Intel Graphics: Making the Most of Your Visual Experience
Get stunning visual results from your mobile or desktop PC with Intel Graphics, including the full Windows Vista* experience¹, beautiful video playback, and excellent mainstream gaming performance.
Intel Graphics are built right onto your PC's motherboard, so you get excellent speed and functionality at low cost, compared to typical add-in graphics cards.
You want rich, vibrant color. You want smooth, crisp images. You want to play high-definition content at full resolution. You want cool realism when you play games on Windows Vista.
Thanks to Intel Graphics, that's not a problem. Whether you're shopping for a new notebook, a desktop PC, or a motherboard for a build-it-yourself system, make sure your PC integrates Intel Graphics.
Invigorate your video
High-definition video has revolutionized entertainment, and you shouldn't have to settle for playback that looks less than stunning. Intel® Clear Video Technology, a suite of video enhancements built into Intel Graphics available on select chipsets², means you don't have to.
Intel Clear Video Technology brings you enhanced video playback, sharper images, precise color control, and advanced support for the latest HD displays. This outstanding video experience is available without an add-in video card.
The image on the left is improperly de-interlaced, causing colors to shift. The image on the right, with Intel Clear Video Technology, is sharp and clear.
Energize your gaming sessions
Make the leap into compelling game realism and life-like effects, enabling a cost-effective PC solution with built-in Intel Graphics.
Intel Graphics supports the latest Microsoft DirectX* and 3D features such as Microsoft Shader Model 3.0* to enable stunning visual effects in games, such as object deformation, motion blurs, and complex animations with realistic shading, lighting, and textures.³
These 3D features are supported by the latest Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (Intel® GMA) software drivers.
Get more for your money
With the dramatic improvements in Intel Graphics and Intel® processors, it's no longer necessary for most users to buy expensive add-on graphics cards. Users can pocket the difference, or spend the extra money instead on system enhancements like a more powerful CPU.
Intel Graphics are an especially smart choice if you're looking for a value platform for Windows Vista, because you get a great built-in graphics adapter capable of the full Windows Vista experience.¹ Plus, this cost-effective solution is ideal if you're a mainstream PC user who needs broad, modern feature support.
Intel's solution allows the PC to connect to the latest digital display interfaces, including the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI carries uncompressed HD video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in a single cable.◊
Intel Graphics powers the next generation of PC display technology. When you buy a PC with Intel Graphics, you get a cost-effective solution with the performance you need.
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¹ PCs based on the Intel® 945G Express Chipset and above and the Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset and above, when configured with memory devices of adequate amount and speed, meet all current requirements for the Windows Vista Premium* system logo.
² Intel Integrated Graphics with Intel® Clear Video Technology, including improved video playback and quality, are available only on PC systems based on the Intel® G965, G33 and G35 Express Chipsets, and the Mobile Intel® GM965 and GL960 Express Chipsets.
³ Intel Integrated Graphics with 3D features such as Microsoft Shader Model 3.0* are available only on PC systems based on the Intel® G965 and G35 Express Chipsets, and the Mobile Intel® GM965 and GL960 Express Chipsets. Performance and functionality may vary depending on your specific hardware and software configurations.
◊ Support for the latest digital display interfaces, including HDMI and DVI, may require the use of a third-party SDVO card with the appropriate drivers installed.