If you want to upgrade the graphics card in a notebook computer, you should contact the manufacturer to find out if it’s at all possible, and what your options are. It has to be a desktop system because notebook computers are much more difficult to upgrade, and in some cases it simply can’t be done. Upgrading a graphics card is easy enough, provided you have no fear of opening up your desktop system.

You also have to have a good reason to upgrade the graphics, and not just because you think it will make your system run better. A new graphics card can also make your system compatible with newer displays, provided you can make everything work.īut to avoid disappointment you have to approach the upgrade process with logic and common sense. A new graphics card can help speed up older systems tremendously, under the right circumstances. In other words, those using the G43 will have to rely on either the CPU or the graphics card (should it support hardware acceleration of HD decoding) to decode VC1 and AVC video content.So, you’re planning on upgrading your computer’s graphics card. What the G43 lacks are hardware acceleration for the decoding of VC1 and AVC HD video streams and support for more than 2 DIMMs. In fact, you can think of the G43 as a slightly crippled version of the G45. Both have integrated Intel graphics circuitry that support DirectX 10 and qualify for the Windows Vista Premium logo program. Intel has kindly provided the following two tables to differentiate the lower-cost G43 from the G45.īoth the G45 and G43 chipsets are very similar. What's the difference between the two? Let's take a look. In other words, the G43 was a quickly rustled-up model to provide Vista Premium logo certification at a lower cost. Here's the latest Intel desktop chipset roadmap showing the G45 and G43 chipsets.Īs you can see, the G43 is a new TTM (time-to-market) SKU for cost-effective Vista Premium logo certification. The exact date is still up in the air, but we heard that it would be sometime in April 2008. We have proof that Intel will be releasing the two chipsets in Q2, 2008. Well, there's no need to wonder any longer. Rumours have been going around about the new Intel G45 Express (Eaglelake-G) and G43 Express desktop chipsets that come with integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator.

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