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    383 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Destroyer, Oct 4, 2007.

  1. Destroyer

    Destroyer Newbie

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    I've bought a HP Pavilion with 2,2 GHz Centrino Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM and a 383 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS Video Card. I know that altough the video card has 128 MB dedicated memory + 255 MB shared memory, the shared one could be greater.

    I'd like to know how this "shared" memory works and how much overall memory for graphics will I have while running video games in my laptop. Does it depend on the game? Can I do anything to improve the performance of my video card?

    Thanks.
     
    Destroyer, Oct 4, 2007
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  2. Voodoofreak

    Voodoofreak Notebook Deity

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    lowlymarine in the other thread explains this pretty well (even though its for a different video card, concept is the same).

    You can always try to read one of the fine tuning guides that are all over the forums. RivaTuner is a good tool to tweak out your graphics card and get that extra performance boost. Also, test out different driver versions and see if they help with the performance. For Vista, 163.44 seem to be pretty good.

    If all fails, you can try overclocking your video card...but I dont know much about that.
     
    Voodoofreak, Oct 4, 2007
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  3. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    The shared memory is actually hardware implemented on that card, via Turbocache. It will automatically control itself to give you the best performance.
     
    odin243, Oct 5, 2007
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