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    About Geforce 8600GT Mem

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tom_89, Jun 14, 2008.

  1. tom_89

    tom_89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone ......

    I have something wired in my XPS M1530 ... I wanted to check if my laptop will run Bioshock perfectly or not so i tested it in www.systemrequirementslab.com which gave me fine results :) ..... but it says that I have 1.7GB of Video Ram :confused: ??!!!

    Isn't 8600GT have a dedicated Memory with 256MB or what ?!

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    tom_89, Jun 14, 2008
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

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    Hi.

    It is just means it can share some of your system memory upto 1.7GB, But it will only use it if it needs it.

    Regards

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jun 14, 2008
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  3. tom_89

    tom_89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thnxx for ur quick reply :) ....
    so is it a good thing ?!!
    and I also have 4GB of Ram with Vista 32bit, unfortunately I can only use 3.5GB ,,,, so does the 1.7GB includes the remaining 0.5GB ?
     
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    Hi.

    You system memory is considerably slower than the memory on your graphics card, so it`s benefit is questionable.

    I suppose if a game required 512 and you only had 256, The game would run but, how fast it would be is anybody's guess.

    Regards

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jun 14, 2008
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  5. eleron911

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    Video memory will only help in higher resolutions.
    The 8600M GT in your laptop is more than enough for Bioshock to run even at high settings.
     
    eleron911, Jun 14, 2008
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    I belive it is called TurboMemory.

    You can play Bioshock probably at high settings, as eleron911 said.
     
    ahl395, Jun 14, 2008
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  7. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    turbo memory is an intel thing. It is called turbocache for the gpu ;)

    Your 8600Gt should have no problem plying bioshock at medium to high settings.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jun 14, 2008
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