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    need a bit of info and help

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008.

  1. freshwaz

    freshwaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi i have the vaio AR61E

    please bare with me as i dont really understand how it all works and am just guessing mostly

    the laptop has the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT , which i believe according to the NVIDIA website is capable of 512MB

    however the laptop itself restricts it to 128, or only dedicates that much to it...as i said i dont know how it works

    if i have got the jist of it correct is there anyway of increasing it from 128 to something higher, by dedicating more memry or somthing

    cheers, sorry if i seem like a noob!
     
    freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008
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    xoul Notebook Guru

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    As Nvidia states in their website, the GeForce 8400M GT might be capable up to 512 MB, it doesnt means you will get 512.

    And no, you cannot increase the memory or allocate more memory to it since it is not shared, it is integrated.
     
    xoul, Mar 27, 2008
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  3. freshwaz

    freshwaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    pooooooo pooo
     
    freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008
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    freshwaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok is there anything i can do to increase its performance

    i play supreme commander forged alliance
     
    freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008
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    blackbird Notebook Deity

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    Two things

    1). Get the latest drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com I suggest the whql ones, 174.53

    2). Overclock
     
    blackbird, Mar 27, 2008
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    freshwaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    overclock?
     
    freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008
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    Tried searching the forums yet? Search terms like RivaTuner and nTune should turn up a few results.
     
    Harleyquin07, Mar 27, 2008
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    freshwaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    SORRY NO, IM AT WORK SO DONT HAVE THE TIME TO SEARCH BUT THANKS FOR POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

    oops caps
     
    freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008
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    freshwaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    btw harlequin u play dawn of war? jsut wondered from the name
     
    freshwaz, Mar 27, 2008
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  10. OverclockitIDareU

    OverclockitIDareU Notebook Guru

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    Use Rivatuner to overclock your graphics card, but don't overclock it too much, since you only have a notebook
    (heh just stated the obvious)
     
    OverclockitIDareU, Mar 27, 2008
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