Approximately if all done successfully you will get a 20 % boost to your video gaming performance . First let me tell you that the Intel on-board VGA packs quite a punch But what it lacks is the proper drivers to harness its true energy. This is quite pity for a VGA chip brand which covers almost 60 % of the VGA market. So let me take you through the steps OK.
** Install Windows 7 if your PC can support – What it does is that ( My personal Observation ) it enables AGP texture acceleration if it was not available in your PC previously. This is because of the new drivers . I experienced this on my Laptop where in windows XP this feature was not enabled thus i was not able to play Call of Duty 2 even. But with windows 7 this option is enabled & i can even play COD 4.
** Install Latest Drivers for Intel VGA’s – Even if you have the latest OS up & running without the latest drivers you will not get the optimum performance with out proper up to date drivers. So get the & install those ( Its a good idea to have all your drivers updated – Windows 7 will do this automatically if Windows update is enabled – But it is good to install drivers from the specific vendor OK )
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Default.aspx –> Download your drivers from here & there is a handy tool available in the site too (Intel Driver Update Utility).
** Now lets tweak a bit OK . So when you start up the computer go to BIOS & Find out where is the option to select DVMT – Dynamic Video Memory Technology & set it to the maximum possible (DVMT will dynamically allocate video memory from RAM depending on the application running )
http://www-dr.cps.intel.com/Assets/PDF/whitepaper/307508.pdf — > Read More on DVMT ok its an interesting technology.
Go to the Intel Graphic Properties( from the Task Bar Icon– > then go to 3D settings which will open the OPEN GL settings –> Then scroll down to find Driver Memory Footprint & Make It High.
Confused How to open it .. Read this article from Intel http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-022130.htm OK
**Finally Let us do some over clocking – ( Hope all know the risks of over clocking Ha )
To do that there is a nice application called GMA booster. It will increase the clock rate of your intel VGA thus resulting in 20 % increase in your VGA performance
You can download it from here ok http://www.gmabooster.com/download.htm
Unfortunately at present it only support Intel GMA 900 & 950 only
Features of it — >
- The boost in game “X” is about 25%, while in pure GPU tests (like 3DMark® ’05/’06 Pixel Shader or Texturing tests) I see a whopping perfomance increase, just as expected (I mean, as might be predicted with calculator) – up to 2.4x
- No hardware over clocking only software ( You have to run GMA booster every time you start the computer OK )
In Next Article
How to tune your On-board Nvidia VGA
— > PS — If you are interested & I see any comments here I will post a list of games suitable for these Intel VGA’s & download links which i tested out personally ( If I see comments Only Ok )
Original Link-
http://techlegend.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/how-to-improve-your-on-board-vgas-part-one-intel/
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