Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950/945GM vs Nvidia GeForce Go 6150

amachoman4u · 10th Aug 2007, 09:20 AM

I'm having a custom built and the only two options I have are either the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950-945GM or the Nvidia GeForce Go 6150. I'm currently running Windows XP, but am wondering which GPU will handle Windows Vista better in the future. Anyone that can give me some advice will be greatly appreciated.

Chai · 10th Aug 2007, 09:36 AM

Definitely 6150, it supports DX9. But what do you intend to do with it? Gaming? Or just general work?

amachoman4u · 10th Aug 2007, 10:10 AM

Mainly general use. I RARELY do any gaming. I will be doing only a little bit of Engineering work that has 3-D graphics (ProEngineer Wildfire 3.0), but it will be running from an external hard drive. Other than that I will be doing a good bit of video editing. But my main concern is the upgrade to Windows Vista. My sisters new comp has the 6150, but it still seems to run slower than it should.

Here are the hardware specs my computer will have:

-Intel Core Duo processor T2450 (2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
-2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
-120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
-Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 <---potentially

Thanks for your reply!

Chai · 10th Aug 2007, 10:21 AM

There won't be any issue for 950, unless you want to use the fancy Aero interface, which is cool, but quite useless.

amachoman4u · 10th Aug 2007, 10:26 AM

Thanks for your help. I'd like to use the Aero... mainly because that seems to be the only difference between XP and Vista, and it does seem pretty cool, but not if it comprimises my comps performance and stability. You were an awesome help!

10th Aug 2007, 09:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
amachoman4u Newbie Join Date: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950/945GM vs Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 I'm having a custom built and the only two options I have are either the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950-945GM or the Nvidia GeForce Go 6150. I'm currently running Windows XP, but am wondering which GPU will handle Windows Vista better in the future. Anyone that can give me some advice will be greatly appreciated.

10th Aug 2007, 09:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,124 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	Definitely 6150, it supports DX9. But what do you intend to do with it? Gaming? Or just general work? __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

10th Aug 2007, 10:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
amachoman4u Newbie Join Date: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Mainly general use. I RARELY do any gaming. I will be doing only a little bit of Engineering work that has 3-D graphics (ProEngineer Wildfire 3.0), but it will be running from an external hard drive. Other than that I will be doing a good bit of video editing. But my main concern is the upgrade to Windows Vista. My sisters new comp has the 6150, but it still seems to run slower than it should. Here are the hardware specs my computer will have: -Intel Core Duo processor T2450 (2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB) -2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) -120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive -Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 <---potentially Thanks for your reply! Last edited by amachoman4u : 10th Aug 2007 at 10:20 AM.

10th Aug 2007, 10:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,124 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	There won't be any issue for 950, unless you want to use the fancy Aero interface, which is cool, but quite useless. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

10th Aug 2007, 10:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
amachoman4u Newbie Join Date: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for your help. I'd like to use the Aero... mainly because that seems to be the only difference between XP and Vista, and it does seem pretty cool, but not if it comprimises my comps performance and stability. You were an awesome help!