Intel gma 950 gaming
It makes us bit sad when we end up with a message saying that performance in the VGA is not enough for playing that certain game. Ok Now most of us do not have external High End VGA’s isn’t it ? But every now & again we would love to play a game or two.
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 166 MHz 0.This is relevant to Intel GMA 900, GMA 950, GMA 3000, GMA 3100, GMA X3000, GMA X3100, GMA X3500, GMA X4500, GMA 500, HD Graphics (GMA HD) ok. Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 250 / 400 MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 0.1 GB Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 400 MHz 0 GB Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 166 / 400 MHz 0.1 GB Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 166 MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 400 MHz 0.1 GB Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 400 MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 166 MHz 0.1 GB No Hardware Transform & Lightning (T&L), Hardware Motion Compensation, Hardware MPEG2 accelerationĮnhanced Intel Clear Video Technology, HD Video Decoder (VC/VC2/MPEG2), HDMI mit HDCP Support, Display Refresh Rate Switching Technology, Render Standby Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 This way a Blu-Ray playback should also be possible with a low end CPU. The GM45 is able to decode HD-videos in the formats AVC, VC-2, and MPEG-2 to help the CPU. Still, the performance is just on par with the entry level dedicated graphics cards and therefore not suited for demanding games.Ī new feature of the GMA chip, are the integrated HD video-decoding functions. Therefore, the chip is noticable faster than the older one (especially in 3DMark06). Compared to the predecessor GMA X3100, the GMA 4500MHD has two more shaders and a 33 MHz higher core clock speed. The chip has no dedicated graphics memory, but takes dynamically an amount from the main memory (up to 384 MB).Ĭompared to the GMA 4500MHD, the 4700MHD features a higher core clock (plus 107 MHz) and is therefore a bit faster. The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4700MHD (sometimes also called GMA X4700 HD or other combinations) is a DirectX 10 capable onboard graphics adapter in the GM47 chipset of the Centrino 2 platform (Montevina). Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD ► remove from comparison
#Intel gma 950 gaming drivers#
The newest drivers support Windows Vista with Aero Glass effects and according to some of our readers it should run fluently. For office programs and surfing the performance is more than sufficient. Furthermore, the laptop may stay cooler and more silent than laptops with dedicated graphics cards. The advantage of integrated graphics cards, is that they have a low power consumtion and therefore save battery life.
Some old 3D games and especially 2D games should run without problems. Still Intel published a list of games that will run (not needingly beautiful) on the notebook (list is for the GMA 900). The GMA 950 can not be described as a graphics card that is sufficient for gamers. Using the GMABooster tool, slower variants can be clocked to 400 MHz to increase the 3D performance (use at your own risk, not supported by Intel!).
#Intel gma 950 gaming software#
It supports DirectX 9.0 with Shader Model 3.0 (Vertex Shader are calculated in Software - by the CPU) and OpenGL 1.4. Compared to the GMA 900 it now supports Shader Model 3.0 (instead of 2.0) and can decode 2 HD Streams simultaneously. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and does not support hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) calculations (which is required for some games). The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (also known as Intel GMA 950) is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on the Mobile Intel 945Gx chipset for Intel processors. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 ► remove from comparison