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Vista reports more video RAM than i have
Hey,
I have a NVIDIA 6800 GS with 256 MB memory. A dxdiag reports that i have 744 video memory, why is this? Also when i go into system information on the NVIDIA control panel it tell me that i have 256 MB dedicated and 495 MB shared, i was just wondering where has this shared video RAM come from? (my motherboard has no on board graphics chip). Thanks in advance |
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Vista reports more video RAM than i have
Bios Nova,
Your video card and your computer are made to share system RAM, but only when you need to do so. For instance, if you are running an application (such as a graphics intensive game) that requires more memory than that which is available on your video card, the system kicks in to allow it to use general computer RAM. However, when your graphics usage has no need for system RAM, it's available for other uses. It's a very good technology. -- freddy "Bios Nova" wrote: Hey, I have a NVIDIA 6800 GS with 256 MB memory. A dxdiag reports that i have 744 video memory, why is this? Also when i go into system information on the NVIDIA control panel it tell me that i have 256 MB dedicated and 495 MB shared, i was just wondering where has this shared video RAM come from? (my motherboard has no on board graphics chip). Thanks in advance |
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Vista reports more video RAM than i have
Ah ok then, thanks for clearing this up for me
"freddy" wrote: Bios Nova, Your video card and your computer are made to share system RAM, but only when you need to do so. For instance, if you are running an application (such as a graphics intensive game) that requires more memory than that which is available on your video card, the system kicks in to allow it to use general computer RAM. However, when your graphics usage has no need for system RAM, it's available for other uses. It's a very good technology. -- freddy "Bios Nova" wrote: Hey, I have a NVIDIA 6800 GS with 256 MB memory. A dxdiag reports that i have 744 video memory, why is this? Also when i go into system information on the NVIDIA control panel it tell me that i have 256 MB dedicated and 495 MB shared, i was just wondering where has this shared video RAM come from? (my motherboard has no on board graphics chip). Thanks in advance |
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Vista reports more video RAM than i have
it's not cleared up! Vista has a MAJOR problem with memory allocation and for
some reason stuff's system ram onto video cards just for the hell of it and leaves very little to do anything except maybe reply to these post's before running out of ram... I have 4gig 667mhz DDR2 and vista shoves 1.2gig of that on my 320mb DDR3 ready nVIDIA 8800 GTS from startup, which result's in having less than 40mb's free ram to do anything with so your old tale's of system ram helping out aging video cards is a thing of the past (however helpful it may have been) and does not apply in this case. "Bios Nova" wrote: Ah ok then, thanks for clearing this up for me "freddy" wrote: Bios Nova, Your video card and your computer are made to share system RAM, but only when you need to do so. For instance, if you are running an application (such as a graphics intensive game) that requires more memory than that which is available on your video card, the system kicks in to allow it to use general computer RAM. However, when your graphics usage has no need for system RAM, it's available for other uses. It's a very good technology. -- freddy "Bios Nova" wrote: Hey, I have a NVIDIA 6800 GS with 256 MB memory. A dxdiag reports that i have 744 video memory, why is this? Also when i go into system information on the NVIDIA control panel it tell me that i have 256 MB dedicated and 495 MB shared, i was just wondering where has this shared video RAM come from? (my motherboard has no on board graphics chip). Thanks in advance |
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Vista reports more video RAM than i have
Your 4GB Vista is reserving address space for 1.2GB of controllers that
require address space for use with their Onboard memory of controllers and possibly more to improve data transfers and therefore may not support more than 2.8GB of real memory for use by Vista and its applications. See the following: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us "Corky" wrote in message ... it's not cleared up! Vista has a MAJOR problem with memory allocation and for some reason stuff's system ram onto video cards just for the hell of it and leaves very little to do anything except maybe reply to these post's before running out of ram... I have 4gig 667mhz DDR2 and vista shoves 1.2gig of that on my 320mb DDR3 ready nVIDIA 8800 GTS from startup, which result's in having less than 40mb's free ram to do anything with so your old tale's of system ram helping out aging video cards is a thing of the past (however helpful it may have been) and does not apply in this case. "Bios Nova" wrote: Ah ok then, thanks for clearing this up for me "freddy" wrote: Bios Nova, Your video card and your computer are made to share system RAM, but only when you need to do so. For instance, if you are running an application (such as a graphics intensive game) that requires more memory than that which is available on your video card, the system kicks in to allow it to use general computer RAM. However, when your graphics usage has no need for system RAM, it's available for other uses. It's a very good technology. -- freddy "Bios Nova" wrote: Hey, I have a NVIDIA 6800 GS with 256 MB memory. A dxdiag reports that i have 744 video memory, why is this? Also when i go into system information on the NVIDIA control panel it tell me that i have 256 MB dedicated and 495 MB shared, i was just wondering where has this shared video RAM come from? (my motherboard has no on board graphics chip). Thanks in advance |