So I just built up a low cost system for the kids for Internet/media/homework and I had a copy of Vista Ultimate x64 laying around and I used that for the OS (to save money, mainly). It's an Ivy Bridge Celeron with a B75 board. Much to my surprise, the Intel HD graphics driver provided by the motherboard CD won't start and I get buggy screen flashes and sound drops all the time.
So I go straight to Intel's site and they have XP, 7, and 8 drivers, but no Vista. Several discussion threads on intel communities seems to indicate Intel specifically decided not to provide Vista support. This is insane since they have XP drivers which is 11 years old at this point.
So I guess the question is, can you think of any way to get these drivers working? I've tried 5 different versions of Windows 7 driver from MSI and Intel, and that installs but won't start and causes instability. The XP driver won't install.
And if there is no solution do I buy Windows 7/8 or I was thinking I'd just find a cheaper video card with low power usage. There were some GT440's on sale for like $35 and those should work pretty well (compared to the Intel HD graphics)
This is pretty frustrating, because everything else went very smoothly and Intel has Vista drivers for the chipset, etc. Kinda wishing I'd gone AMD APU now as adding a seperate video card or an OS upgrade is going to make Intel a lot more expensive for me.
Main Hardware:
Intel G1620
2x2GB Kingston 1333 HyperX
MSI B75MA-p45
INtel 330 60GB
350W power supply
Cheap Coolermaster case
So I go straight to Intel's site and they have XP, 7, and 8 drivers, but no Vista. Several discussion threads on intel communities seems to indicate Intel specifically decided not to provide Vista support. This is insane since they have XP drivers which is 11 years old at this point.
So I guess the question is, can you think of any way to get these drivers working? I've tried 5 different versions of Windows 7 driver from MSI and Intel, and that installs but won't start and causes instability. The XP driver won't install.
And if there is no solution do I buy Windows 7/8 or I was thinking I'd just find a cheaper video card with low power usage. There were some GT440's on sale for like $35 and those should work pretty well (compared to the Intel HD graphics)
This is pretty frustrating, because everything else went very smoothly and Intel has Vista drivers for the chipset, etc. Kinda wishing I'd gone AMD APU now as adding a seperate video card or an OS upgrade is going to make Intel a lot more expensive for me.
Main Hardware:
Intel G1620
2x2GB Kingston 1333 HyperX
MSI B75MA-p45
INtel 330 60GB
350W power supply
Cheap Coolermaster case
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