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Shared graphics memory in vista
I have vista home premium 32bit on my compaq presario desktop with 4gb ram.
I installed a ati graphics card today with its own 1gb which should be more than enough ram for the kind of things I do since I am not really a serious gamer and am not into 1st person shooter type games. The problem is vista insists on using 1gb ram as shared graphics ram so is there anyway to stop this sharing of graphics ram? |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
32-bit Windows can address a maximum of 4GB. This includes various
system BIOSes and graphics memory, whether shared or physically present on the card. With a 1GB graphics card and 32-bit Windows you probably have 2.5-2.8GB of usable physical memory. The only way to use all the physical memory you have is to update to a 64-bit version of Windows. There are also some BIOS settings which need to be enabled but are sometimes not available on systems from Compaq and others which were only sold with 32-bit versions of Windows. On 21/08/2009 21:01, Mark wrote: I have vista home premium 32bit on my compaq presario desktop with 4gb ram. I installed a ati graphics card today with its own 1gb which should be more than enough ram for the kind of things I do since I am not really a serious gamer and am not into 1st person shooter type games. The problem is vista insists on using 1gb ram as shared graphics ram so is there anyway to stop this sharing of graphics ram? |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
Mark wrote:
I have vista home premium 32bit on my compaq presario desktop with 4gb ram. I installed a ati graphics card today with its own 1gb which should be more than enough ram for the kind of things I do since I am not really a serious gamer and am not into 1st person shooter type games. The problem is vista insists on using 1gb ram as shared graphics ram so is there anyway to stop this sharing of graphics ram? Shared ram in vista is just that. If the gfx subsystem needs to use some it, it will. If your applications needs it, they will get it. |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
See the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us "Mark" wrote in message 6.253... I have vista home premium 32bit on my compaq presario desktop with 4gb ram. I installed a ati graphics card today with its own 1gb which should be more than enough ram for the kind of things I do since I am not really a serious gamer and am not into 1st person shooter type games. The problem is vista insists on using 1gb ram as shared graphics ram so is there anyway to stop this sharing of graphics ram? |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
Curious wrote:
See the following link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us Or http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...icsmemory.mspx |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
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Shared graphics memory in vista
Mark wrote:
Can I use the system restore disks to restore the computer to its original factory state or is there another easier way to fix this possible bios problem? Are we talking about this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163269.aspx .... "shared system memory"? |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
Mark wrote:
"nomore" wrote in news:2AF79FFE-0C73-403C-B8D2- : Did you shut off the motherboard graphics in the BIOS? If not I strongly recommend you do so immediately. Not sure how to do this! I downloaded and installed a bios update on Thursday as I was recommended to do on the hp website and since then I have had a bit of an issue with my compaq presario. When you switch it on or restart for whatever reason it takes an astonishing 5 minutes to load up windows! Everything is ok when windows eventually does load though. Can I use the system restore disks to restore the computer to its original factory state or is there another easier way to fix this possible bios problem? You can not reverse a BIOS update. |
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Shared graphics memory in vista
dennis wrote in
: Mark wrote: Can I use the system restore disks to restore the computer to its original factory state or is there another easier way to fix this possible bios problem? Are we talking about this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163269.aspx ... "shared system memory"? My adapter information says Total available graphics memory 2431MB Dedicated Video memory 1024mb System video memory 0mb Shared system memory 1407mb |
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