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    Help With Shared Memory Nvidia

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by navodruck, Dec 8, 2008.

  1. navodruck

    navodruck Notebook Guru

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    Is it possible, to manually add shared memory to my nvidia card 8700 GT???

    i have now 512 mb, and 3Gb of ram? is it possible to increase it??? on windows xp?
     
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    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    the 8700mgt will only address 256mb anyway.
     
    ratchetnclank, Dec 8, 2008
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    navodruck Notebook Guru

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    So is it any programs, to view, or change numbers?
     
    navodruck, Dec 9, 2008
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    You cannot alter the shared memory it will be given to the card, when and only when it runs out of dedicated memory. Anyway the ram on the motherboard will be alot slower than the dedicated memory.
     
    ratchetnclank, Dec 9, 2008
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