Acer aspire 5050 help

Ok guys I need help just bought new acer aspire 5050 for music ,but recently got back into WoW and i have more then enough to run it even called blizzard and they said i should be able to run fine they pinpointed the problem to my graphics takeing more ram then they need wow needs 64 mb to run perfect. i have a gig of ram but its registered as 777mb acer said its becuase the rest is set to be used by graphics well i want to make it so it doesnt take from my ram cuase its slowing my game blizz says i would have to go into cmos and they dont feel comfortable becuase i could rly hurt my laptop ,but becuase acer tech suppot BLOWS!!!!!! and wonthelp either im here to see if someone can plz help me the moderator here ive read your posts almost all and u have helped in past from me taken your advice so plz if u can help i would appreciate it a ton...anyhow heres all specs
System Information
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Time of this report: 7/18/2007, 17:20:40
Machine name: BEAST
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer, inc.
System Model: Aspire 5050
BIOS: v1.3303
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-38, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 766MB RAM
Page File: 407MB used, 1466MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode


Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon Xpress Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Xpress Series (0x5975)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5975&SUBSYS_010F1025&REV_00
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Television
Monitor Max Res: 640,480
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6698 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 6/13/2007 14:24:32, 268288 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 6/13/2007 14:24:13, 2155520 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-1A35-11CF-BF69-0521A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x5975
SubSys ID: 0x010F1025
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

 

You can control the amount of memory the ATI xpress 1100 graphics uses in the BIOS (press f2 at the POST screen first screen that says "acer).
Also remember the xpress 1100 is an integrated card the only way it can get graphics memory is to take it from RAM itself as integrated cards don't have and memory built into them. So the fact that windows tells you you don't have the full 1Gb, this is why integrated graphics reserving ram for itself.

Go into the BIOS as I told you and set the memory to what you need.

 

OK its intergrated half ,but it has 256 by itself it takes another 256 from ram cuase it says i have 512mb graphics but 256mb hypermemory...and y did everyone say i have to go into cmos if i just can change in bios?

 

CMOS is a small flat battery on the main board that allows the bios to hold the date, time, and system setup parameters. I don't see why anyone would tell you to do anything with it as CMOS batteries in acer notebooks are often soldered onto the mainboard.

I see you have one of the newer xpress 1100s that has 256MB of shared memory and 256MB of dedicated video memory.
Integrated graphics memory is usually controlled from inside the bios go in there and have a look and adjust the memory in use and see if it makes a difference.

 

ok ill try that what u think i should put it on? if i want to make my 777mg ram go back up to a gig will my graphics still have atleast 64mb? or 256 if i take off 256 of shared

 

I don't know much about the dedicated + shared Xpress 1100s I know with mine I can carry the memory usage all the way down to I think 32mb which would mean I would only have 32mb of video memory but you have dedicated ram on your card and I don't. Acer seems to have select aspire 5050s with these newer xpress 1100s in them because in my searches the majority of the 5050s all have integrated Xpress 1100s like mine. I only found 1 which is like yours that has dedicated + shared memory, I wish mine was like yours but oh well.

I guess what you can do is a little experimentation turn the memory to different values and see how the game reacts thats all I can think of to try.