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    M1210 Video Memory ???

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by aerowinged, Dec 5, 2006.

  1. aerowinged

    aerowinged Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys
    the review of the m1210 on laptopreview.com http://laptopmag.com/Review/Dell-XPS-M1210.htm states that it "houses an Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 graphics card with a whopping 256MB of dedicated video memory."
    I thought that it was hypermemory though, ... which is like 64mb dedicated and the rest shared with the system?
    Is there like a special version out there, or did they just get they facts wrong?

    Thanks guy,
     
    aerowinged, Dec 5, 2006
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I believe it's 128 dedicated and 128 dynamically drawn from the memory.
     
    Gautam, Dec 5, 2006
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    sheff159 Notebook Deity

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    No the 7400 on the 1210 has 64mb of dedicated VRAM on the card and it gets the other 192MB from the main system RAM through TurboCache. Nvidia's TurboCache is alot better then ATI's Hypermemory, and actually gives similar gpu performance compared to the same card with 256mb on the card. Just be sure to get 2gb of RAM on the 1210 so that you have plenty for the system, and to future proof it for vista.
     
    sheff159, Dec 5, 2006
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