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    N3520 Video Memory

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by whdigital, Dec 6, 2005.

  1. whdigital

    whdigital Notebook Enthusiast

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    Greetings all... I've been lurking here awhile and found so much useful information so many thanks in arrears.

    I recently bought a C1320D which was unfortunately stolen right after I got it. :mad: Which leads me to my question... I am now looking to replace it and considering the N3520 as I think I want a little more graphics horsepower for some Visio and CAD work I do. Looking at my local Fry's they have one which posted as an ATI X300 with 128mb and that is also what is all over the specs on fujitsu.com. The trick is that when you go to the Advanced display settings it clearly shows 256mb on the unit on display at the store!
    Was that an odd mistake that would be too good to be true across the board?!?
    Anyone out there have one that they have checked?

    TIA....
     
    whdigital, Dec 6, 2005
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    tttttada Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe Hypermemory is enabled?
     
    tttttada, Dec 6, 2005
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  3. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    yes it probably uses Hypermemory
     
    circa86, Dec 6, 2005
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  4. whdigital

    whdigital Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ahhh! I didn't know about ATIs Hypermemory technology. Seems cool though!

    I'm glad it's not some oddity with machines Fry's got. I would rather give my money to PortableOne again...

    Thanks for the replies. :)
     
    whdigital, Dec 7, 2005
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    How about the n3520 at PortableOne.com. It has the x600.
     
    ZaZ, Dec 7, 2005
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  6. whdigital

    whdigital Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, this gets a bit more interesting... the ones on fujitsu.com and portableone.com indicate the x300 with 64mb dedicated and 64mb shared for a total of 128 'hypermemory'

    The one at Fry's indicates exactly twice that much. zazonz.. I'm not seeing any 3520 with the x600, however that card does appear to be in the the 6220.
     
    whdigital, Dec 8, 2005
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    what are you talking about zazonz, you are going crazy you crazy crazy guy ^_^, lets gang up on ATI N6000 owners until they put Mobility X1800XT's into our notebooks :)
     
    circa86, Dec 8, 2005
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    also i think with hypermemory the video memory depends on how much ram you have in your system right, so with 2gb it may even go up higher that 256mb, although it isn't known for making a massive difference
     
    circa86, Dec 8, 2005
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