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    Radeon X1200 integrated video card problem?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mack_d, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. mack_d

    mack_d Newbie

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    Hi I just bought a Toshiba (A215-S4757) laptop with integrated x1200 video card and I am a little disappointed. It has a problem running even a simple thing like the Windows Vista Energy Screen Saver and when I tried to run more serious 3d graphics (Heroes V) it paused after every frame even on lowest resolution and image quality. I tried to allocate more RAM for video usage (dedicated is 128MB but the manual says it can be increased) but didn't find any place in the BIOS where this can be done. Please Help! Can I squeeze a little more performance from this card or should I go with what i have?
     
    mack_d, Aug 30, 2007
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  2. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    I think if the video card needs more ram, it will take more.
     
    allan_huang, Aug 30, 2007
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The problem with the X1200 is the clock speed, not the RAM. You can have it run with a trillion bytes of RAM, it would still be slow as heck.
     
    Lithus, Aug 30, 2007
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    Changturkey Notebook Evangelist

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    Return it while you still can XD.
     
    Changturkey, Aug 30, 2007
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    That is good advice if you are not happy. If you can't and want to increase the dedicated RAM don't go to bios. Go to ATI Catalyst and at the bottom integrated graphics, change the UMA buffer size. Much more might help but as said problems w IGP's and 3D games! Forget about speed what really kills is bandwidth, the worst dedicated GPU matches the best IGP and they no longer make that "worst GPU". If you have Intel on that 1200m even worse! It is not for 3D gaming! I could tell you more but enough for now.
     
    powerpack, Aug 30, 2007
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