Intel HD Graphics WHQL Driver 15.28.12.64.2932 for Windows 8 64-bit

This software driver package will install the WHQL graphics driver for the Intel HD Graphics 3000/2000 & Intel HD Graphics 4000/2500 for Windows 8 Release Preview. Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview operating system, 32-bit and 64-bit versions. This driver has been tested with Windows 8 Release Preview OS Build 8400.

Supported Hardware:

• 3rd Generation Intel Core Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 and 2500
• 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 and 2000
• Intel Pentium Processor 900 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Pentium Processor B900 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Pentium Processor G600 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Pentium Processor G800 Series Intel HD Graphics
• 1st Generation Intel Core Processor Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Pentium Processor G6000 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Pentium Mobile Processor U5000 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Pentium Mobile Processor P6000 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Celeron Mobile Processor U3000 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Celeron Mobile Processor P4000 Series Intel HD Graphics
• Intel Core 2 Duo Processors Intel GMA 4500 Series

Highlights:

• Full WDDM 1.2 including support for:
  • Optimized, flicker-free screen rotation
  • Native stere3D
  • Integrated DirectX 11 based video playback that enables simultaneous 3D and videcontent
  • Improved performance optimizations for system and user-interface responsiveness
  • Reliability and fault-tolerance features
• DirectX 11
• OpenCL
• OpenGL
• 3 independent digital display support with 3rd Generation Intel Core™ processors
• DisplayPort 1.1 support up 2560x1600@60Hz
• HDMI support with 3D, Deep Color, x.v.Color
  • Intel Built-in Visuals with:Intel Quick Sync Video
  • Intel HD Graphics
  • InTru™ 3D
  • Intel Clear VideoHD Technology
  • Intel Insider

Note: Intel Wireless Display is not supported in this driver.

Fixed Issues:

The following issues were fixed since the previous version of the graphics driver (version 15.28.0.2770 and 15.28.64.2770)

• Video Playback
  • Windows Media Player application: The video brightness does not increase/decrease while another video is playing in another application.
  • Playing certain YouTube video clips in Full Screen or Large player mode does not cause Microsoft Internet Explorer tstop working anymore.
  • Media Center now correctly shows the video on the second monitor when the display is set to clone mode.
  • Video Playback from Windows8 Metro interface now correctly resumes when system comes out of sleep state.
  • Eliminated a video corruption that appeared in some playback cases with Windows Media Player.
  • Eliminated flicker that occurred when playing certain interlaced content.
  • Video Playback in Metro does not crash for certain online videos anymore.
• Games
• Note: This is Win8 Release Preview Operating System and performance with this driver may vary from other similar platforms with Windows 7 OS. Certain games are fixed in later versions of Win8 OS that may not be available to end users yet. Final production version of Windows 8 may have different performance.
• Fixed the following minor artifacts seen in the games:
  • Crysis Warhead game: A water-like haze is longer seen among buildings.
  • Crysis game: The water surface is longer displayed overhead when not underwater.
  • Bulletstorm game does not exhibit minor corruption anymore when anti-aliasing is enabled.
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic version 1.2: Particle Effects are now rendered when Bloom is enabled and Shader Complexity Anti-Aliasing are set High.
  • Counter-Strike: Nmore corruption observed in the main menu when MSAA is turned on.
  • Total War: Shogun 2: Corruption in Benchmark mode now fixed.
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Cloaking effect now works properly.
  • Fixed the crashes in the following games:
  • Hard Reset does not crash after start.
  • Lost Planet 2 does not crash during start time and report “Lost Planet has stopped working” anymore.

Other

• Display Configuration shown in Windows now matches with that shown in the Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel
• Multiple minor bugs in control panel were fixed.

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