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    How to enable ATI Hypermemory in WindowsXP?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Keetla, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. Keetla

    Keetla Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT running on WindowsXP (Windows Media Edition, SP3), 3GB of RAM and Celeron CPU of 2.93Ghz. When I run 'dxdiag', it tells me that I only have 256mb of RAM for graphic use.

    When I run dxdiag on my other computer running Windows Vista, it tells me that the approximate total memory is 1651MB although the graphic card is identical at 256mb of ddr3.

    So now my question is... how do I enable hypermemory in WindowsXP or allocate more of my RAM towards my video card? I already looked in the BIOS and didn't find any such option.

    Thank you in advance.

    Dana

    P.S.: I apologize that I'm asking here - I know it's not a laptop question but I've been combing many other forums and can't find the answer..
     
    Keetla, Jun 22, 2008
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  2. Wolfpup

    Wolfpup Notebook Prophet

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    I think the drivers do that automatically. In Vista it's built-in to the OS. It's just displaying differently, it shouldn't affect anything. If you've got 256MB that's fine for today's games. The low end GPU is a bigger problem than the RAM.
     
    Wolfpup, Jun 22, 2008
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    yeah, wolfpup is right. even if u had 1 billion gb of VRAM, that still wouldn't do anything. if u intended to game, then a radeon 3650 should been taken into account.
     
    wywern209, Jun 22, 2008
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  4. Keetla

    Keetla Notebook Enthusiast

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    I play Civ4 and I'm getting choppy graphics even with only Duel size maps.. which is definitely not normal.

    I already upgraded the drivers to the very latest one...

    So I guess is there a way to manually enable/tweak hypermemory in XP?

    Thanks!
     
    Keetla, Jun 22, 2008
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  5. Keetla

    Keetla Notebook Enthusiast

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    I understand that a better video card would help but as I said, I have the same one in my other computer and am not experiencing the problem. :/

    The only difference that I can see is the hypermemory support...
     
    Keetla, Jun 22, 2008
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    The drivers might display virtual video memory usage or something, but that's not the problem here. You've already got double the video RAM for Civ 4's recommended specs.
     
    Wolfpup, Jun 22, 2008
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    Civ4 performance is choppy because of the Celeron processor, your video card is better than mine yet my Civ4 games don't always play at slideshow pace.

    When playing large maps in Civ4 I find it handy to switch off enemy and allied moves while waiting for my turn. This helps my framerates and game playing speed a lot.
     
    Harleyquin07, Jun 22, 2008
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