Problem with Less Graphic Memory allocated

HI all, i have Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family on my ACER ASPIRE 9410-4317 laptop, having 160 GB HDD, and 1 GB RAM. the report on my Graphic card is

Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile Report


Report Date: 11/18/2009
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 18:11:59
Driver Version: 6.14.10.4926
Operating System: Windows XP* Professional, Service Pack 3 (5.1.2600)
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 9.0
Physical Memory: 1014 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory: 8 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory: 224 MB
Graphics Memory in Use: 11 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8
Processor Speed: 1596 MHZ
Vendor ID: 8086
Device ID: 27A2
Device Revision: 03


* Accelerator Information *

Accelerator in Use: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Video BIOS: 1264
Current Graphics Mode: 1440 by 900 True Color (60 Hz)

i want to know, can i extend Graphics Memory, as it is very less compared to total available memory, and i think because of that i cannot play most of the games. Please do tell me is this the reason of not running of games or i need some other additional graphic card or i can increase the Graphic Memory?

 

The drivers will take more memory when it needs to. When you are not playing games, 8MB is all that it will 'steal' as that is all it needs. But as soon as you fire up a game, it would easily 'steal' 128MB and more.

But there is more to performance than just the amount of memory on a video card. The graphics card you have is not a good performer at all, and is suitable only for older games or modern games specifically designed to be playable on that card.

The only real solution to improving the graphics power of your notebook is, unfortunately, to buy a new one with more capable hardware. There are external graphics cards that have been developed, but none of them are mature and have their own problems that it is not worth you spending $xxx for it. Put the money into a new notebook instead.

 

thanks for the info. can you also suggest me do i put a new graphic card on my current laptop? if yes, then which is the best.

 

99.9% you cant switch out GPU's in laptops. Your only choice here is to get a new lappy with a gaming GPU. Sorry bud.

 

actually the DIY ViDock would be a good solution as its relatively cheap and you run XP which it works well with

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=397667

 

eh still only has 1gb of ram and whats looks like a single core cpu. Just isnt a gaming PC.

 

You should either get more RAM or download this modded driver for Intel GMA graphix and also if this is a laptop, get a fan and overclock the graphix card, if it's desktop then u should just get another graphix card (a cheap one in tech direct ATI Radeon 4350 at 512MB DDR3 memory for $50 Canadian dollars) or if you cannot afford then just get more ram it will increase your shared video memory
If your cpu is dual core or quad, then your good to go but if it's single or solo, then that's kinda bad becuz of not enough power and 1.5ghz is not enough for single core
i gotta gma 950 too!

 

the link for the modded driver is: http://www.4shared.com/file/118373484/d2671d37/Windows_Vista_Modded_Driver_v12.html

 

what do you mean by overclocking card? is it safe? i mean the driver and overclocking thing...

 

You cannot overclock the Intel integrated GPU, you you can overclock the system memory. It would not help performance that much, if at all...and it could cause other instability problems.

To be fair...I'm sick of hearing about the ViDock. It works for some notebooks, but it is a low speed PCIe-x1 interface (GPUs are typically x16) and it is not always going to work. The idea is good, but it is not ready.