[SOLVED] Anybody using Intel HD 4600 successfully?

[taisingera]

I have posted about this before in that when I use the onboard HD 4600 graphics on Asus H87M-E and i3 4330 at stock using stock fan, I keep getting driver crashes in web browsers, playing videos or opening Quake 3 (yes, that is the only game I have on hand to test, not a gamer) no matter which drivers I use. Drivers and windows are fully updated. I am using newest bios, have done Memtest and passed, tried running graphics with one stick of ram, tried resetting CMOS, tried reinstalling windows 7x64 and have run Prime95 for 1 hour without a crash. Using Furmark, I strangely don't get a driver crash, and have shut off all power savings in windows and bios, but I do have EIST still enabled. I have a AMD HD5450 to fill in for now, and using 300W power supply I get no driver crashes.

So, is anyone using the HD 4600 without driver crashes? If so, which motherboard, which CPU, and how big is your PSU?

 

[Sohaltang]

I ran it for a few weeks with no problem on the below build. Even overclocked the ipgu ( no noticeable difference). Was able to play world of tanks with most settings at about 40 FPS @1080. Pretty impressive

 

[SlickR12345]

Drivers don't really update properly if you don't uninstall old ones.

I suggest you enter safe mode, uninstall graphic drivers, then download the latest one in normal mode and install them fresh.

You may need to update your DX as well.

 

[orian]

I have been using it and it's working well. I put together a new rig and am waiting for the new AMD cards before I buy and it's able to run quite a few games around 30FPS at minimum details at 1920x1080. Not too bad really considering what it is.

 

[FalseChristian]

Only non-gamers use the integrated GPU. They have awful performance unless all you play is GLQuake.

 

[Smartazz]

Only non-gamers use the integrated GPU. They have awful performance unless all you play is GLQuake.

Balla has a thread talking about playing BF4 using integrated graphics. Surprisingly it's very playable. Granted, I'd still much rather have a dedicated GPU.

 

[chimaxi83]

I ran it for a few weeks with no problem on the below build. Even overclocked the ipgu ( no noticeable difference). Was able to play world of tanks with most settings at about 40 FPS @1080. Pretty impressive

I did this same exact thing with my 3770K at 4.5GHz and the i-GPU slightly overclocked, don't remember the frequency though.

 

[taisingera]

Is there any way to run the intel gpu at full clock speed but allow the cpu cores to throttle back? I know without installing the graphics driver, it is possible, but how about with the driver? Do I disable EIST or some other settings?

 

[Peter Nixeus]

Have you tried updating your motherboard's BIOs? In the past, Intel had some issues with their Intel HD 4000 (Intel GPU) and took them almost six months to release a fix that had to be implimented in the mobo maker's BIOs update.

 

[taisingera]

I am running the latest bios, but it seems Asus didn't release a bios update for this mobo in September while all the other B85, H81 and most other H87 ones did.

 

[cyclohexane]

Really need some software to allow for both the integrated GPU to run alongside a discrete card. You've already paid for the silicon, might as well use it. Tough to do, however.

 

[Sohaltang]

Really need some software to allow for both the integrated GPU to run alongside a discrete card. You've already paid for the silicon, might as well use it. Tough to do, however.

I thought lucid virtu already did this. I disabled it becasue everyone said I should but my valley and heaven scores dropped.

 

[taisingera]

OK, I am more convinced that this is a software/driver/bios issue than hardware. I let Furmark run at 1680x1050 for 20 minutes, while I ran a couple of Aida64 benchmarks like AES,FPU Julia and Mandel. Sure the cpu package temp got to 95C but there was no display driver crash or any other crash. I also browsed in FF a bit and tried playing a online video on TWiT. Sure the video didn't refresh very well because the gpu was being used at 100% but the driver didn't crash. Also played a local 1080p video and there was no crash. BUT, as soon as I stopped Furmark, and played the same TWiT video, almost immediately the display driver crashed and it takes online videos to black.

I hope Intel or Asus works this out, but I don't think it is hardware related anymore.

 

[taisingera]

I might have solved the issue. I noticed that running Furmark when clocks and voltage on the gpu core is higher and had no crash, so I figure let me adjust the integrated video voltage. First I put it to 0.835 using CPU Graphics Voltage Override set to Manual, which it seems to hit when the driver crashed, but in HWInfo, it was reading at 0.755 V and I still got the driver crash. So I upped it to 0.900 V, and it is reading a steady 0.820 V in HWInfo, but that seems to have made it more stable so I don't get the crash. I have successfully opened Quake and played some without a crash, and web browsed and played local and online video without a driver crash.

It looks like this Asus motherboard when set to Auto does not provide enough voltage to the onboard graphics in cpu.

 

[st_7]

I might have solved the issue. I noticed that running Furmark when clocks and voltage on the gpu core is higher and had no crash, so I figure let me adjust the integrated video voltage. First I put it to 0.835 using CPU Graphics Voltage Override set to Manual, which it seems to hit when the driver crashed, but in HWInfo, it was reading at 0.755 V and I still got the driver crash. So I upped it to 0.900 V, and it is reading a steady 0.820 V in HWInfo, but that seems to have made it more stable so I don't get the crash. I have successfully opened Quake and played some without a crash, and web browsed and played local and online video without a driver crash.

It looks like this Asus motherboard when set to Auto does not provide enough voltage to the onboard graphics in cpu.

Great :thumbsup:, did you contact Asus on this?, let them know the issue so that they can look into it. Many others might be experiencing the same issue.

 

[Brahmzy]

I might have solved the issue. I noticed that running Furmark when clocks and voltage on the gpu core is higher and had no crash, so I figure let me adjust the integrated video voltage. First I put it to 0.835 using CPU Graphics Voltage Override set to Manual, which it seems to hit when the driver crashed, but in HWInfo, it was reading at 0.755 V and I still got the driver crash. So I upped it to 0.900 V, and it is reading a steady 0.820 V in HWInfo, but that seems to have made it more stable so I don't get the crash. I have successfully opened Quake and played some without a crash, and web browsed and played local and online video without a driver crash.

It looks like this Asus motherboard when set to Auto does not provide enough voltage to the onboard graphics in cpu.

That's great work. I'm building my folks a cheap i5 Haswell box and want to ditch the GPU and try out the HD4600. This will help. I've heard of nothing but issues with the iGPUs.

 

[taisingera]

I have sent another message to Asus about my findings. So far so good, if after a week I see no crashes in the drivers, then I would say it is a success.

 

[masster]

I have registered just for this problem with 4600 chipset on a Gigabyte B85-HD3 motherboard.
After many tests my conclusions are as follows:
- stepping up the voltage (VAXG) to 1.000 Volts definitely helps BUT doesn't cure the problem emtirely (still crashes, blocks with stutter sound and difficult to restart even pushing the reset button)
- Furmark should be run FULLSCREEN for relevant results, otherwise the test is passed
- Intel 4600 Chipset can't handle for long local fullscreen video play, fulscreen online video play or fullscreen games

My advice: get rid of your motherboard and stay away from motherboards with Intel graphic chipsets.

 

[Techhog]

I have registered just for this problem with 4600 chipset on a Gigabyte B85-HD3 motherboard.
After many tests my conclusions are as follows:
- stepping up the voltage (VAXG) to 1.000 Volts definitely helps BUT doesn't cure the problem emtirely (still crashes, blocks with stutter sound and difficult to restart even pushing the reset button)
- Furmark should be run FULLSCREEN for relevant results, otherwise the test is passed
- Intel 4600 Chipset can't handle for long local fullscreen video play, fulscreen online video play or fullscreen games

My advice: get rid of your motherboard and stay away from motherboards with Intel graphic chipsets.

This thread is almost 2 years old. Is it that hard to check post dates?

By the way, the IGP is on the CPU, not the motherboard.

 

[Red Hawk]

I have registered just for this problem with 4600 chipset on a Gigabyte B85-HD3 motherboard.
After many tests my conclusions are as follows:
- stepping up the voltage (VAXG) to 1.000 Volts definitely helps BUT doesn't cure the problem emtirely (still crashes, blocks with stutter sound and difficult to restart even pushing the reset button)
- Furmark should be run FULLSCREEN for relevant results, otherwise the test is passed
- Intel 4600 Chipset can't handle for long local fullscreen video play, fulscreen online video play or fullscreen games

My advice: get rid of your motherboard and stay away from motherboards with Intel graphic chipsets.

Intel chipsets haven't had graphics since 2010, man.

 

[Zodiark1593]

Definitely considering firing up my HD 4600. I want the quicksync and my display refreshes painfully slow when I have CUDA rolling.

 

[masster]

This thread is almost 2 years old. Is it that hard to check post dates?

So sue me. Or cry me a river.
Can't you go on with your life because of this? Jeez...

 

[LTC8K6]

This thread is almost 2 years old. Is it that hard to check post dates?
So sue me. Or cry me a river.
Can't you go on with your life because of this?

Okay, I got rid of my mobo, but I still have the HD4600 graphics chipset.
It just won't go away!