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    Expandable Memory

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by BumRush6, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. BumRush6

    BumRush6 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought a HP Pavilion DV6568SE that comes with a 8400GS 128mb. In the futureshop website it says it has expandable video memory up to 895mb. I was just wondering how do you use the expandable video memory. I could not find anything in the bios.
     
    BumRush6, Sep 8, 2007
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  2. shaheenarshan

    shaheenarshan Notebook Deity

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    this usally means that its dedicated 128mb while the rest is shared from ur RAM the more the RAM the more the shared memory
    iti is usally allocated when using graphic intensive application usaully games if you would like more performance and more memory allocated to it try increasing you r RAM to maybe 2-4GB
    cheers
     
    shaheenarshan, Sep 8, 2007
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    Zero The Random Guy

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    The 8400M GS cannot take advantage of such a large amount of RAM. It means that even if the card can use more memory, it will have little to no impact on the performance on games. Even the majority of high end mobile graphics cards cannot use excessive amounts of memory.
     
    Zero, Sep 8, 2007
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