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    Display card setting problem of F3SV

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ryanbeckyeung, Aug 27, 2008.

  1. ryanbeckyeung

    ryanbeckyeung Newbie

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    I am using f3svb1 and display card model is geforce 8600m gs(256m).What should I do to decrease the share memory to the display card???
    Thanks
     
    ryanbeckyeung, Aug 27, 2008
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I'm not sure that it can be controlled. Why do you want to do that, though?
     
    E.B.E., Aug 27, 2008
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    ryanbeckyeung Newbie

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    It share like 1G memory-_-
     
    ryanbeckyeung, Aug 27, 2008
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Do you get slowdowns in applications? I'm not sure how this shared memory works, maybe it's released to applications if the OS is running out of memory.

    If you don't get slowdowns due to low RAM/swapping, then there is nothing to fix and that 1G is just a number on a computer screen, that doesn't affect you in real-life.
     
    E.B.E., Aug 28, 2008
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    You cannot do this, gpu ram sharing is controlled dynamically by the card's BIOS. Only remedy is to install more system RAM.

    But wait a minute, this is a dedicated gpu with it's own onboard RAM so there should be little, if any, system resource allocation for it and anything that was will have negligible impact on system performance. Now, I don't remember if nVidia still has their version of TurboCache in the 8 series gpu cards, but if so then paragraph one would still apply.

    It would be quite strange if Turbo pulled 768MB from the system on a 256 onboard card to hit 1GB; usually if this happens it's only a doubling of the onboard gpu ram which is this case would be 256 for a 512 total.
     
    ClearSkies, Aug 28, 2008
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