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    Shared Memory?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by midgetdiablo, Aug 14, 2007.

  1. midgetdiablo

    midgetdiablo Notebook Consultant

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    Hello, I'm wondering do i have to enable shared memory or does it automatically set the amount according to how much RAM I have. My laptop says 256 of dedicated memory and 768 of shared memory. And also, is there any way to check how much memory is being shared? Thanks in advance.
     
    midgetdiablo, Aug 14, 2007
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  2. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    your sig talks about a " up to 512 MB ATI X2500"
    so it probably has 256 MB of its own, and will use 256 MB from your system RAM
    i "think" it decides itself how much more memory is needed (with AGP, one could set how much RAM the GFX used, but i don't think PCI-x supports this as well)
     
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  3. midgetdiablo

    midgetdiablo Notebook Consultant

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    nah thats a mistake its up to 1GB not 512mb
     
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  4. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    in that case, you have 256 MB dedicated memory (on the GFX, only to be used by the GFX)
    when needed, the GFX will use some of your system ram (with a max of 768 MB). If it's not needed (webbrowsing, word, ....), it won't use the extra memory.
     
    Kwakkel, Aug 14, 2007
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