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    My X1600 is possessed

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Circa69, Feb 10, 2007.

  1. Circa69

    Circa69 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have no idea what or when this happened. I can't find anything via search.
    My X1600 was showing 256MB since I bought the machine. I just now noticed it is now showing 512MB??!!??
    Any ideas about what, where, how? Has anyone seen this??
    Reinstalled driver, and looked at everything I can think of. I can't find the problem.
     
    Circa69, Feb 10, 2007
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    who8mahrice, Feb 11, 2007
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    Hyper memory means when your x1600 is borrowing the 256megs from your ram. There's nothing wrong with your notebook nor with your gpu.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 11, 2007
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  4. Circa69

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    Right, but how did it change? I'm not OCing. Is it possible I did it by accident somewhere?
     
    Circa69, Feb 11, 2007
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    It's doing that automatically, it's a feature of the x1600 which also other gpu's have.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 11, 2007
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    That is ATI's "HyperMemory." The card is using 256MB on board memory plus 256MB of system memory for a total of 512MB. You should be able to change the amount of borrowed memory with one of ATI's utilities.
     
    Charr, Feb 11, 2007
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    Maybe you have upgraded your bios or your drivers, so you have activated the HyperMemory feature. It adds 256 megs of ram taking it from the system ram only when needed.
     
    A.L.M., Feb 11, 2007
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    it has nothing to do with OC, it will take 256Mb from your RAM when needed, particularly when gaming
     
    crappyGPU, Feb 11, 2007
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  9. Charles P. Jefferies

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    HyperMemory support is software-based; it's automatically enabled because the drivers have support for it.

    In Vista, I have an X700 with 1GB of total VRAM; you'll see in the attachment that there is 256MB dedicated and up to 767MB shared.

    It only takes memory as it needs.
     

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 11, 2007
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  10. Calum

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    Aww, how come I don't have HM on my X1600 when you have it on your X700?
    Is it Vista specific?
    And does it actually help at all?
     
    Calum, Feb 11, 2007
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    OMG, I thought this issue was resolved a long time ago. Way overated thread title pal :) I was expecting a graphic card that talks back to you.
     
    MYK, Feb 11, 2007
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