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  • Aikouka - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    "an issue where the driver would change the refresh rate while on battery power"

    I think this might actually fix something odd that I noticed. I turned my AVR to my HTPC the other day, and I noticed that XBMC didn't look right at all (looked like the resolution got messed up). I realized after reading that fix that my power went out for a brief moment prior to that event, and it would have gone on battery backup. I don't know how much XBMC likes having the resolution (including refresh rate) adjusted while it's running.
  • MooseMuffin - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    The refresh rate thing has actually been really annoying, so I'm glad to see the fix.
  • MonkeyPaw - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    Didn't Intel say they were going to put more effort into graphics drivers? 5 months later and we have 3 updates. I guess they have better places to go with their record profits.

    This is why Intel graphics are met with so much skepticism. Sure, more performance is found in each new version of the hardware, but the support is outright pathetic. AMD and nVidia spend lots of time, money, and effort on drivers, because it is a very big deal.
  • alent1234 - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    which bugs are there to fix? most people who use these don't play games or do lite gaming. you turn the laptop on, you get a picture. the drivers work.

    the only issue i've found is some youtube videos are screwed up but that may not be the driver, but the encoding

    most amd/nvidia driver updates are custom settings in the driver for each game
  • Guspaz - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    There are many bugs to fix; Intel's drivers are the worst on the market. Many computers refuse to even take the generic drivers, claiming that you must get them from your computer vendor (who of course haven't updated the drivers in ages).

    Toshiba's Intel drivers, for example, have completely broken flash video acceleration. The newest Intel drivers fix the problem, but they refuse to install unless you get tricky. Which I did, at which point the problems went away.

    I've still experienced issues outputting to Samsung televisions over HDMI, and miscellaneous minor but annoying issues.
  • fic2 - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    "Intel's latest and greatest fixes just three documented issues"

    Must be because Intel's graphic driver is so close to perfect that nobody can find any bugs in it!

    (Or maybe the one guy at intel that does the graphic driver took a holiday in December and three bugs is all he had time to fix)
  • Bluestealth - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    Given that they have more than one guy working on their Linux driver I very much doubt that is true.
  • wifiwolf - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    You mean one guy at windows driver development gets more work done (3 bug fixes) than 2 in linux?

    <sarcasm>
  • KaarlisK - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    You can find their Ivy Bridge graphics driver at station-drivers.
    And guess what... it only supports Ivy and Sandy bridge.
    Which basically means that they're probably continuing to only support the two latest GPU generations in their latest branch. Which basically means if you want features and performance improvements in the long term, do not go for an Intel GPU, even though the hardware may support everything you need.
  • Andrew.a.cunningham - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    Yeah, that's pretty much been standing procedure for Intel for as long as I can remember. It'd be a bigger deal if that actually implemented substantive new features in drivers for their supported products (better OpenGL support, better performance, etc. etc.).
  • Andrew.a.cunningham - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    If they*. Could really go for an edit button sometimes...
  • JarredWalton - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    Hey, you work here. You're supposed to be able to delete some comments, so if you mistype, you delete the bad one and repost. LOL (Maybe that feature is only available for some of us? I'm not even sure how it got set on my account....)
  • Andrew.a.cunningham - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    I don't see it anywhere? But I'd gladly take it if we could turn it on. :-)
  • SlyNine - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    I should work here too, I'm at this site so often "proof reading, ya I'll go with that" I want an Edit button too.
  • rom0n - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    This driver fixed a youtube Chrome bug for me. Before, when I click on youtube videos from Google search, the video would always have the loading circle displayed even when video is running. I can also have a better experience using madvr in video playback.
  • bob1239983 - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - link

    15.22.54.64.2622 64bit
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?a...

    15.22.54.64.2622 32bit
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?a...
  • nubie - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    I can't be the only one, why no XP drivers?

    Although I can relate to the "if it isn't broken why fix it"

    AMD and nVidia release new drivers because they never do work 100%.

    I have been using nVidia for 15 years and the drivers are all over the map, maybe 80% done most of the time, but if you are counting on a feature you might be SOL (good luck trying to fix underscan issues, and if your EDID only shows 640 pixels, directX apps will only have 640 pixels, even if it is a 720P TV, until you load a custom monitor INF)

    Intel may not release a ton of drivers, or have a ton of features, but they usually "just work".

    I can't see choosing them as a gaming solution, that is for damn sure.
  • faizoff - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    I have a slightly off topic question. I have a discrete graphics card (6870) on my P67 Asus pro motherboard. Does the integrated graphics (HD 3000) on my i5 2500k ever get used? I know I've read it somewhere but if you don't have a dedicated GPU who would one be able to utilize the integrated GPU from the CPU?
  • kyuu - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - link

    No. The integrated GPU on the i5-2500k is basically a whole lot of wasted silicon. These driver updates don't affect you in any way.
  • airmantharp - Friday, February 10, 2012 - link

    Wrong-

    The 2500k doesn't get used on P67 boards (sadly).

    On an H67 or Z68 based board, it may be used as a graphics adapter along with a discrete GPU if you wish.

    I've done this personally, using the graphics on my 2500k to power two secondary monitors while a pair of HD6950's runs whatever on the primary.
  • jimmybrite - Friday, February 10, 2012 - link

    There's no reason why minecraft is running the way it should, I get almost the same performance on my dad's ati 3200 integrated.

    On the other hand I can run GTA4 and Dirt 2 just fine, he can't.

    The OpenGL on intel's gpu seems really bad. Not to mention my weird graphics corruption in LinuxMint when I play Minecraft & I haven't been able to fix it yet, and I'm using non standard intel drivers, i.e: newer ones. I can't remember if I'm using Xorg-Edgers or some other ppa.
  • hingfingg - Thursday, February 16, 2012 - link

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