-New- Intel® HD Graphics Driver posted for Sandybridge version 15.28.23.4101

[ROBERT_U_Intel]

This update addresses several previously found issues. Please see the Release Notes excerpt below for details. As always, feedback is appreciated.

The 15.28.23.4101 has been posted to Intel Download Center at the following direct links to the drivers:

32 bit http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24695 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24695

64 bit http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24696 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=24696

Supported on:

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3 processor

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ processor

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor

2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processor

Intel® Pentium® Processor 900/B900/G600/G800 Series

Intel® Celeron® Processor 700/800/B700/B800/G400/G500 Series

Key issues resolved with this driver:

GAMES

• Resolved Corruption seen when playing Borderlands 2 game

OTHER

• Resolved Corruption is seen when activating ground level view in Google Earth.

[KKrum]

The release notes are for driver 3517, not 4101.

Thank you for still supporting Sandy Bridge.

[ROBERT_U_Intel]

Thanks for the catch on the release notes, updating now.

Robert

[NNiko6]

Well, it looks like you didn't change anything important in the OpenGL driver with this release, besides the number and the date of the driver.

Regarding OpenGL bug fixes/ improvements

1) Cinebench R15 OpenGL test (a very popular benchmark) still crashes on SandyBridge. This issue has been reported over a year ago and has been fixed for Ivy and Haswell

2) MadShaders 0.3.0, an OpenGL application, still crashes on SandyBridge

3) The OpenGL extensions are still exactly the same like previous drivers.

It's an OpenGL 3.1 driver with 130 extensions.

and the last one

4) We are still waiting for a VC1_VLD2010 DXVA decoder device, like Ivybridge and Haswell, to accelerate in HW the VC-1 format

Waiting for the next year's release to resolve these issues!