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    Intel GMA 950 help

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Jacobi777, Feb 11, 2008.

  1. Jacobi777

    Jacobi777 Newbie

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    I was wondering what the maximum amount of ram can be alotted to a Intel GMA 950 GPU? I have 4 GB so im not worried about losing to much lol.
     
    Jacobi777, Feb 11, 2008
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    What's the point? Just to be able to say I got 256mb of shared ram on my pimp gma950?
     
    adinu, Feb 11, 2008
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    No I dont know how much can be alotted, I use the 4 gigs I have for Adobe stuff but I dont know how I can improve my IGPU.... I was asking what the max amount of ram I can give it...
     
    Jacobi777, Feb 11, 2008
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    fifafreak18 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm pretty sure the max is 256mb, mines 128 i think. improving the shared vram on a IGPU like that will do little to nothing.
     
    fifafreak18, Feb 11, 2008
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    Depends. And I'm assuming you know that you need a 64bit OS to use all 4 gigs anyway?
     
    stealthsniper96, Feb 11, 2008
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    Ya XP only recognizes 3.75 gigs of it. I might have to end up setting my laptop to dual boot.
     
    Jacobi777, Feb 11, 2008
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  7. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Not only does increasing the ram not increase the performance at all, but adobe stuff is not limited by your gpu, but your cpu and ram mainly.
     
    adinu, Feb 11, 2008
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  8. hmmmmm

    hmmmmm Notebook Deity

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    giving the gma 950 9999999999999999 petabytes of ram wouldn't do jack in improving its gaming performance
     
    hmmmmm, Feb 11, 2008
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    Like I said, I added the ram for the programs not for gaming. I was wondering about the GPU because I wanted to see if AGE 3 would run on my laptop but I thought I need more ram for my GPU.
     
    Jacobi777, Feb 11, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If it cannot run it now, it isn't going to be able to. Adding RAM does not make it more powerful.

    Oh, and the drivers do not allow you to adjust the amount of shared RAM yourself.
     
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  11. Jacobi777

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    Unfortunately...
     
    Jacobi777, Feb 13, 2008
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