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"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. How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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.