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    Dell XPS M1530 Video Card Question??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ljnram82606, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. ljnram82606

    ljnram82606 Notebook Evangelist

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    How do I share some of my laptop 8gb memory for my video card?? Were do i find the settings?
     
    ljnram82606, Jun 5, 2009
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    I don't think there's an option to do so. I believe video cards are programmed to use either their own internal memory (dedicated) or a certain amount of RAM is put aside for it (shared). I don't think you can increase or decrease this amount.
     
    Eambo, Jun 5, 2009
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    okay thanks
     
    ljnram82606, Jun 5, 2009
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