The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    X1400 close hypermemory?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ichocolateu, Apr 11, 2007.

  1. ichocolateu

    ichocolateu Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    How can I colse this? Since it's already a 128Mb individual memory. So I do not think it's useful for a 384Mb share memory.
    My note book IBM T60
    And, is there anyway to update my video card. I would like X1600.
    Thanks.
     
    ichocolateu, Apr 11, 2007
    #1
  2. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

    Reputations:
    94
    Messages:
    1,318
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The site below suggest turning it off via the registry.

    http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33866647

    Edit - There's also an old thread in the forums that guides in turning off hypermemory using ATi Tray tools
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=66618

    And no. Notebook graphic card cannot be updated. You're pretty much stuck with X1400 unless you buy a laptop with X1600. http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3056&guide=Graphics+Card+Guide+2006

    A word of caution, turning hypermemory off and on might cause your existing games to crash.
     
    System64, Apr 11, 2007
    #2
  3. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    813
    Messages:
    2,563
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Hypermemory doesnt take away from the ram during normal windows use. During gaming it can use the extra memory in the ram but does this only when it needs it.
    Why do you want to disable it?
     
    wave, Apr 11, 2007
    #3
  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

    Reputations:
    489
    Messages:
    2,842
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I'm guessing because that extra 384mb of ram will do more good as system ram than graphics ram. Unless he is playing at insane resolutions, that extra amount of ram will not help, especially since it's shared ram, which is absolutely CRAP. Now if this extra 384mb of ram was dedicated, then yes I'd say it would help performance. But it's not, so it's pointless to use it as gpu ram, and it would be better for overall performance if that ram was used by the system instead.
     
    adinu, Apr 11, 2007
    #4