Solved Intel 82865g

[robert94]

I recently installed windows 8 customer preview. It all went fine, but the graphics are really ugly.
It installed the basic driver, and i can't install the win7 driver.
Please help, really want to use windows 8.

my specs are :
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
1 GB RAM 1333Hz
Intel 82865g chipset with 96 MB VRAM

Thanks!

 

[robert94]

should also mention that in windows 7 ultimate i have 1280x1024 resolotion, with 32-bit color, meanwhile in windows 8 i have only 1024x768, with 16 bit color...

 

[Mark Phelps]

Sorry, as with the Developer Preview, you can't install the video driver that worked in Win7. I have a 915GM chipset and have the same problems. Win8 CP does provide an aero-like look, but since MS apparently disabled XPDM support with Win8, there is literally NO WAY you can get the older Intel drivers working again. I know, I tried everything in Win8 DP and nothing worked.

 

[robert94]

In this thread http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-...-effects-working-old-intel-graphics-card.html, nibble monkey says he can use it with the same chipset, intel 82865g. And by the way, there must be a solution, i mean, for windows 7 the requirements for aero on 1280x1024 are just 64 MB VRAM. I wonder why they dont bring at least a better resolution and 32 bit color in the basic driver.

 

[Mark Phelps]

The "requirements" for Win8 also include a WDDM driver -- which is NOT available for Intel chipsets prior to the 945. Period. The Aero-like effects are the same I get with a 915 chipset -- and if you or they, check the display driver info in Device Manager, you will see that it does NOT say anything about Intel. Windows 8 REQUIRES WDDM drivers; the older chipsets had only XPDM drivers. So, the Win7 drivers will NOT work in Win8. I know, I've already tried them.