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hey,
I have an IntelR 82845G onboard video card .. i know it sucks. I have the latest driver and everything. My question is this. The video card is a 64mb, but the graphics controller says its set at 8mb and that it is actually using 5 mb. How do i change this? I tried going into Bios and all the settings that has is 512kb 1 mb and 8 mb, makes no sense. The Bios is pheonix award winning Bios or something like that.

I have asked my friends and they just tease me about needing a new graphics card, which is true, but I dont have the money and if i can get this to run at 64mb then i will be fine for a while.

I am playing CS on my comp and getting anywhere from 4 fps to 28 fps, which is horrible. i have tried everything. i have even given more virtual memory to the video card from my hd. I dont know what to do any help?

Also, how do i find out what my rendering is? Someone said check the settings on that.

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As described, the Intel 82845G is an integrated GPU and the BIOS values (512KB / 1MB / 8MB) are the small fixed framebuffer the board reserves at boot. That does not mean the GPU only ever gets 8MB — the 845G shares system RAM for textures and will dynamically grab more memory when needed. Windows, DxDiag and some game engines often report only the reserved “dedicated” portion, which is why the driver shows 8MB (and a low “used” number) even though the chipset can use additional system RAM.

Practical checks:

  • Run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (Start → Run → dxdiag) and view the Display tab for driver name, driver date and the device memory fields. Save the info to a text file to examine the exact values.
  • In Device Manager check the display adapter driver and version; do a clean uninstall and reinstall of the Intel display driver if it looks corrupted.
  • In BIOS set the framebuffer to the highest option available (8MB in this case) — that’s correct. Don’t expect a BIOS switch to magically convert shared RAM into dedicated VRAM.

Performance and crash tips:

  • Lower in-game resolution and texture/detail settings (800x600 or lower, minimal textures/shadows). Close background programs and disable unnecessary services. Increasing system RAM helps integrated GPUs more than fiddling with the pagefile; the pagefile cannot substitute for real VRAM.
  • For Guild Wars crashes, check Windows Event Viewer and any minidump files, test RAM with memtest86, and try a different Intel driver build (newer or an older stable one). Monitor temperatures and avoid flashing BIOS unless comfortable — it carries risk.

Long-term: a low-cost discrete card (matching the motherboard slot type) will outclass the 845G for gaming. Typical diagnostic details that help further analysis are OS, total system RAM, CPU model, motherboard (or BIOS) and the Intel driver version.

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okay now i have a new problem on top of that now when i play Guild wars it crashes every now and then and does a system dump... i really need help with my graphics cards. thanks

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If you are a gamer, you should not be thinking that integrated graphics can do the job.

How much system ram do you have? How fast and what kind is your processor?

Integrated graphics si not a graphics card at all. It is a chipset that steals regular system ram away from your computer (i hope you have enough to cope with this loss) and it steals processor power to do 100% of the graphics processing. A regular graphics card has its own processor and its own ram so it does not chore your processor or system ram as much.

Your integrated graphics can handle "up to 64 mb ram" if you have enough system ram to give up to it. If you have only 256 or 512 mb ram your probably running short on ram. If your going to be wanting to play games, you wont be able to change the size of the ram allocated towards graphics like you are saying, so you should buy some more ram and a new mid range graphics card if you want smooth game play.

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