Windows 10: Three new measures for Graphics driver evaluations for WDDM

Brink · May 27, 2020

Display drivers have long been measured using ecosystem versions that measure crashes and hangs in games for the driver version being flighted (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...phics-measures)

The Windows graphics team has developed three new measures, two that look at crashes and hangs in different applications on the devices receiving the driver through the current submission, and one that looks at driver rollbacks.

The first one, https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/graphics-user-mode-crashes-edge-chromi... (and the ecosystem version https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/graphics-user-mode-crashes-edge-chromi...) look at how often Microsoft Edge Chromium crashes due to the graphics driver.

The second one, https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/graphics-user-mode-crashes-collaborati... (and the ecosystem version https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/graphics-user-mode-crashes-collaborati...looks at number of crashes in Display Drivers that happen in the context of the Communication and Collaboration Applications.

The last one, https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/myriad-drivers-rolled-back-standard (and the ecosystem version at https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/myriad-drivers-rolled-back-ecosystem), looks at whether a driver is rolled back or succeeded by another driver install (not initiated by WU) within 2 days of the installation. Such actions signal that user is having problems with a driver severe enough that they need to use a different driver.

These measures are currently being evaluated and will be used to make accept/reject decisions starting June 29, 2020.

If your display driver fails one of these measures, please work with your IHV to get a fix for the crash in question.
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...s/ba-p/1421805

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Amit_Sun · May 27, 2020

WDDM Driver Modules

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) version depends on the architecture of the display card that is designed by the hardware manufacturer, to update the WDDM version you will have to update the display driver from your display driver
manufacturer, if you don’t use a graphics card, installing a new graphics card that supports latest version of WDDM will work.

Additional information: Introduction
to the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and also check the
WDDM 2.1 Features.

Regards,

Amit Sunar

Microsoft Community – Moderator

ujjwalkumar15 · May 27, 2020

graphic WDDM

i m using intel 945 express chipset family (GMA 950), WDDM 1.0 Version. on window 7.RAM 2GB, HDD-500GB.Can i upgrade WDDM 2.0 as i want to upgrade window 10. Intel corporation has no driver to support Window 10 given graphic card.

thnx

ujjwal

Brink · May 27, 2020

New Microsoft driver evaluation policy beginning June 15

Beginning June 15, the following new policy (Evaluating drivers by targeting cohorts) will go into effect. Information regarding this policy can be found on MS Docs.

Evaluating by Targeting Cohort

A driver can be developed to support multiple systems and devices. It is not always sufficient or accurate to evaluate a driver’s quality aggregating its measure results across all of its targeting devices (See definition of targeting cohorts below). To ensure there is not a low performing targeting cohort, we analyze the cohorts to find any that fail to meet the measure requirements. All driver measures will be used to evaluate driver quality by targeting cohorts, as they are enabled to support evaluation by targeting cohorts. Refer to each measure definition page for the new measure attribute, cohort-capable. If a measure is marked as cohort-capable, the measure is enabled to support evaluation by targeting cohorts.

Targeting Cohorts/Clusters Definition

A targeting cohort/cluster is defined as a set of Windows systems and devices that a shipping label specifies and shares the same targeting attributes, including HWID, CHID, and OS version.

Cohort Evaluation Pass/Fail Criteria

If one or more driver measures fail to meet its passing criteria, the targeting cohort does not pass (it’s fails). A driver can be rejected if one or more failures is detected on one or more targeting cohorts. The minimum instances for cohorts will be added to the measure definition page upon enablement.
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...y/ba-p/1389785

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