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Windows 8 Driver for Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1)

idata
Employee
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Hi,

I've heard about companies like Nvidia releasing beta drivers for public download for windows 8.So I was wondering if the same will be done with the Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1) drivers and when?

Thanks,

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Allan_J_Intel1
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Hi there,

Thanks for your interest in Intel® products. Intel® Graphics drivers (Beta) for Windows 8 are available today as part of Windows 8 Consumer Preview OS 8250 (In-box drivers). These drivers support 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics 3000/2000 and first generation Intel Core processors (formerly codenamed Arrandale and Clarkdale) with Intel® HD Graphics and the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 Series (formerly codenamed Cantiga/Eaglelake).

We will release the Windows 8* beta drivers beginning in early May on http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ http://downloadcenter.intel.com supporting 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics 3000/2000. These drivers will support all the features of Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) v1.2

Drivers for legacy platforms including first generation Intel Core processors (formerly codenamed Arrandale and Clarkdale) with Intel HD Graphics and the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 Series (formerly codenamed Cantiga/Eaglelake) will support legacy Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.1 and will be included with future versions of Windows 8 Consumer Preview OS (In-box drivers) and available on Microsoft's Windows Update. Drivers for these platforms will not be available on intel.com

Processor

Graphics

Where to get the drivers from

Availability

Windows Driver Display Model Support

3rd generation Intel® Core™ Processors

(codenamed Ivy Bridge)

Intel HD Graphics 4000/2500

After Ivy Bridge launch

WDDM 1.2

2nd generation Intel® Core™ Processors

(codenamed Sandy Bridge)

Intel HD Graphics 3000/2000

Now

WDDM 1.2

First generation Intel® Core™ Processors

(codenamed Arrandale/Clarkdale)

Intel® HD Graphics

  • Inbox drivers available with Windows 8* Consumer Preview OS build
  • Microsoft's Windows Update

Now

WDDM 1.1

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processors

Intel® GMA 4500 Series

(codenamed Cantiga/Eaglelake)

  • Inbox drivers available with Windows 8* Consumer Preview OS build
  • Microsoft's Windows Update

Now

WDDM 1.1

If you are uncertain of what Intel processor/graphics you have on your system , we recommend using the http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect?iid=dc_spotlight_dctop10 Intel Driver Update Utility to identify your Intel processor/graphics.

Please try the in-box graphics driver that comes with Windows 8 and post your feedback on this thread /thread/28956 http://communities.intel.com/thread/28956 and keep an eye our forum for the beta driver coming in early May. We appreciate your feedback as we continuously strive to improve the quality of our products to better serve our users .

Thanks,

Allan.

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idata
Employee
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None of those in the table are related to mine though?

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idata
Employee
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I have a dell Inspiron N5110 with Intel mobile 3000 series dispaly card on Windows 8 . Even after installing http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21180 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21180 Intel beta driver the dispay is not up. I have to disable display card to view display in my laptop.

Is there any solution for the problem?

Anil

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idata
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I have the same graphics card/driver as OP, and I'm experiencing an issue with playing Minecraft. I'll bump this cause I'm sure other people are looking for help with this too. Did everything humanly possible and my issue still hasn't been resolved. Talked to Microsoft, Toshiba, and Intel tech support and nothing works.

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ROBERT_U_Intel
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Please see the /docs/DOC-19647 Microsoft* Windows 8* Intel Graphics support FAQ.

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idata
Employee
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Hi Sir Robert! Are there really no plans on releasing new drivers for Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipsets for Windows 8? Since I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 my graphics performance is very poor! I just need a control panel for my GPU to perform at its max capacity, because I really need to set the power from Balanced (which is default) to Maximum Performance to prevent my screen hanging for 3-5 seconds during "sudden high" of graphics, if you know what I mean, or could you just provide us an Intel Graphics Control panel for this problem to be solved? Thanks!

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idata
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Hey Ryan! Have you tried installing the previously released driver for Windows 7 32/64-bit? It works for me!

Just download the zip file, extract it to a folder, then go to device manager, right click your display adapter and then click update driver, then choose from a list,etc., then click have disk, and browse for the Graphics folder in the files that you have extracted, then click ok, wait for the driver to be installed, and done! I hope it solves you problem for playing Minecraft.

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idata
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Yes, you can get things like OpenGL 2.1 support for Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family (Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset) working on Windows 8 simply by downgrading to the previous Windows 7 drivers!

The in-box drivers for Windows 8 Driver for Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1) are version 8.15.10.2702, which only supports OpenGL 1.1 (checking with tools such as GLView). This means you can't play games like Minecraft or Angry Birds, even though you could play them under Windows 7.

The solution is to roll back to the latest Windows 7 drivers, version 8.15.10.2555.

To do this you need to modify the installation INF file to allow installation on Windows 8 and then use advanced reboot to allow Windows 8 to install the unsigned driver. See instructions at http://tachisalopex.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/windows-8-and-intel-graphics-driver.html TachisAlopex: Windows 8 and Intel graphics driver to patch the INF file, but I just used General - Advanced startup in the Windows 8 settings to load the unsigned driver.

Seeing as the Windows 7 drivers version 2555 work fine in Windows 8 with Open GL 2.1 support, I can't understand why the official version 2702 Windows 8 drivers removed it.

Sly

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idata
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Still not out yet?

It's been quite a long time now..

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idata
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Im agree with you

i installed windows 8 for my laptop MSI and i got the video card 4 series

and there is not any driver that works with windows8

i hope you (intel) make the driver work for windows 8

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idata
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release the normal driver! why people have to suffer? Microsoft removed support open gl 2.1.

my laptop only 2 years. and intel deprive me of the right to support.

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idata
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if u have prolblem when using driver from microsoft , may u want to view this http://viet-solutions.blogspot.com/2013/02/intel-4-series-express-chipset-family.html Mobile Intel 4 series express chipset family vs Windows 8 | Giải pháp quản trị doanh nghiệp

I have solve my problem

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EGuse
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Sorry for digging up this old thread, but we already have 2014 and I still can't find any official Windows 8 drivers for my 4500M graphics chip.

Will there be any official one or do I have to do it by Sly's way? Or am I just being too incompetent to find something?

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Allan_J_Intel1
Employee
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Win8 drivers for your graphics controller are not available through Intel web site. Updated drivers are provided by your operating system developer via Microsoft Update.

See the following URL for additional information:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-033838.htm http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-033838.htm

Allan.

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NHard2
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okay, so for a computer illiterate person are you saying that you have not and are not planning on updating the graphics driver for windows 8? And if that is what you're saying, how do I get it updated through windows 8? Because I have done ALL the updates using windows update (so including the optional ones) and my graphics driver still has not been updated. So if I can't get an update through you or through windows, are all of you telling me to go out and buy a brand new computer so everything I want to do works properly?? If so, there's no way in hell I'm buying an Intel product again. Way to leave all your customers with this product high and dry.

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