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    Wait.. 8600mgt... 512 RAM?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Orochimaru, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. Orochimaru

    Orochimaru Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    When I right click on the desktop and click on properties, and look at the Video Adapter options, it shows that I have 512 MB video ram, however i ordered the 256.. is the other 256 turbo cache, and if so.. can i disable it?

    thanks
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 17, 2007
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    mine says the same. not sure if its normal, or a read error seeing as its an 8 series graphics chip.
     
    NeoVo5, Sep 17, 2007
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    which driver are you using NeoVo, how do you get such a high 3dmark
     
    FrozenDarkness, Sep 17, 2007
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  4. JCMS

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    He's done the test in 1024x768 since his laptop can't support 1280x1024.

    And he should mention it.

    And for turbocache on dediacted cards, it is a DX10 feature that was implemented in XP's driver too. Don't worry, it will only use free memory
     
    JCMS, Sep 17, 2007
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    I don't have that screen either, but I only get like a 3100 3dmark
     
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    JCMS:

    but what if i dont want the gphx card to borrow any free memory for turbocaching? is it possible to set that amount to 0, or is it automatic?

    ty
     
    Orochimaru, Sep 17, 2007
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