Intel X3100 users rejoice! It's finally here! New Pre-Beta Drivers

A new driver is up 15.12.2.1637 dated from... 1/21 ???

Would it be an IE problem (as only today I saw this new driver) or they released this driver late???

Nevertheless it is mostly to fix some x4xxx problems. No windows 7 driver yet

 

the driver was posted a while ago under the desktop section and they probably put it up in the mobile section only today.

 

The difference is: We now have a changlog for v15.2.2 ( click)

 

Hi there... I was just watching some videos and reviews and one of them showed one Dell Inspirion 1525 with x3100 and 448MB of video memory...

How they did that? Maybe there's a chance of expansion of ours from 358 to 448MB? I know that will not make much difference at all but... more don't hurts...

 

version of 15.2.2 in the mobile section is corrupted. it cannot be extracted. refer to 7oby's earlier post for a link to the new driver in the desktop section.

 

why do you all care about intel pre beta drivers so much?

are the current drivers so bad that you will sacrifice stability for performance?

 

look at the date the opening post was made. the "pre-beta" thread title was never changed. if you read the newer posts, nobody talks about those old drivers anymore.

that being said, gaming performance on the x3100 is still abysmal but these latest drivers have been the best ones yet.

 

Anyone having any luck running the new Quake Live beta with their X3100?

Especially full screen with the newest Intel drivers?

 

only tested for a while in a browser window, it's very very smooth but the game has very small maps... need to test it more. ciao

 

FYI Photoshop cs4 users - http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4056
(while you are at it Adobe released an update for Photoshop itself that is worth getting http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=4292&fileID=4003 )

download this
double click AllowOldGPUS_ON.reg in the zip and let it import to registry.
In Photoshop go to Edit -> Preferences -> Performance click Enable OpenGL Drawing.
Restart Photoshop and go back to that menu and you will see your x3100 detected if you have drivers with OpenGL 2.0 suport (v15.1 or later for vista I think) and realtime image rotation etc will now be enabled.

 

I followed the directions and the OpenGL box is still greyed out. I am using the latest drivers

 

Thankx! I´ll look into it!

EDIT: One friend with CS4 + X3100 like ours tried Yakumo links and X3100 is supported by CS4 allowing OpenGL acceleration but, and this is the *bad* part, when you do something that makes CS4 use the OpenGL 2.0 acceleration CS4 crashes!

Conclusion: forget about X3100 acceleration on CS4.

 

Whoa, great thread. So I've got some questions. Is any "best" drivers for x3100? I using Vista 32. And what any tweaks? Is any good tweak for better fps and smoother gaming? Thx for reply and sorry for my very bad english

 

Cool, let me know if full screen mode is playable for you. And the OS and drivers you are using. Thanks.

 

Hi there I have a problem with game Command and conquer Zero hour the game doesn't start and just freezes and in the task manager it says that game is not responding.Maybe someone has a solution to this.

 

I have no problem with this game, can u run the original one? May be that's not the x3100 problem, u should check the other hardware and software also.

 

No generals don't work too don't know what could be the problem.

 

Well.. that's weird, because Generals work for me without problem too

 

Pls help me!

I have Celeron 550 @2Ghz; 1,5Gb DDR2 RAM and X3100 with the latest driver (15.12.2.1637) on Vista Business 32bit.

I have very bad scores and gaming performance!

Vista experience: Aero: 2.0 Gaming: 3.0
3DMark 2001SE: 1800!!!! everybody gets 3500-5000 points :O

In NFS UG2 with lowest settings on 800x600 i get 20-30 fps. It's horrible.

 

Have u try to reinstall? install the directX8 inside?

that seem to be too low cos I got 3.2(gaming lowest) with Celeron 540. may be u should try to upgrade more ram and switch to Windows XP. Gaming on X3100 is much better on XP.
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For me is gaming with x3100 better on Vista..

 

The IGP and memory clocks are crippled on low-FSB CPUs. Core 2's not only give you faster CPU, but the IGP and memory will run at full speed.

 

I know Celeron is crippled CPU but even me with a Celeron 540 (worse than moltam's) got a 3.5 in Aero in Vista, and 3dMark 01 got 1800 is waay too low, there's definitely smth wrong with his system.

 

if the warranty expires i'll get a better cpu. thanks for help.

 

1) try to find your motherboard´s PPL and search for the SETFSB program to overclock your CPU/BUS. It freezes before doing any damage

2) use dual DIMMs (2x 1Gb, 2x 2Gb, etc)

3) do a fresh OS install. If you have the option, choose Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 (better)

 

Just wanted to know, how good are the drivers that released back in late Jan?

 

Hi I'm Akash and I'm new here. I use a Toshiba L300 Intel Core2Duo T8500 2.4GHZ 2GBRAM X3100.

I just want to know if there is any way to increase FPS in games like POP4, mirrors edge, and stranglehold.
Any overclocking idea or any software, patches, etc..

And which OS shud I play in? Vista or XP Sp3.

 

From what I've heard, the x3100 has no hope in playing those games at reasonable framerate.

 

Mirror's Edge has playable framerates, but POP4 and Stranglehold lag. Isn't there any overclocking software for X3100. Or any texture,shaders patches for POP4 and stranglehold.

 

Just one question. In the Intel control panel, what are the best settings for game speeds? Memory footprint and that stuff?

 

Just put memory footprint in high!

 

akash, I have spent hours searching through internet and found out that u have asked this question on most of the blogs that I've searched through also . Seems like there's still no tool to OC the x3100 and no mod to reduce the graphic requirements for POP08 now but I think there will be in the future.
I'm gonna try Dead Space soon on x3100 based on this guide

 

Ya I know I hav asked it everywhere but no answer

And abt dead space:
Install the latest Mobile Intel® 4 Series drivers frm here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2991&lang=eng
Start game
Go to Options > Visuals.
Resolution 1024x768 or LOWER.
Turn Vsync off. Then go to Advanced Render Settings.
Bloom, Glow, Depth Of Field, AA, Blur, Post Processing, Flares, Motion Blur, Decals
Set it individually. Set everything OFF.
Press Accept.

 

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2991&lang=eng

coo 15.13.0.64.1659 drivers

edit : ah, no .inf info for 965gm etc...



15.12.4.64.1666 (date: 3/5/2009) are new from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2800&lang=eng however.

 

I've gone through the first chapter of Dead SPace, but there's something wrong with my sound like repeating or lagging, any ideas how to fix it?

 

Mobile 4 Series drivers are better than 965G drivers. Try them. And only Vista drivers are updated, not XP drivers.

So can u tell me which OS shud I use? My laptop config is Intel C2D 2.4Ghz 2GB RAM 965G X3100.

 

I didnt hav any lag like that. I tried it in Windows 7.

 

really mobile 4 series drivers work with x3100??? no trace of gm965 into the inf file... ciao

 

I'm curious too. downloaded both versions of the new drivers. I'll test the 4 series drivers too

 

yes please, I am at work, I can't test it.

 

Hi,

I have a Dell XPS M1330 and i'm trying to install the latest driver from Intel's site but isn't working.

In the middle of installation the screens go black and that's it.

Sorry about my english and if my question has already been asked before.

 

I've tried it again on Win 7, the sound issue has been fixed... And a new problem arise, mouse lag... [sigh]

 

Which sound issue of win7??
How did u fix it? and what is this mouse lag?

 

i tried installing the Mobile 4 drivers on vista...it says does not meet the requirements.

 

14.37.x and 15.12.x are the last drivers for GM965/GL960 chipsets. You'll have to wait for the refresh for those drivers like 15.12.2 etc.

 

The sound problem like repeating and lagging in XP, when I tried dead space in Win7, there's no more sound problem.
But in Win7, the mouse take 0.3 to 0.7 secs to response to my movement while in XP it works perfectly.

 

man..this is da longest thread about driver..wowww

 

Ok thankx! And can u plz tell me which OS to use for gaming. I'm presently dual booting with XP Sp3 and windows 7. So which one of them shud I keep for gaming!

 

Does it means that Intel is not developing drivers with new features for the X3100? If so, this are very bad news.

 

Install at least BIOS version A12. I'm running A15on the Dell XPS M1330. Otherwise you will run into memory corruption problems with the more recent intel drivers ( click).

Download the latest intel driver for the GM965 chipset. For Vista 32-Bit this is v15.12.4. Open installation_readme.txt and perform Step 1. - 11. of section MANUAL "HAVE-DISK" INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS exactly. Don't short cut. Perform the steps.

Unlikely.