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    Video RAM problem...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Necromas, Jan 10, 2010.

  1. Necromas

    Necromas Notebook Deity

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    A game I am trying to play (Dynasty Warriors 6) says I only have 14MB of video RAM.

    Dxdiag says I have 1580MB of video RAM.

    I am using an 8600m GT with 256MB of DDR2 video RAM and there is no functionality in my laptop to let it borrow regular RAM and treat it as video RAM like in some machines.

    I have the latest official nvidia drivers (195.62) with no modifications.

    Every other game I have works just fine and even the Dynasty Warriors 6 demo will play just fine without the warning.

    I have tried reinstalling the nvidia drivers, same version, did an uninstall first and used safe mode. I also tried a 186.something driver from laptopvideo2go.
     
    Necromas, Jan 10, 2010
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    Sounds like a bug, especially since the demo works and all nvidia cards DO have a feature allowing them to borrow system memory temporarily as video RAM where needed.

    Any patch for the game available?
     
    Harleyquin07, Jan 10, 2010
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  3. Necromas

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    There's no patch available, and dxdiag has never said anything other than 256MB before.
     
    Necromas, Jan 10, 2010
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Nvidia has a technology called TurboCache, like ATI's Hypermemory. Turbocache allows the computer to dynamically allocate system RAM as if it were VRAM, on demand. The reported amount is likely getting that information from the dedicated 256MB plus the rest that is borrowed.

    There's nothing wrong with your computer.
     
    Bog, Jan 10, 2010
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  5. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    yea, I'd say it's a game glitch... either that or you might try updating DirectX or something.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jan 10, 2010
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