display memory

[BirdDog]

Please look at this.  Do I have 1 gig of vid memory?  If so then why does the game never use
more than 160 meg? My frame rate stays around 20 - 30. 
Display Devices
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        Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
     Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
        Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_02331028&REV_07
   Display Memory: 1024.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: igxprd32.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4964 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 6/27/2008 15:46:54, 57344 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: igxpmp32.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 6/27/2008 15:46:48, 6023072 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6902-11CF-FC60-3922A6C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x8086
        Device ID: 0x2A42
        SubSys ID: 0x02331028
      Revision ID: 0x0007
      Revision ID: 0x0007
      Video Accel:
 Deinterlace Caps: n/a
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: All tests were successful.
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[BirdDog]

Also if I were to upgrade my vid driver.  Where would i get the update? 

[ColTomb]

This is a link to the Intel 4 series chipset family. you can get your driver updates here.

It has a section on how to improve gaming, and on memory usage. I checked it out and

learned a few things myself..  http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgm45/

[ColTomb]

And so I don't get the blame for messing up your computer, go to the manufaturer's web sight

for your computer first, and see what updates they have. Be sure to read and most importanly,

understand the documentaion/desriciption for the drivers. Copy the info off the ID tag, serial #, model #,

revision # ect. this will ensure you get the correct drivers for your your computer.

Also, this isn't the correct board to post this in.. would hardly call this a bug. It'll be moved in the morning..

Oh wait !!  It is morning..  Hope all this helps

[Skuzzy]

Intel video chips do not have any dedicated video RAM.  They use system RAM.  If your computer has 2GB of RAM, then (in your case), 1GB of that system RAM is used for video leaving 1GB of RAM for everything else.

Even if you could fill the "video RAM", the video chip does not have the processing power to handle it.

Intel video chips are strictly a marketing tool.  They are cheap solutions which help manufacturers make money.