I have problem with my graphic card or driver on window 7 home premiu

bleachfan14 · 21 Dec 2011

I use to have window xp i installed window 7 home premium and my graphic became big and some colors look ugly. i check to see what graphic i was using now and its "standard VGA Graphics Adapter"

so what can i download to fix his problem i try to use AMD, NVIDIA, and some Graphic drivers from Intel but nothing seems to work they all say beside the NVIDIA "this system didn't meet the requirement" and NVIDIA says (This graphics driver cloud not find compatible graphics hardware) idk what that means but i need your help guys.

i will list whats inside this graphic card/driver

The adapter type is: standard VGA Graphics Adapter

Chip Type is: Intel(r)845G/845GL/845GE/845GV Graphics chip

Dac Type: 8 Bit
Adapter String: VGA

Bios Information: Hardware Version 0.0

Total Available Graphics Memory: 832 KB

Dedicated Video Memory: n/a
System Video Memory: n/a
Shared System Memory: n/a

The Computer is a Dell Desktop

Prof Kerfuffle · 21 Dec 2011

Try using this if its an Intel chipset.

Intel® Driver Update Utility for graphics drivers

It should find the correct driver if its an Intel chipset.

"This graphics driver cloud not find compatible graphics hardware" That means you don't have a graphics card made by Nvida. You have something different, the drivers have to be exactly right.

Your missing drivers is resulting in poor resolution which is why it looks chunky.

cyclic · 21 Dec 2011

I just checked Intels spec for that range of chips, bad news is it clearly states
NoteWindows 7* is not supported

stormy13 · 21 Dec 2011

Not sure why you would try a Nvidia or AMD driver for an Intel GPU. Anyway as mentioned above there is not now and never will be a Windows 7 driver for that old Intel graphics,

Graphics — Older Intel® graphics controllers and Microsoft Windows 7* operating system

The best you're going to get is to use the last XP driver for it,

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...adType=Drivers

It will probably take installing it using compatibility mode,

Compatibility Mode

You will not get Aero as that GPU is just too old and doesn't have the necessary hardware built into it, but you should at least be able to set the proper resolutions and things look better.

sygnus21 · 21 Dec 2011

OK I'm confused? What's this.....

I have problem with my graphic card or driver on window 7 home premiu-capture.jpg

This download is valid for the product(s) listed below.

Intel® 845 Chipset Family

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sear...Chipset+Family

stormy13 · 21 Dec 2011

Miss this line on the page that takes you to,

Windows 7* drivers are not available for the following older Intel® graphics controllers:

sygnus21 · 21 Dec 2011

stormy13 said:

Miss this line on the page that takes you to,

Windows 7* drivers are not available for the following older Intel® graphics controllers:

Actually I did click the link which is why I posted this....

sygnus21 said:

This download is valid for the product(s) listed below.

Intel® 845 Chipset Family

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sear...Chipset+Family

I guess I'm misreading his posted info.....

bleachfan14 said:

The adapter type is: standard VGA Graphics Adapter

Chip Type is: Intel(r)845G/845GL/845GE/845GV Graphics chip

I know what a chipset is but it's being dubbed a graphics chip.

stormy13 · 21 Dec 2011

For the older Intel chipsets/graphics, it was almost interchangeable as the graphics was included in most of them. As far as I know that covers anything from Intel with a "G" in the chipset model number.

sygnus21 · 21 Dec 2011

So will those drivers work?

I've never had or dealt with an intergrated graphics system.

stormy13 · 21 Dec 2011

From what I seen, the XP drivers work no problem for those that have used them.