Is there a way to switch shared video memory to dedicated video memory?
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CPU: AMD Sempron™ 3100+ Processor
(1.8GHz, , )
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (SP2)
Chipset: VIA K8M800 chipset
Memory: 1GB DDR (1 × 1GB) 400MHz (PC3200)
Expandable to 2GB
Hard Drive: 100GB HDD (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drive: 48x CD-RW/DVD 18x DVD-RW
Combo Drive Media Reader: 8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO, Compact Flash, Multimedia Card, USB 2.0)
Video: S3 UniChrome™ Pro Integrated Graphics
64MB DDR shared video memory
AGP slot available for upgrade
Sound: AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-Channel)
Network: 10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
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MSI K8MM-V (MS-7142-010) Socket 754 MicroATX Motherboard, Dual DDR400, AGP8X, SATA RAID, VGA & LAN, 6ch Audio.

"AGP slot available for upgrade"

If you are doing this to aid gaming on that Emchine, get a real graphics card - there are many good cards still in the AGP format to choose from.

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With integrated graphics shared memory IS dedicated to the video.

The answer is no, unless you see it in the documentation somewhere.

I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

I have been looking at grapics cards, but I don't know if I feel like messing around (since the system runs perfectly.) I really only have the problem with this integrated grapics card on a couple games. Thank you very much for the help and if I do get a new grapics card could anyone recomened me one for under $100 that supports OpenGL, Pixel Shader, and directx 9.0c. I'd also like one that has at least 128mb of video memory.

"Is there a way to switch shared video memory to dedicated video memory?"

The only way to do that with a mboard with onboard video is to install a graphics card in a slot - e.g. in the AGP slot in this case - in which case the onboard video is usually auto disabled and settings in the bios to do with shared ram are ignored by the bios and the mboard, and all the ram is used by Windows.
Some bioses require you to select onboard video or a card in a slot, but there is no other setting to disable the onboard video.

Sharing ram with the onboard video greatly reduces the ram's max bandwidth - using a video card instead enables the bandwidth to achieve it's maximum because the ram is no longer shared, and because of that your computer can run better. Sysoft Sandra has a ram bandwidth test that can show you that.

A proper graphics card gives stunning 3d game graphics compared to integrated, share memory graphics.
Even a relatively low cost 64mb card will give much much better performance than 64mb shared memory graphics.
And if you pay even more , the increase in enjoyment of 3d games can be even more stunning.
Anyone who plays 3d games should not stick with shared memory graphics.It just isn't any good.

eMachines are notorious for having weak power supplies & higher performance AGP cards require a direct PSU plug-in to supplement their power needs. I suggest you play it safe & go for something like this Radeon 9600XT for about $60 (shipped):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...

Thanks! I now am really puting this new grapics card into deep thought about buying one.

I was looking at this card. Is it any Good?

http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byo...

I was also looking at this one. Is this one any good?

http://www.microcenter.com/byos/byo...

Also, how good do composite video outputs work on these cards? How about S-Video?

Either of those is better than your onboard video by far, but you could spend more and get better.
The technology of the first one is about three years old now; the second one is newer.

To get a true comparison you should go to the web sites of the manufacturer of the cards and find the mhz at which the video chipset runs at, compare the vertical refresh rates at the higher resolutions (higher is better), at least as high as you are prepared to go with the size of monitor you are using, and possibly the maximum frame rates (fps, more is better, 30fps minumum).

"Also, how good do composite video outputs work on these cards? How about S-Video?"

On any video card, S-Video looks a tiny bit better than composite video, but it isn't all that noticable.

Thanks! I will probably wait though until I can get one that supports DX10.