Ok, I have an Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller. 64 mb ram. 52mb AGP. It says it is integrated... I am using a SiSoftware Sandra program to look at this.

First off, I would like to know if there are anywayz to make this better while I still have it? If not, when I buy a new one, is there anything specific I need to buy? And will I have to buy a new mother board also?


Please, If anyone would research this and tell me, I would appreciate it MUCH!

anything intergrated cannot be made better, besides replacing it

please only one topic

Intergrated means its built into the motherboard ,so to make it better you would need to buy a new video card ,either a PCI or AGP depends on if your board has a AGP slot or not ,you would have to disable the unboard and instllal the new card .

Well, i have the same video integrated system, only that it is on a laptop, so I cannot change it.
But in the graphics controller program I found that the card uses from 8 to 64 Mb of memory and it also shows what amount it uses when I check. So i spent some time trying to get higher than 20 Mb values for this (games) and it just cannot seem to be able to go higher, and the games i am playing don't go smooth.
For example I can only play Nfs underground 2 in 800x600 and low graphic settings, and my card uses 22 Mb of the Ram from its 256Mb, and with a P4 2,3Ghz.
I don't know if it is normal or not so that's why i am asking u guys , maybe some kind of tweak utility which forces the video card to be fully operational, but I couldn't find it yet.
Thanks in advance, hope to hear from u soon.

I forgot to mention that neither BIOS can help me

integrated graphics needs more system ram! A minimum of 512! If you are stuck with a laptop with integrated graphics you shouldnt be expecting to play games like NFS 2 either, no offense, they are just not made to do that. The reason it most likely doenst use 64 megs ram is because you do not have enough available for your system as it shares it from the 256. I have a laptop too with intel extreme graphics, with 640 megs ram, games play smooth, but not games like NFS2. If you want to do this i suggest getting a new machine as integrated graphics is for cheap, buisness/word processing/internet computers. All this in my opinion too...

The intergrated intel extremes SUCK, just get a new graphics card! I have it and then bought a 9600xt, the change was GREAT! To disable the onboard graphics goto the device manager and disaable there, the turn off your comp, insert new GFX card and boot up and install drivers, my card was only£40 and the change was huge!

I have a Dell Dimension 3000 running a P4 2.8, 512mb of ram, and an Intel integrated 82865G. It uses 64mb, but since it is integrated, I was wondering if there is a way to use system ram as graphics memory.


Thanks in advance!

as a matter affact it already is using system ram for graphics! Intel integrated graphics means it uses up to 64 mb of system ram to run dedicated for graphics purposes...graphics cards have their own seperate ram that runs much faster than system ram, as well as their own processor dedicated for graphics...On a tangent, you, however, can not increase this amount of ram dedicated to graphics when using integrated graphics either.