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    m1330 w/ Nvidia 8400

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lennynjnets, Apr 4, 2008.

  1. lennynjnets

    lennynjnets Notebook Consultant

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    does the nvidia 8400 has something like turbomemory or is just 128mb of discrete graphics
     
    lennynjnets, Apr 4, 2008
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    It uses TurboMemory, but like always, it doesn't help out performance much at all.
     
    Lithus, Apr 4, 2008
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    So would it be like 128mb discrete and 128 shared.

    I am deciding between an m1330 vs t61 WS w/ a NVS 140m
     
    lennynjnets, Apr 4, 2008
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  4. Lithus

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    It's some crazy number in the 700's if you have 2+ GB of RAM.

    They're the same card, one comes optimized for games, the other for professional apps.
     
    Lithus, Apr 4, 2008
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    wait a minute so does that mean that the nvida 128mb card is not really 128mb discrete
     
    alynch75, Apr 4, 2008
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    It is discrete! I have almost the full 2 gb free of memory according to Windows.
     
    mystery905, Apr 4, 2008
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    Only uses more than 128MB when it needs to.
     
    Kreeeee, Apr 4, 2008
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    It has 128 MB of discrete dedicated GDDR3 RAM, and it also takes from the system RAM as it wishes.
     
    Samuel613, Apr 4, 2008
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    Not good how do I make it not take from my system ram
     
    alynch75, Apr 4, 2008
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    it isn't TurboMemory.

    the 8400 has 128MB dedicated at all times. however by default WINDOWS VISTA allocates more. it does this for every GPU anyone has ever used on Vista.

    i'm not sure if you can disable this, but why would you want to? the allocation is dynamic meaning it's neither system, video only, or shared ram. it will do one or the other, but not both, at any one time.

    like i have a 1330 with 2GB, and currently i'm only using 128mb but i've seen it upto 880mb before. (gears of war, for those wondering)
     
    jeopardy2k8, Apr 4, 2008
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    Technically it's called TurboCache for nVidia cards, HyperMemory for ATI cards.
     
    Lithus, Apr 4, 2008
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    It's a great feature in 32bit vista as games can use a max of 2GB anyway so if you have 3/4GB it allows more to be allocated to the graphics.
     
    Kreeeee, Apr 4, 2008
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    I'm currently debating between a Toshiba U405 and the Dell XPS 1330. I like the styling and price of the Toshiba; but I can get some gaming use out of the 1330 if I get the 8400 card. Is there a consensus that at least the recent 1330's use DDR3 on the Nvidia 8400? TIA...

    PS - I found this thread using search so I have searched-before-posting... :)
     
    JellyGeo, Apr 21, 2008
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    Yes. The current 1330's come with DDR3 on 8400m GS
     
    gopz, Apr 22, 2008
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    What kind of 3DMark06 score it have?
     
    SonDa5, May 18, 2008
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