The following table shows all integrated graphics units of Intel chipsets with support for PCI Express:
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Graphics core
GMA 900
GMA 950
GMA 3000
GMA 3100
GMA X3000
GMA X3100
GMA X3500
Chipset
910GL, 915G, 915GL, 915GV
915GM
945GU
945GM
945G, 945GZ
946GZ
Q963
Q965
G31, Q33, Q35
G33
G965
GM965, GL960
G35
Clock speed (MHz)
333 MHz
200 MHz
133 MHz
250 MHz
400 MHz
667 MHz/400 MHz
667 MHz
667 MHz
400 MHz
400 MHz
667 MHz
667 MHz
667 MHz
Vertex shader model
2.5
3.0
4.0
Pixel shader model
2.0
3.0
4.0
Pixel Pipelines
4
N/A
Unified shader processors
N/A
8
10
Hardware vertex shaders
No
Yes
Peak memory bandwidth (GB/s)
8.5 GB/s
10.7 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Row 7 - Cell 4
17.1 GB/s with DDR3 (12.8 GB/s with DDR2)
12.8 GB/s
Row 7 - Cell 7
Max video memory (MB)
128 MB
192 MB/256 MB
256 MB
384 MB
OpenGL support
1.4
1.5
2
DirectX API support
9
10 [13]
MPEG-2 Hardware Acceleration
motion compensation
VLD + iDCT + MC
VC-1 Hardware Acceleration
No
MC (for WMV9 only)
MC + In loop filter
Table Source: Wikipedia
Since the G33 chipset is DirectX9.0c compliant, it is perfectly capable of running Windows Vista's pimped and accelerated Aeroglass 3D desktop.
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