G45 is Intel's new and much faster chipset and we've learned that this one will finally get a DirectX 10 driver. Again, we are about to laugh.

Well, let's be serious for a moment,as Intel has reported that DirectX 10 games are running on its current beta DirectX 10 driver and that World in Conflict is currently the best performing game on Eaglelake (G45) desktop and Cantiga GM45 mobile chipsets.

Performance enhancements are the second most important thing with this driver, as Intel chases the Vista premium logo and this is its top priority. It is still not clear if Intel can make it, but there is a "High Confidence of Vista Premium Logo with DX10,“ which clearly indicates that Intel doesn’t know if it can make it.

It passes about 94 percent of WHQL, but it need to pass it all. It will be incredibly interesting to see the G45 in action and compare it to some real IGP chipsets with Nvidia and ATI graphics inside.