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    E1705 Nvidia 7900GS 256MB driver with Vista RC1

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by catennacio, Sep 8, 2006.

  1. catennacio

    catennacio Notebook Consultant

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    I just installed Vista RC1 into my E1705. Vista has a driver for my nvidia 7900gs 256MB. However when I view the adapter information, it says
    Total available graphics memory: 312MB
    Dedicated video memory: 248MB (?? should be 256MB like in my XP)
    System video memory: 0MB
    Shared System memory: 64MB

    I tried to download the driver from Nvidia but things are the same. Has anyone noticed this?
     
    catennacio, Sep 8, 2006
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    outkastland Notebook Evangelist

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    sounds like thats what it should say. id google it
     
    outkastland, Sep 8, 2006
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    I'm just wondering, what does dxdiag say? (Start -> Run -> dxdiag) or whater you have to do on Vista to get to the Run box.
     
    Leshii, Sep 8, 2006
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    new vista features...reported all over internet for PCI-e cards.

    and 256MB is free will rounding from nvidia.
     
    postmortem, Sep 9, 2006
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    the vista dxdiag says it'ss 312MB whereas xp dxdiag says it's 256MB :confused:
     
    catennacio, Sep 9, 2006
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    after installing 1gb ram, making it 1.25 in total, here is what vista tells me about my 7900gs.
    anyone has ideas about this?
     

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  7. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    basically it looks like vista is making use of a hper memory type scheme, allocating a portion of system ram to the graphics card, wich probably wont increase performance, probably shouldnt hurt it either
     
    Iceman0124, Sep 11, 2006
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    It won't hurt it
     
    gridtalker, Sep 11, 2006
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