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    emachine 350 : unlock video memory in insyde bios

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by stew96, Jul 3, 2011.

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    hello everybody! can anyone help me? i have a acer emachine 350 netbook,win7 ultimate with a atom n455 and gma 3150.
    i tried to play some old games but they are unplayable...so i restarted my netbook and entered in bios to change the shared video memory but is locked!!! i can use only 8mb! the bios is insydeh20 v3.50.
    someone can help me to unlock bios video memory setting? sorry for my english, i am italian...
     
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    It will use as much as it needs to and the complete lack of power in both the CPU and GPU is causing your slow performance.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 3, 2011
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    so,my gma use more memory than is written in the bios?

    EDIT: i have some problems with gpuz... it view 2 gma!!! and the frequency is 0...
     

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    Just GPU-z bugging out a little. Its integrated into your NB so it does not have its own memory frequency. If it was running at 0mhz then you would not see an image.

    Basically 8MB is reserved permanently for the GPU, if it needs more it will dynamically take it from memory.
     
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    ah ok. but, why there are two gma3150?
     
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    Because GPU-z is obviously confused.
     
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    yes...it is...
    can i do anything to improve my graphic?
     
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    Not really.
     
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    really nothing?
     
    stew96, Jul 4, 2011
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    No. All you can do is use the most recent drivers and keep the system clean but that's just going to give you a fraction of what you're hoping for.
     
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    ok. thanks!
     
    stew96, Jul 5, 2011
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