Intel® HD Graphics Driver for the Intel® Pentium® G6950 Processor, Intel® Core™ i3 Processors, Intel® Core™ i5 Processors, Intel® Core™ i3 Mobile Processors, Intel® Core™ i5 Mobile Processors, and Intel Core™ i7 Mobile Processors

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for the Intel® B43, G41, G43, G45, Q43, Q45 Express Chipsets and the Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Production Version 15.16.5.64.2021

Release Notes

December 18, 2009

Microsoft Windows Vista* - 64 Bit

Microsoft Windows* 7 – 64 Bit

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Intel® HD Graphics Driver and Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver

The Intel® HD Graphics Driver / Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver contains support for the following Intel® Processors/Chipsets:

· Intel® Pentium® G6950 Processor

· Intel® Core™ i3 Processor

· Intel® Core™ i3 Mobile Processor

· Intel® Core™ i5 Processor

· Intel® Core™ i5 Mobile Processor

· Intel® Core™ i7 Mobile Processor

· Intel® B43 Express Chipset

· Intel® G41 Express Chipset

· Intel® G43 Express Chipset

· Intel® G45 Express Chipset

· Intel® Q43 Express Chipset

· Intel® Q45 Express Chipset

· Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset

· Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset

· Mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset

New Features

Features Added in Baseline 15.16
Reference No. | Description | Affected Graphics
| Driver user interface version 3.0 | Affected GraphicsMobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family Intel® HD Graphics
| Protected Playback (Dual HDCP) | Intel® HD Graphics (except with the Intel® Pentium® G6950 Processor)
| Deep Color | Intel® HD Graphics
| Motion Blur Mitigation | Intel® HD Graphics
| xvYCC | Intel® HD Graphics
| Transcode Acceleration | Intel® HD Graphics

Known Issues

Known Issues in Build 2021
Reference No. | Description | Affected Components | Affected Operating Systems | Affected Graphics
3289670 | Crysis* game: Some display corruption seen while playing game. | Direct3D* State | Windows Vista* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family Intel® HD Graphics (desktop)
3291105 | Random choppy playback may be seen with the HD HQV Benchmark Blu-ray* DVD movie. | DVD | Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in Build 2021
Reference No. | Description | Affected Component(s) | Affected Operating Systems | Affected Graphics
3039366 | Built-in display shows slight horizontal stripes when logging on or restarting the laptop. | CUI | Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
3176821 | AquaMark 3*: Object shadows blink. | Direct3D* | Windows Vista* 64-bit Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
3177211 | Incorrect color setting on secondary monitor after upgrading driver. | CUI | Windows 7* 64-bit | Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
3290873 | Sporadic STOP Errors 0x7E & 0x8E. | Resource Manager | Windows Vista* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
3038977 | No display after changing attached display and warm docking the laptop. | Soft BIOS | Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
3175105 | OpenGL* sample (Simplecap) shows black screen without the 3D image after resizing the window. | OpenGL* | Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
3177039 | In multiple display mode, garbage seen on monitor connected via a DisplayPort to VGA adapter. | Soft BIOS | Windows Vista* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
3290169 | STOP Error 0x50 when clicking on ‘Display Setting’ while in Intel® Dual Display Clone mode. | Soft BIOS | Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
3037782 | Unable to play Blu-Ray* disc movies with 1920x1200 resolution on some widescreen panels. | DVD | Windows 7* 64-bit | Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
3290780 | Fails to interleave GDI and Direct2D* interoping draw calls. | Direct3D* | Windows 7* 64-bit | Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
3175101 | Mouse cursor corruption. | GDI | Windows 7* 64-bit | Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family
3290075 | STOP Error 0x3B when connected via DisplayPort. | Soft BIOS | Windows 7* 64-bit | Intel® 4 Series Chipset Family