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    How to remove shared system memory ? (Asus G1)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Arthurdoi, Jul 1, 2007.

  1. Arthurdoi

    Arthurdoi Newbie

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    I have a problem about my graphic card. as the picture, I want to remove
    shared system memory to increse working memory.
    So help me plz.
    thanks
     
    Arthurdoi, Jul 1, 2007
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  2. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Remove RAM will actually decrease your system memory.
     
    GenTechPC, Jul 1, 2007
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  3. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    AFAIK there is no way to disable the shared memory mechanism (at least for my laptop I couldn't find a way to disable the Hypermemory).
    But you should also note that the GPU will not allocate shared memory unless it has to (for example when you are gaming and there are too much textures, the GPU will start taking memory from your system RAM).
     
    mujtaba, Jul 1, 2007
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Hmm im not sure about this one myself. I dont think my 7800GTX did this in XP but vista has its own thing for sharing memory so now it shares my system memory with my card...

    If there is no way to turn it off and you want more system memory, the best thing to do is buy more ram :p

    Im still only using 2gigs for my desktop but I bought 4 gigs for my notebook.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 1, 2007
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  5. Insane

    Insane Notebook Evangelist

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    are you sure its actually using that 256MB all the time, or is that its MAX that it CAN use IF needed? check your task manager and see how much is there under the performance tab.
     
    Insane, Jul 1, 2007
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  6. Arthurdoi

    Arthurdoi Newbie

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    Thanks so much everybody :eek:
     
    Arthurdoi, Jul 1, 2007
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