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Need help configuring Intel GMA 900

post #1 of 9
8/9/06 at 9:22pm
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Hi.

I was trying to play Call of Duty (the first one), and it kept crashing. So I went into my 3D settings for the GMA. Can someone tell me what options to set so I'd get optimum performance? Thanks.

Attribute Value

Asynchronous Flip | Off/On
Triple Buffering | Default/Off/On
Flipping Policy | Flip/Blit
Depth Buffer Bit Depth | Default/16 bit/24 bit
Force S3TC Texture Compression | Off/On
Force FXT1 Texture Compression | Off/On
Driver Memory Footprint | Normal/Low/High
Texture Color Depth | Desktop Color Depth/16 bits per Texel/32 bits per Texel
Anisotropic Filtering | App Control/Off/On
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post #2 of 9
8/10/06 at 5:31am
http://www.tweakguides.com/COD2_1.html would be a good start
with integrated gpu, a good/fast hard drive, more ram, clean up xp from un.needed processes would be more than enough to offer a pleasant game experience

cheers ...
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post #3 of 9
8/10/06 at 10:21am
900 and 950 GMA's not for gaming...
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post #4 of 9
8/10/06 at 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by usapatriot
900 and 950 GMA's not for gaming...

People keep saying that yet WoW and Rise of Nations run great on my GMA950. I agree that the latest games won't run but people seem to believe that no game will run. Integrated graphics has come quite a long way in the last few years.
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post #5 of 9
8/10/06 at 1:21pm
Did you deliberetly get the 900 because you though it would play games? Its not a damn gaming card, get something like an X1300, 7300 and up, damn, spend the extra $50.
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post #6 of 9
8/10/06 at 2:46pm
Not everyone has an option to do that. When I purchased my machine I didn't have any option other than GMA.
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post #7 of 9
8/10/06 at 6:11pm
I've played CoD 1 on my D620 which has GMA and it ran fine. You shouldn't have a problem with it. Try closing all other open programs and processes.
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post #8 of 9
8/10/06 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by usapatriot
Did you deliberetly get the 900 because you though it would play games? Its not a damn gaming card, get something like an X1300, 7300 and up, damn, spend the extra $50.

Not all of us can afford a dedicated solution so integrated is the way to go. And, as been said already, integrated has come a long way. The GMA 900 is plenty capable in older games. Dedicated is only needed to run a "cool" looking Windows Vista, or to play newer games.
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post #9 of 9
8/11/06 at 6:20pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, I only found tweakguides for ATI and NVIDIA cards; nothing for my integrated GMA.

Oh, and I bought my notebook for its low price. It can run CS 1.6 and Guild Wars on highest settings. I can even manage with Battlefront II, though it takes a long time to load.
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