Video Card Question

Ok, got a question here.

GW tech support said that this video card (Intel(R) 82845G) would not run GW's. But, this is my dilema.

One of my PC's at home has this Vid Card in it. I can get GW's to 'run' on this PC. I can zone, run around, and fight, but when I open the inventory and try to move an item over more than one space, my PC crashes & re-starts itself.

However, my PC at work has almost the same specs as the PC at home and has this same Vid Card in it. The work PC runs GW's perfectly fine, with only little lag here and there.

What do you think the problem could be?

Here are some snipits from doing a DxDiag on both PC's. (took out what I believe to be non-pertinent info)

***HOME - THIS SYSTEM IS THE ONE I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH***

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/12/2005, 18:58:59
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
System Manufacturer: eMachines, Inc.
System Model: Imperial
BIOS: Revision 0.90
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz
Memory: 510MB RAM
Page File: 181MB used, 1062MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4020 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 1/23/2005 10:56:00, 37951 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 1/23/2005 11:05:06, 804317 bytes
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run


***WORK - THIS SYSTEM RUNS GW'S JUST FINE W/ ONLY LITTLE LAG***

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/13/2005, 10:25:04
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
System Manufacturer: IBM
System Model: 81873BU
BIOS: Phoenix FirstBios(tm) Desktop Pro Version 2.0 for IBM ThinkCentre.
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory: 502MB RAM
Page File: 447MB used, 782MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Display Memory: 96.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.3865 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/1/2004 11:18:58, 37951 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 7/1/2004 11:26:16, 724221 bytes
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

Your work computer has a p4, more ram, and is xp profesional. That could make the difference.

Both PC's are P4's. One is a 2.6 ghtz & the other is a 2.8 ghtz. They both have the same amount of ram, 512. I guess the 2.6 - 2.8 difference could play a part, but i'm not sure how much as it's not that much off.

Any other suggestions or ideas?

If you have tried apologies ahead of time. Make sure that the graphics settings are the same for both computers. The could play a part.

Also it looks like your work computer is a Pentium 4 while your home computer is a Pentium 4 celeron. That may make some of the difference as well. The Celeron is not going to be a good workhorse like the standard P4 is. It will work good, but in gaming and such you will see better performance with the standard P4 not the celeron.

NO THEY ARE NOT

one is a celeron with half the memory the p4 has
2.6 cellie
2.8 p4
BIG DIFFERENCE

edit

the one that works has 50% more memory (96 vs 64) for display as well

sheesh it is *almost* as good in this case equals *NOT ENOUGH*

The version of Windows XP is irrelevant to gaming...there are no benefits with one or the other. I'd blame the processor or even the motherboard itself since all of the graphics processing is done on the motherboard.

Also, if you notice, your work machine is consuming more of the page file than your home system. Most likely your work machine has higher quality RAM.

Either way, if you have a free PCI slot you'd be better off spending a little bit of cash and at least getting a 64MB video card. It's worth it.

Looks like your home system has shared video memory, which means it takes the video RAM from the system RAM. If you have 512MB of RAM and it is only showing 510MB, it means only 2MB of video memory is available. Go into your BIOS and give the video more memory to use.

Your work PC shows 502MB of RAM which means the onboard video is using roughly 10MB of RAM.