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Integrated Intel Chipset Overview

Integrated Intel Chipset Overview

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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