Intel Graphics Media Accelerator

Shwompy · Jan 8, 2005, 11:41 AM

I have that Graphics card in my computer it is still stock... Im playing on buying a new one soon, but till then.. where can i find drivers and shit for this. because i think they need to be updated.

Judas · Jan 8, 2005, 12:14 PM

Find an exact model name then check intels website..

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/

go there and on the right side, there is the ability to auto detect your hardware.

Matth · Jan 8, 2005, 12:55 PM

The "Graphics Media Accelerator", sounds like the 915 chipset (PCI Express)
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ProductID=1764

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915g/ More info on the chipset

It's a DirectX9 solution, but not a great one, Intel apparently inherited the "tile based rendering" of the Kyro/Kyro2 by licencing from STMicro, and lacks any hardware T&L or vertex shader - so other than the essintial Pixel shader 2.0 for DX9, it ain't much of an accelerator.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2143

From the final page of that review...

Quote:

Unfortunately, Intel's latest graphics solution can't keep up with the cheapest PCI Express graphics solution that we could find. The X300 SE isn't a speed demon, but its speed can usually be measured in multiples of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 performance.

The market for integrated graphics is focused much more on business and low cost computing. People who are interested in gaming should stay very far away from the Intel solutions. While some games are actually playable, and performance is head and shoulders above that of Intel Extreme Graphics 2, performance is too abysmal for us to recommend the GMA900 for anything beyond 2D computing and extremely rudimentary 3D.

The first law of onboard graphics remains unchanged - they are NOT a performance solution, and are typically not much use for anything beyond "business graphics".

If you think you need a driver update to make it go faster or look better, you probably really need to bypass the onboard graphics altogether!

Shwompy · Jan 8, 2005, 05:44 PM

Yea, it know its not a good thing, but the computer was a good preoce, im thinking about buying a new card, and some more memory then i will be set for games.

Matth · Jan 9, 2005, 10:24 AM

A friend got a system with it, and my first thought was "UGH! Intel onboard graphics".

My second reaction, on finding it was a DirectX9/PS2.0 capable solution, was "Interesting, have onboard graphics made the grade?"

But on seeing the rest of the article, the lack of hardware T&L, and the results, it looks like it may be aimed at the upcoming DX9 eyecandy of Longhorn.

When you've updated, see if it can run http://www.theprodukkt.com/kkrieger.html - it couldn't with the original drivers on their machine, but I'm not sure if that was another problem, as it just errored immediately.

I can't run it, as I'm lumbering along with a Geforce 4 MX440 agp8x (NV18)

Shwompy · Jan 9, 2005, 06:27 PM

Im having a problem getting it to run, i cant for some reason get it to work, it has some kind of error.

sober1503 · Jan 11, 2005, 02:26 PM

look i know this is off the subject matter but i am in desperate need of help i am looking for the audio and video drivers for an emachine 733i that i put win98 on...and i can't find this shit anywhere!!!!

Judas · Jan 11, 2005, 08:23 PM

sober, i've sure alot of people will be able to help, post a new thread in the Motherboard/Misc forum. and be thorough SPECS wise.

Matth · Jan 12, 2005, 12:30 PM

http://www.e4allinc.info/dir1/mother..._downloads.htm
Until another thread appears, the 733i appears to be equipped with a Trigem Cognac motherboard, Intel chipset etc. - going to the Intel site for drivers may be better.

CoolBlade · Feb 18, 2006, 04:16 AM

Anyone Know if there is a graphics tweaker for the onboard graphics on a laptop? I know they back it down a bit. I am wondering if the 915 is an xpress chip? anytake on this?