Geforce 7150M Go, shared video up to 1071mb... 3gb RAM

Hello, first time posting here

I bought a Dv9910us laptop with Geforce Go 7150M , with 1071M shared memory, and 3ghz RAM. So my question here is....

It is always at 1071M ?, if not, can I up it to 1071m safetely without hardware problems, and software lagging for using RAM to convert it to video RAM since I have 3gb RAM?

thanks !

 

Shared RAM will dynamically allocate, though anything above 64 or 128 MB is utterly useless.

 

This is an integrated graphics unit, and it probably wont need any more than 64MB, but in the bios it can be configured to run off of 128MB, this memory it taken from the RAM and allocated to the GPU.

This graphics unit is utterly hopeless for any shooters (trust me I've tried)

 

cs 1.6 or battlefield 2

 

that card can't even run BF2

 

I ran battlefield 2142 on a 7000m with 1gb of ram, less powerful than a 7150m

 

with 10fps 800x600?

 

so... will it make any difference if I up the shared memory? it was at 64Mb, and now I upped it to 128MB, problem is, i don't see any options to use the shared.. and i know how poor this vid card is, so ....

 

It ran smooth on low setting 800x600

 

Actually I could play Halo CE @1024x640 min, Dark Crusade @1440x900 min and Guild Wars @1440x900 maxed inc aa. So its not really a useless card.
But its an integrated gpu so what do you expect?

Fatelezz: Its not the MB of memory that makes a real difference, its the clocks which you should not change for fear of cooking your laptop.

 

yo yo guys... Is good to see if the card plays this or not, but I would appreciate if you can give an answer to the topic question ( the shared ram) !!

 

Lithus answered your question! The VRAM is dynamically allocated according to demand; if the GPU needs more, more memory is allocated to it. You shouldn't experience any slowdowns in applications because of this dynamic allocation of memory to integrated chips.

 

so the thing that I changed from 64Mb to 128MB is uselss too?, now my display properties, adapter says 512MB instead of 256MB, did I had an increase?

 

Dude, no matter you are using 64MB or 100GB of memory, you won't notice any difference from your card. even my 8800M GTX (which is 30 times more powerful) can't fully utilize 512 MB.

 

sooo... then what did I do then? i just upped from 64 to 128 for nothing? just higher energy bills?

 

maybe by $0.1 per month extra.

 

so there's absolutely no hope in seeing better things even if i changed the settings..

 

You will actually make it worse by adjusting the settings. The computer is smarter than you at dynamically adjusting VRAM when needed.

 

hmm i will try it again... i can't even run medium settings without lagging in C&C3 tiberium, well, I did buy a laptop but not planning to play games, BTW i like this forum, people answer too fast =D thanks guys

 

I ran C&C3 with medium settings (no shadows or AA) and max resolution on a Geforce 7200, but that chip had 64MB of its own, faster memory; a big step up in performance from its 7150M cousin.

 

oh.. and btw, should i expect more wear and tear and heat? since i changed the settings?

 

No, increasing memory allocation won't affect the physical computer at all.

 

ok cool thanks guys