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    GMA X3100 Virtual RAM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by xnviews, Jun 21, 2007.

  1. xnviews

    xnviews Notebook Deity

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    I'm thinking about buying a laptop with GMA X3100 and 4GB of RAM but plan on running Windows XP 32-bit. In that configuration windows will only take ~3GB of RAM. Can the X3100 use the extra RAM not being used by windows instead of cutting into windows allocated RAM?

    The reason being that I NEED to use 32-bit and I was thinking of getting a laptop with integrated graphics. That way I would have 3GB of RAM and some of the unused RAM can be used by the video card?

    Do think you think that this is possible? I have a few guesses. If the virtual RAM is allocated in BIOS it would be reasonable to assume that window's amount wouldn't be affected. That's not for certain though.

    Does anyone know the answer?
     
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    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    No the shared memory will be taken from the memory that Vista detects. Vista needs to give the shared memory to the drivers and it is managed by the OS.
     
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