The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M GMA 4500M sometimes also called GMA X4500 M is a DirectX 10 capable integrated shared memory graphic card for laptops. Since the number of OpenGL applications continues to grow, this article serves as a quick reference for developers who implement OpenGL applications on Intel 4 Series Express Chipsets. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M videocard review. Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M videocard released by Intel; release date: 1 October 2008. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers. Core clock speed - 400 MHz.

Linux driver KMS

KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) is a recent development, and requires that you have at least kernel 2.6.31 and Intel Xorg driver version 2.8. But newer is better. With the 2.6.32 kernel and Intel Xorg driver 2.9 you can expect full functionality including external displays and 3D acceleration. However, Linux kernel >=3.19 should be used because it includes a fix for a Graphics Corruption Bug.

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Linux driver UMS

Flash loader 7.4.7 ssg v0.1 lite. Make sure you're using Intel Xorg driver, version 2.8 or 2.9. Drivers iball sound cards %26 media devices.

HD acceleration

The hardware does support acceleration of HD decoding, but it's not yet supported by the Linux driver. Support was supposed to arrive in Q3 2010 via libva. There is already MPEG2 acceleration for this chip though.

ThinkPad models with this component

• Edge 13' (Intel)
• R400, R500
• SL300, SL400, SL400c, SL410, SL500, SL500c, SL510
• T400, T400s, T500
• X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X301

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Resources

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