Vista drivers for intel 845G chipset

[Goi]

Hi,

I have an older P4 system with an 845G chipset with integrated graphics, and I've installed Vista on it, only to find that the intel website doesn't seem to have any Vista drivers for the 845G chipset. I've tried googling for drivers but haven't had any luck. Are there any drivers out there at all that will allow me to do more than 640x480, 16 colors on Vista? This is just a very basic machine so I just need to have very basic support(2D graphics, USB2.0, etc). No aero needed or 3D or anything like that.

Possible?

 

[RebateMonger]

640x480 Mode for Vista Fixed by Grabbing Latest Intel 845 Drivers - Charles the MCP

....and a possible problem with doing the above....

 

[Goi]

I read the 2nd link during a google search, but the 1st link isn't loading...

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Goi
I read the 2nd link during a google search, but the 1st link isn't loading...

That first link is slow, but it still works for me.

Try:
http://charlesmcp.blog.com, and go to the article from May 10, 2007.

 

[Goi]

Thanks. Now it loads. So basically I just download the XP drivers for the 845G, and run it in XP compatibility mode?

 

[RebateMonger]

I hate to say it, but I'd probably just buy a $35 NVidia 5200 video card and use that. Although it's not the world's fastest chipset, it'd do what you need and has certified Vista drivers.

 

[Goi]

Well, that's what I'd do if it were my own PC. Actually, I'd probably just stick with XP. But anyway, this is 1 of my office development PCs and it's hard to get money to buy new toys.

 

[RebateMonger]

Tell your office you've already spent more than $35 just researching this problem and you have no guarantee of success.

 

[ajwr]

This whole situation is horrifying to me....I have experienced this first hand, as I purchased Vista Home Basic for my old PC just to try it out, only to find there are no 845G video drivers for Vista. What hapens to all these business PCs that surely have 845G, the most popular as far as adoption goes, video chip when MS decides it's time for everyone to go to Vista. Horrifying.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: ajwr
What hapens to all these business PCs that surely have 845G, the most popular as far as adoption goes, video chip when MS decides it's time for everyone to go to Vista. Horrifying.

MS is supporting XP for years in the future. And very few companies will be doing OS upgrades to Vista on existing PCs. Right now, 845 motherboards are on the edge of being too old to justify significant investment for a business. That chipset was released six years ago.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: ajwr
What hapens to all these business PCs that surely have 845G, the most popular as far as adoption goes, video chip when MS decides it's time for everyone to go to Vista. Horrifying.

MS is supporting XP for years in the future. And very few companies will be doing OS upgrades to Vista on existing PCs. Right now, 845 motherboards are on the edge of being too old to justify significant investment for a business. That chipset was released six years ago.

True, but there are plenty of P4 2.4-3.2Ghz Dells and such out there with the easy ability to run 1-2gb of ram. That should be plenty for Vista Business.

It's somewhat inexcusable to miss having workable drivers for such a common chipset. I know the i845g video performance is pathetic in 3d, but should be fine in non-aero 2d mode.

Blame Intel first. But Microsoft could have easily put support for the 845g. Similar to how the 810 video chipset was fairly old when XP launched, but XP had drivers for it.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: ajwr
What hapens to all these business PCs that surely have 845G, the most popular as far as adoption goes, video chip when MS decides it's time for everyone to go to Vista. Horrifying.

MS is supporting XP for years in the future. And very few companies will be doing OS upgrades to Vista on existing PCs. Right now, 845 motherboards are on the edge of being too old to justify significant investment for a business. That chipset was released six years ago.

True, but there are plenty of P4 2.4-3.2Ghz Dells and such out there with the easy ability to run 1-2gb of ram. That should be plenty for Vista Business.

It's somewhat inexcusable to miss having workable drivers for such a common chipset. I know the i845g video performance is pathetic in 3d, but should be fine in non-aero 2d mode.

Blame Intel first. But Microsoft could have easily put support for the 845g. Similar to how the 810 video chipset was fairly old when XP launched, but XP had drivers for it.

I would point the finger at Intel for drivers,you have Nvidia/ATI etc that are on the ball for Vista drivers and Intel is a huge company that should know how to release driver updates for their products.
It's like lets leave it all for Microsoft to do,they can only do so much.

 

[Goi]

Just tried the XP drivers on compatibility mode. It works! Running at 1280x960 now