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    Need help with x1400 settings

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Cathryes, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. Cathryes

    Cathryes Notebook Guru

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    Im tryingto figure out how to set x1400 memory in Vista and cant figure it out.

    Anyone one know where in vista I set the memory for another 128?


    Thanks
     
    Cathryes, Apr 16, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You cannot. It is controlled by the BIOS and/or graphics drivers and/or the GPU hardware itself.
     
    Greg, Apr 16, 2007
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  3. Cathryes

    Cathryes Notebook Guru

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    I tried the Bios anything with any video settings I get this message:
    The field displays information only. It contains no settings that can be madified.

    so where about in Vista would I find graphics driver control that can change the memory?
     
    Cathryes, Apr 16, 2007
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    You dont need to, look in the performance analyzer in the control panel, vista automatically allocates more than enough system ram to video memory, why are you trying to change it anyway? You could allocate 3 GB to it if you had enough, and your performance wouldnt improve any.
     
    Iceman0124, Apr 16, 2007
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  5. mr_bots

    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    Check the advanced display properties to see how much is available to your GPU. E1505 with the X1400 and 2GB ram here with a total of (Dedicated + Hypermemory + Whatever Vista shares) 895MB ram allowed for the GPU. Way more than the X1400 could ever effectively use
     
    mr_bots, Apr 17, 2007
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    schizogony Notebook Enthusiast

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    On a very similar note, and this may sound newbish, why was my x1400 advertised as being 256 MB and only shows up as 128?
     
    schizogony, Apr 24, 2007
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    Because they advertise it as 256 with Hypermemory. Which is pretty much a marketing ploy to make it sound like it has more ram than it can actually use effectively. Dedicated (128MB) + Hypermemory (128MB) = 256MB.
     
    mr_bots, Apr 24, 2007
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