOOM3 in my PC..Anyway I will wait for the final release..Kindly Do Make an announcement in this thread about the Final Drivers as I will be keeping a track of this thread

[s18000rpm]

^how does MW run in your system? slow? (any fps issue?)
& whats your config.?