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    X1600 Dedicated?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Proshyne, Aug 16, 2006.

  1. Proshyne

    Proshyne Notebook Geek

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    Is the ATI Mobile Radeon X1600 256MB With Hyper Memory Dedicated? :confused:
     
    Proshyne, Aug 16, 2006
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  2. gethin

    gethin Notebook Evangelist

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    That depends, if you give us a link of the laptop that its in refrence too we can find out. Ususally if its 256 hypermemory, then 128mb of it is dedicated, and the other 128 is taken from the RAM.

    Considering its an ati x1600 i imagine that its 256MB dedicated, with 256mb of hypermemory
     
    gethin, Aug 16, 2006
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  3. kidA

    kidA Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    either way,the x1600 is a stout card that won't let you down whether its 128mb or 256 dedicated.
     
    kidA, Aug 16, 2006
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  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Yes either way u get it, the x1600 is a dedicated gpu with at least 128mb or vram. Some versions come with 256 dedicated, and others add shared memory on top of the 128/256 dedicated that is always there.
     
    adinu, Aug 16, 2006
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    from 128 to 256 there will be a slight difference..but for midrange like the 7600 with 512mb it really doesn't make a difference compared to the 256mb version of it
     
    jterp7, Aug 16, 2006
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    And for the record, regardless of how much is dedicated it'll expand out to a maximum of 512 hypermemory regardless, my card is a 128 bit, and it displays at 512, and frankly, I dunno if you really need a 256, I run BF2 at all high, installing oblivion now to see how it runs, and I run psychonauts, and it looks gorgeous.
     
    aksama, Aug 16, 2006
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