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agapito

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From: Who cares.

Registered: 2008-11-13

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GMABooster -----> for Intel Graphic Cards

http://www.gmabooster.com/home.htm

A short preamble is needed to explain what makes a GMABooster technology possible. Let's consider an Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (GMA 950). This integrated solution, while not fully supporting the latest and the most demanding games, still allows a user to enjoy the mass of brilliant gaming hits of all genres. GMA 950 does also fully support Aero and QuartzGL (enhanced GPU-driven user interfaces of Windows® Vista and Mac® OS X). It features a basic video playback acceleration, as well. However, if You have own a laptop/netbook/nettop computer built on Intel® 945GM/GME/GMS or GSE943/940GML/GU Express chipset, the above statements may not be truth for You. These all chipsets are LV (low voltage) versions of what we normally call Intel® 945. Thus, integrated graphics core has been underclocked dramatically: 166/133 MHz instead of 400 MHz (default GMA clock in a "normal" Intel® 945 chipset). But the truth is, the indicated devices could handle up to 400 MHz with ease: at a nominal low voltage, without the loss of system stability, and with minimal to none impact on thermal specifications/battery life (proven by preliminary testing). Here the GMABooster comes! It allows a user, not a manufacturer to choose the desired GMA speed. It combines a sophisticated assembler-level technology and the user-friendly graphic user interface, offering You to near double the GMA core perfomance without even a need to restart a computer. GMABooster may be considered as a safe, free, "software-level" GPU core upgrade!

Is this true? I tested on my 950 GMA and I can't see any improvement at 400 MHZ...

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/gma-950 … oster.html

Last edited by agapito (2009-10-02 21:13:46)

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knedlyk

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From: L'viv, Ukraine

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 163

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Re: GMABooster -----> for Intel Graphic Cards

How did you test it? I tried Google Earth  at 400 Mhz. Looks like it works smoothly, but I'm not sure. Just wondering how to measure improvement? Eyes?

salemboot

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Registered: 2009-10-02

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Re: GMABooster -----> for Intel Graphic Cards

This works in linux, but I didn't see much of an improvement.  Then again the drivers are in a state of flux.

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=67632

1LordAnubis

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Registered: 2008-10-10

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Re: GMABooster -----> for Intel Graphic Cards

I checked this out on my thinkpad with
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

No noticeable boost in some apps, but definitely a boost in others... I'm pretty sure my blender performance increased. And no noticeable temperature increase.

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zuargo

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From: Concepción, Chile

Registered: 2009-08-20

Posts: 116

Re: GMABooster -----> for Intel Graphic Cards

Maybe this is a stupid question but I need to do it

Is my intel video card a GMA?

$ lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0e)

Thanks

fijam

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Registered: 2009-02-03

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Re: GMABooster -----> for Intel Graphic Cards

Yeah, GMA 900. I tested GMABooster under Some-Other-OS-that-is-Proprietary and it works, although the difference in real workloads is far smaller than in synthetics.