Q. I just built a little mini-computer HTPC with a i945GTm-VHL motherboard from AOpen. When I go into device mananger under video/display adapters all I see is “mobile 945 express chipset family” but what I want to know is what version of Intel video GMA do I have?
A. Your motherboard has Intel GMA 950 integrated video. You can find more details about your motherboard here:
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It’s a GMA 950 on Windows 7 it’s a 256mb shared memory IGP but on xp it’s 128mb per display. It’s not an Actual Graphics card it’s a non-dedicated Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP).
Thank you for the additional information. Have a great weekend!