Intel® HD Graphics Driver for Windows* 7/8/8.1 version 15.33.30.3958 posted for Ivybridge and Baytrail

ROBERT_U_Intel · ‎10-28-2014

This update addresses several previously found issues. Please see the Release Notes excerpt below for details. As always, feedback is appreciated.

The 15.33.30.3958 has been posted to Intel Download Center at the following direct links to the drivers:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24329 64 bit version

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24346 32 bit version

Key issues resolve with this release:

Stretchrect from DXVA to D3D9Texture appears to sporadically redirect 3d renderops to video texture

Windows* 8.1, Windows* 7

BSOD (TDR) when customer specific media application is run on two monitors

Windows* 7

DLL error with Internet Explorer

Windows* 8.1, Windows* 7

Some movie titles or video clips cannot be played back using Media Classic Player* on a wireless connected display using Intel WiDi™

Windows

Resolved issue where DisplayPort* Audio is seen in Playback devices, after connecting the system through a DisplayPort to a display monitor that does not support audio output

Windows* 8.1, Windows* 7

Resolved issue of display corruption appearing on the screen while playing games that use DirectX 10*

Windows* 8.1

In some cases the display turned black, a few minutes after resuming from sleep

Windows* 8.1

Display flickering was observed while resuming from sleep mode while the system is running on battery power

Windows* 8.1

Delay was observed while launching the desktop context menu after right clicking on the desktop screen

Windows* 8.1

Resolved an issue where the video and audio playback would slow

down on an Intel® NUC unit while running a Netflix* application using

Dolby Digital Plus 5.1*

Windows* 8.1

The maximum resolution of monitor did not show up after connecting a VGA monitor to the docking station of the system

Windows* 8.1

Display corruption was observed while working with Microsoft Office programs such as Outlook*

Window

MSchm21 · ‎10-28-2014

DirectX 11.2 for Haswell? This is wrong I assume, I also doubt 15.33 has full OpenGL 4.3 support for Haswell.

idata · ‎11-06-2014

Flickering in minecraft textures after a few minutes (replicate-able by just playing any server or any singleplayer world for a few minutes. Enabling VBOs in the Minecraft video options instantly crashes the game. Earlier drivers enabling VBOs did not crash the game and there was no flickering textures issues. Please fix so i can play minecraft with the best graphics and performance! OpenGL extension Vertex Buffer Object is the problem issue of the crashing of VBOs.

PLee25 · ‎11-07-2014

As realflow100 Mentions, developers at Mojang identified an issue in Intel HD4000 that causes flickering in Minecraft, the official bug tracker page is below.

https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-58760 [MC-58760] Screen flickering by broken Intel graphics 4400/4600 drivers - JIRA

Though the developers suggest rolling back the driver in order to fix the issue.

DLal · ‎11-29-2014

Feedback and suggestions on improving Intel HD graphics:

Hello Robert_U. I have nurse with some issues which some may consider minor or major depending on situation arise when using this latest driver version. Below are some of these problem that arise/ not yet fixed and some suggestions:

1. There are some corruption in image and minor crashes when using Cyberlink Power Director. (Not fixed)

2. Adobe flash player reports issues on unsupported renderer when playing videos in you tube in Mozilla Firefox.

3. There is no "ready driver" that can be tested on the new Windows 10 Preview. This ready driver must be able to hold some conditions that need to be fulfill as a requirement when running on windows 10 such as DirectX 12 support, Open GL 4.4 and Open GL 4.5. (Even though the GPU of this specs has not be made available yet, but there must be a driver that is able to support to test Windows 10 Preview.)

4. The custom resolution has not made to be available in Intel HD Control Panel for all Intel HD graphics model platform. (Not Fixed)

5. Further improve on its Intel CPL launch speed.

6. Provide multiple language support (If possible).

7. Improve performance when browsing through options in the control panel. (There is such a delay and need to wait long when selecting 3D, option, video, Display, Power, and etc.)

8. There are some interference when installing Intel HD graphics driver. After the screen flashes during the installation, My optical mouse driver, Synaptic/Elan Tech control panel executes.(Have happen on this driver and as well as the 2 previous retail driver but seems to be fine for the very old driver).

9. Improve performance in many game titles. Some of the game titles like Call Of Duty black Ops have significantly a reduced frames per second. Allow applications to take advantage of DirectX and Open GL extension to boost gaming experience and performance.

10. Since this Intel HD Graphics runs on CPU integrated, consider to significantly reduce the load on the CPU when ever running a graphic intensive programs, games and videos. This in turn significantly reduce the heat to be generated on the CPU chip and hence prevent overheating.

11. Provide better exception in handling.

12. Improve on video conference performance in face to face communication.

13. improve on video performance in youtube across all types of browsers.

14. Fix flickering issues occur in some game titles such as Minecraft.

15. Improve animation across all applications, games and browsers.

16. Enable more Open GL extensions:

(a). Text capabilities: Scroll text with bit block transfer, able to draw italics, draw character in double width, any multiplication with exact scaling, character doubling for scaling, independent scaling, character rotation with any angle, and 90 degree character rotation.

(b).ARB:

ROBERT_U_Intel · ‎12-04-2014

Hi Dhanesh

Thanks for the very comprehensive list. Following is what I can answer now, the remainder I will investigate / research.

1. There are some corruption in image and minor crashes when using Cyberlink Power Director. We investigated this issue and found that the latest version and patch of PD does not show the issue. Please recheck with the latest.

2. Adobe flash player reports issues on unsupported renderer when playing videos in you tube in Mozilla Firefox. What version of Firefox and Flash are you seeing issues on? Also, are there any specific videos you cant point us to that expose the issues you are seeing?

3.. There is no "ready driver" that can be tested on the new Windows 10 Preview. This ready driver must be able to hold some conditions that need to be fulfill as a requirement when running on windows 10 such as DirectX 12 support, Open GL 4.4 and Open GL 4.5... Will be addressed as we get closer to Windows 10 launch.

4. The custom resolution has not made to be available in Intel HD Control Panel for all Intel HD graphics model platform. Are you asking if we have a separate Custom Modes app? What specifically do you use Custom Mode for?

5. Further improve on its Intel CPL launch speed. We are continuing to improve the performance of the CPL.

6. Provide multiple language support. We currently offer multi-language support. What specific language are you asking for? Here is the current list of languages that are localized:

0401 -> Arabic

0404 -> Chinese Traditional

041A -> Croatian

0405 -> Czech

0406 -> Danish

0413 -> Dutch

0409 -> English (United States)

040B -> Finnish

040C -> French (Standard)

0407 -> German

0408 -> Greek

040D -> Hebrew

040E -> Hungarian

0410 -> Italian

0411 -> Japanese

0412 -> Korean

0414 -> Norwegian

0415 -> Polish

0416 -> Portuguese (Brazil)

0816 -> Portuguese (Standard)

0418 -> Romanian

0419 -> Russian

0804 -> Simplified Chinese

041B -> Slovak

0424 -> Slovenian

0C0A -> Spanish

041D -> Swedish

041E -> Thai

041F -> Turkish

7. Improve performance when browsing through options in the control panel. As in question 5, we are working to improve responsiveness.

8. There are some interference when installing Intel HD graphics driver. After the screen flashes during the installation, My optical mouse driver, Synaptic/Elan Tech control panel executes. I am looking into this issue as it is the first I have heard of it. Are you using the latest Synaptic drivers?

9. Improve performance in many game titles. Some of the game titles like Call Of Duty black Ops have significantly a reduced frames per second. Allow applications to take advantage of DirectX and Open GL extension to boost gaming experience and performance. Your system is fairly entry level. There is nothing we can do with the driver to make up for the lack of processing power of an entry level CPU sku to make it perform like a mid range or high end CPU.

10. Since this Intel HD Graphics runs on CPU integrated, consider to significantly reduce the load on the CPU when ever running a graphic intensive programs, games and videos. This in turn significantly reduce the heat to be generated on the CPU chip and hence prevent overheating. As we move our products to smaller process, i.e. 14nm, you will see thermal / performance properties. Again, you are running a standard voltage...

ROBERT_U_Intel · ‎12-09-2014

Here are the OGL extensions currently supported:

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llybx · ‎12-11-2014

"DirectX 12 support, Open GL 4.4 and Open GL 4.5... Will be addressed as we get closer to Windows 10 launch." contradicts with "your CPU is 2 generations old and will not likely see any new features added."

but hopefully ivy bridge will get at least DirectX12.

Dhanesh "video performance in youtube"

you probably uses chrome, which uses cpu for decoding. and the performance problems could be because bottlenecking on the cpu. use firefox nightly 64bit or IE (on win8.1, not win7) for stutter-less youtube. should have no performance problems at 1080p60fps.

on my i3-3227u, I get some frame drops on 1080p60fps with chrome, but not with firefox nightly and IE