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    Limit memory shared for ATI Radeon(R) X1400

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by abh2i, Feb 26, 2007.

  1. abh2i

    abh2i Newbie

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    Hi

    I recently got a Inspirion 6400 with 256MB ATI Mobility(TM) Radeon(R) X1400 Hypermemory and Vista home premium with 1GB of RAM.

    My problem is that graphic card has dedicated 128MB of inbuilt memmory and it also shares 256MB from system RAM taking it to 384 MB.

    From where and how do i reduce the amount that it shares?
    I feel i can work fine with 128MB itself.

    Please help.
     
    abh2i, Feb 26, 2007
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  2. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    I believe you are mistaken. The x1400 has a total of 256MB - 128 onboard and 128 shared with the system. Seriously, I wouldn't worry about trying to restrict the video memory.
     
    kegobeer, Feb 26, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That card will only start to steal memory from the system if it needs it (aka when you play games). There's no way to change how that operates, but it won't take the memory under normal usage.
     
    Greg, Feb 26, 2007
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  4. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    Vista incorporates its own memory sharing scheme, my 256MB 7900 GT shared no memory in XP, in vista I have a total of 751MB, like hyper memory, its dynamically allocated, so the ram is free until its needed.
     
    Iceman0124, Feb 26, 2007
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