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Topic on Glossary talk:Graphics card

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''Thankfully'' Intel graphics is still so slow and buggy that compilations are a must. <br />Putting aside the famous '''[https://www.facebook.com/notes/intellimodder-32-gaming-drivers-for-intel/phdgd-driver-downloads-21217/1367085706644906/ intellimodder]''' ([https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2019/11/intel-modded-phdgd-driver.html old] [https://www.reddit.com/r/lowspecgamer/comments/7c84f4/phdgd_drivers/ mirrors]), you have:
 
''Thankfully'' Intel graphics is still so slow and buggy that compilations are a must. <br />Putting aside the famous '''[https://www.facebook.com/notes/intellimodder-32-gaming-drivers-for-intel/phdgd-driver-downloads-21217/1367085706644906/ intellimodder]''' ([https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2019/11/intel-modded-phdgd-driver.html old] [https://www.reddit.com/r/lowspecgamer/comments/7c84f4/phdgd_drivers/ mirrors]), you have:
 
* <SM4.0 GMA: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/71161501714/permalink/10156865926406715/ Trixarian's Chell]
 
* <SM4.0 GMA: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/71161501714/permalink/10156865926406715/ Trixarian's Chell]
* D3D10 GMA: [https://www.tenforums.com/graphic-cards/152678-custom-driver-intel-gma-4500-m-mhd-extreme-plus-2-nighmayor.html Extreme Plus 2] or [http://worldintelmoddriver.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-new-11th-version-of-incredible.html IncrediblE] or [https://teknogods.com/?p=966&author=10 Royal BNA]
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* D3D10 GMA: [https://teknogods.com/?p=966&author=10 Royal BNA] or [http://worldintelmoddriver.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-new-11th-version-of-incredible.html IncrediblE] or [https://www.tenforums.com/graphic-cards/152678-custom-driver-intel-gma-4500-m-mhd-extreme-plus-2-nighmayor.html Extreme Plus 2]
 
* Embedded GMA: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130328164802/http://9xxssf.info/topic/1017-intel-embedded-graphics-driver-1040-release/ 9xx Soldiers Sans Frontier]
 
* Embedded GMA: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130328164802/http://9xxssf.info/topic/1017-intel-embedded-graphics-driver-1040-release/ 9xx Soldiers Sans Frontier]
 
* PowerVR GMA: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160510230128/www.intellimodder32.com/modded-drivers/gma-3600-windows-10-compatibility-fix/ W10 fix]
 
* PowerVR GMA: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160510230128/www.intellimodder32.com/modded-drivers/gma-3600-windows-10-compatibility-fix/ W10 fix]
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* <7th-gen (aka 3rd-gen HD graphics) on W10: <strike>[https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues/119#issuecomment-262090230 fixed OGL] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319024837/http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=1120 updated sw OCL]</strike> [https://github.com/pal1000/save-legacy-intel-graphics here]
 
* <7th-gen (aka 3rd-gen HD graphics) on W10: <strike>[https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues/119#issuecomment-262090230 fixed OGL] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319024837/http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=1120 updated sw OCL]</strike> [https://github.com/pal1000/save-legacy-intel-graphics here]
  
For anything from Ivy Bridge and above instead (dx11 igps), really, don't bother. Some slight overclocking or setting windows to high performance energy profile is the most optimization you can reasonably get.
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For anything from Ivy Bridge and above instead (dx11 igps), really, don't bother. Some slight [https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3hjonw/psa_you_can_overclock_intel_hd_graphics_for/ overclocking] or setting windows to high performance energy profile is the most optimization you can reasonably get.
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<small>EDIT: in fact, I just tested my X4500 (with HL2 and ME1) and that already had identical performance between all the 4 modded drivers and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608190242/http://downloadmirror.intel.com/22166/a08/Win7Vista_64_151719.zip original]. Or at least in the low framerate situations I had, in W7. I guess laptops (or W10, though there is the question of why even using that when you are low-end-gaming hard) may be a different story then, given they usually are very similar to the desktop counterpart, except they have been "down binned"</small>