All games have options inside the game to change the graphics up or down. If you reduce the graphics in-game all the way down and the game is still unplayable then you probably need to clean up your computer and upgrade its components.
Using GMA is a great way to help computer to be built without a separate graphics card and have it included when manufactured this will then reduce cost, power consumption and noise.
No. The graphics are built into the game, and not meant to be changed.
Precaching time is based on the map. For downloading it: using sv_downloadurl can EXTREMELY increase download speed
If you have a laptop and you have vista go to power option and cusimize, otherwise search for a program (and download it) that will do the job for you.
The computer sometimes needs time to load all of data needed to run the program. The time taken for a program to load generally depends on how good your computer is; what kind of components you have, how much memory you have, etc., and on the program that you are trying to use. Programs that are large in size or are very graphics intensive (such as the Sims 3 and Call of Duty) take more time to load than smaller, more simple programs (such as MS Paint or Notepad). To reduce this time, you could try to free up space on your computer by deleting unwanted files and uninstalling unwanted programs, or by defragmenting your hard-drive (this can be done through control panel if you are using a Windows operating system)
You blew a thousand dollars on a computer. Of course you reduce no costs.
If you want to reduce the amount of advertising you see on you computer screen - download a decent 'ad blocker' for your browser. I'm using 'Ad-blocker pro' on Google Chrome.
Tools like "Disk Defragmenter" in Windows Operating Systems can be used to reduce file fragmentation & maximize computer operations.
You can make a cluster of icons by creating new folders that you download onto your computer. To reduce the cluster, you can group them together into one icon.
lag can't be completely avoided, but you can reduce it by going to your options, and lowering quality features, such as changing fancy graphics to normal graphics
GraphicsThe best means of locating the source of any computer related problem is by the method of elimination. If you have access to another graphics card then I would advise you to install it and see if you get the same problems. Reinstalling graphics cards drivers does very little. Every time you install graphics card drivers you should remove the old drivers. If this is not done, you can encounter conflictions and possibly reduce the efficiency of the card. Another way if you are using a PC is to use your motherboard graphics and see if that works
no graphics cards have there own built in video ram The above answer is only partially correct. If a computer had onboard graphics, where there is no dedicated graphics card, then the graphics chip is on the motherboard itself. In this case, it will use the system RAM for memory. This can reduce the total amount available to the system. So if you have onboard graphics (no dedicated graphics card), then a dedicated GPU(graphics processing unit) could in fact increase available RAM. However, the difference is not likely to be large. RAM is cheap. Your best option is to buy more RAM for your system.