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    strange quadro 110m sahred memory usage

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by flutie98, Feb 18, 2007.

  1. flutie98

    flutie98 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the d620 in my sig, with the Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M

    im running the vista 32bit 100.64 with laptop2go modded inf

    in the picture below it show i have 64mb of dedicated vram and then about 500mb of shared ram, id honestly rather have most of that ram back for programs and use what is supposed to be 192mb of shared ram for a total of 256mb.

    anyone know how i can change the shared memory allocation?

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    flutie98, Feb 18, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Try the bios...
     
    adinu, Feb 18, 2007
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    paqtrick22 Notebook Evangelist

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    it's because you are using 2GB ram, which configures your card to use the maximum shared ram.
     
    paqtrick22, Feb 18, 2007
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    Usually, the memory is only actually allocated if needed. (It wouldn't really be shared if the GPU used it all the time, would it?)

    It just means the GPU can take up to those ~500MB if it needs them. Otherwise, it'll stick with (much) less.
     
    Jalf, Feb 18, 2007
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    flutie98 Notebook Enthusiast

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    the maximum shared ram regardless for my card is 192mb and the drivers do pre allocate the ram for video use as in the task manager it only show 1.5GB physical total. The bios offers nothing
     
    flutie98, Feb 18, 2007
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    i have a driver from the same site and im only sharing 227mb(also have 2gb ram) i will find the driver and let you know.. is there any performance boost using this driveR?

    thanks
     
    WintZ, Feb 19, 2007
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