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    Allocating more memory to 8600m GT

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by XTiii, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. XTiii

    XTiii Newbie

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    Hi people, I have an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop with a 256mb dedicated 8600m GT Graphics card. Apparently it can borrow up to 1024mb of memory so I was wondering how this was done as I would enjoy the boosted frame rate!
     
    XTiii, Sep 7, 2007
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  2. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I may be wrong, but I dont think there are games out there that can full use 1280mb of video ram. Plus if your game isnt taxing over 256mb, upping the ram wont help your framerate.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 7, 2007
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  3. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    Theres practically no point expnding the memory up to 1024 MB, as liquidxit2 mentioned. The 8600M GT will have trouble utilising 256 MB fully, and adding another 768 MB isn't going to help a great deal. It will also mean the system has less RAM, which could affect performance.
     
    Zero, Sep 7, 2007
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    XTiii Newbie

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    Well my frame rates arent that amazing in UT2004 full settings at 1280*800, it has drivers installed that came with my laptop.
     
    XTiii, Sep 7, 2007
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    dmacfour Are you aware...

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    thats why... undate your drivers using the drivers from laptopvideo2go.com. you will see enormous increases in framerates.
     
    dmacfour, Sep 7, 2007
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    XTiii Newbie

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    Could anyone who owns the card please point me to the best drivers for this card? There are quite a few here : )

    Thanks people.
     
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    revolution82 Notebook Enthusiast

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    158.45 or 163.44

    the only two drivers I've tested and used.
     
    revolution82, Sep 7, 2007
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    XTiii Newbie

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    Which of these you think better?
     
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    XTiii Newbie

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    Anyone know?
     
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  10. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    I use 163.44 and they work great for me. Better than when I was using 162.18.
     
    StormEffect, Sep 7, 2007
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    XTiii Newbie

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    thanks man
     
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    XTiii Newbie

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    You think they are better than default drivers?
     
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    AppendixMan Notebook Consultant

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    158.45 are very good, the only reason I changed to 163.44 is so I can play bioshock, but apart from bioshcok the performance seems to be identical. An advantage of the 158.45 drivers is that you can overclock your GPU.

    BTW my GPU has 1791mb memory in total :cool: but thats only because I have Vista 32 and 4gb's of RAM :eek:
     
    AppendixMan, Sep 7, 2007
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  14. hirush

    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    I have 512mb ram for my video card and I don't think I ever used that much
     
    hirush, Sep 7, 2007
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Hah! I can OC with 163.44 in XP. But that's because I didn't uninstall the older drivers. And Rivatuner now supports OC in the higer series.
     
    fabarati, Sep 8, 2007
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