Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900

The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (also known as GMA 900) is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on the Mobile Intel 915GM chipset for Intel processors. It does not support hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) calculations (which is required for some games).

It supports DirectX 9.0 with Shader Model 2.0 (Vertex Shader are calculated in Software - by the CPU) and OpenGL 1.4. Furthermore, the chip is able to accelerate the decoding of MPEG2 videos and supports Motion Compensation.

The GMA 900 can not be described as a graphics card that is sufficient for gamers. Still Intel published a list of games that will run (not needingly beautiful) on the notebook. Some old 3D games and especially 2D games should run without problems. The advantage of integrated graphics cards, is that they have a low power consumtion and therefore save battery life. Furthermore, the laptop may stay cooler and more silent than laptops with dedicated graphics cards. For office programs and surfing the performance is more than sufficient.

Currently there are no drivers that support Aero Glass for Windows Vista.

Manufacturer	Intel
GMA Series	Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD 10@640MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 10@533MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 10@400MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 8@500MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 4/0@250MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 4/0@400MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 4@400MHz Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 4@200MHz
Codename	GMA 900
Pipelines	4 / 0 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed *	400 MHz
Shader Speed *	400 MHz
Memory Speed *	0 MHz
Memory Bus Width	0 Bit
Memory Type	mit Hauptspeicher geteilt (shared)
Shared Memory	no shared Memory
DirectX	DirectX 9c, Shader 2.0
technology	130 nm
Features	No Hardware Transform and Lightning Support (T&L), MPEG2 acceleration, Motion Compensation
Notebook Size	small and light
Date of Announcement	01.03.2005
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/g...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

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min: 1726 avg: 3330 (5%) max: 4264 Points

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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

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min: 289 avg: 736 (1%) max: 900 Points

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

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min: 200 avg: 234 (1%) max: 279 Points

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -43%

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -43%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 10%

Chrome9 HC 18%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 26%

Mirage 3+ 672MX 34%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 322%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 423%

Radeon HD 3200 893%

Radeon HD 4225 911%

Radeon HD 6250 1020%

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GeForce GTX 570 13691%

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3DMark 06

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min: 54 avg: 57 (0%) max: 60 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit

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min: 149 avg: 149 (1%) max: 149 Points

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Eee PC 701 4G (RM miniBook)	630 MHz	512 MB		shared Memory	1726
					4000
Osiris S607	740	512 MB			4264

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900

Benchmarks

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