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    X3100 seeing less Memory in XP than VISTA?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by rubosh, Oct 7, 2007.

  1. rubosh

    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, i recently changed from Vista to XP and i installed all the drivers and stuff however my max memory under XP is 128 MB and it says Min 8 and in use 10 MB while in Vista it was 251 Max, min 8 and in use 128 MB... why is my MAX in XP less than Vista??
    Toshiba U305 - x3100 using the latest XP drivers
    2 GB RAM
    Core 2 Duo

    THANKS!
     
    rubosh, Oct 7, 2007
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Different drivers = different results. In the end, it doesn't matter.
     
    Lithus, Oct 7, 2007
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It doesn't matter because the card cannot perform for gaming, which is the only real senario from which a GPU would benefit from more memory.

    Non-gaming applications do not need much GPU memory at all, thus the super low allocation of system RAM to the GPU.
     
    Greg, Oct 7, 2007
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  4. rubosh

    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    well i on Vista i was able to play M3 challenge with the highest settings with really good fps while in XP i had artifacts and it was slow :(
     
    rubosh, Oct 7, 2007
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  5. rubosh

    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    and the resolution was 1280x800, the native for my screen
     
    rubosh, Oct 7, 2007
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    im running x3100 with latest 14.31.1 XP drivers, it says 384 max memory
    , i do occasionally get artifacts and missing textures in cs:source
     
    anarky321, Oct 8, 2007
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    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    That's a source bug. Happens to everyone.
     
    Lysander, Oct 8, 2007
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    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    But how can i change the max to what it was under vista? :eek: i am really lost here... i have all the drivers installed on laptop...
     
    rubosh, Oct 8, 2007
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    Did you not get it with the first few posts? The amount of RAM doesn't matter. It's Vista in general, or the different drivers that's causing the slowdown.
     
    Lithus, Oct 8, 2007
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  10. rubosh

    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok.. thanks
     
    rubosh, Oct 8, 2007
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