About Lauren Bennett Expertise I am a computer science major and my dad is an Electric Engineering, so my life has revolved around computers. For as long as I can remember, I have been buying and selling computers. I tend to travel a lot, so I have always had a laptop. I have bought 5 of them for myself, and bought around 30-40 for friends and family. I have dealt with the good and the bad of various version and brand names. If you are in need of buying a laptop, feel free to contact me and I'm sure I will be able to guide you into purchasing the laptop that will be the best fit for you. I will custom build you computers for you to choose from so you can get an exact idea of what to go and buy when you do it yourself and so that you have an exact price. However, I am in the USA and am only knowledgeable about computers here in the US. I do not know about foreign currency or the quality of computer brand names outside the US.
Experience B.S. in Computer Science. Buying and selling for years. Assisting friends/family.
Question Hi Lauren,
I recently asked you about best laptops for my chess programs and your feedback was very helpful.I am however a bit confused about the "graphics media accelerator".Could you go over that again?
Thank yuo so much for your time and expertise.
Sincerely ,
Ed.
Answer The Intel GMA graphics card is essentially just integrated into the motherboard. You do not have an actual graphics card in your computer. This means a few things. The first is that you cannot change or upgrade your graphics as there is not an actual graphics card. Secondly, this means you have zero memory dedicated to graphics. The only graphics memory you may have is memory shared from the RAM in the computer.
This means that any games that require a graphics card or any graphics memory won't run or will run poorly on that system. If your chess game requires a graphics card, the Graphics Media Accelerator won't work for you.
