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    HP zv6000 graphics

    Discussion in 'HP' started by IheartTaiwan, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. IheartTaiwan

    IheartTaiwan Notebook Guru

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    I was wondering if my zv6000 uses integrated or dedicated graphics. The computer states that a 128MB ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M w/ Hypermemory is installed. Some reviews state that it is integrated, others state that it is dedicated. When I take a look at system properties, it reads all 1024mb of RAM are present, so I'm assuming none of it is being consumed by the graphics card. Are my assumptions correct?

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    IheartTaiwan, Jul 30, 2007
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    f15hp Notebook Consultant

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    Well, as far as I know the XPRESS 200M use charred memory, since my sister computer have that video card, and in addition on of my friend have the zv6000 and it is shared memory.
     
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    The Xpress 200M chipset uses shared (system) RAM for storage. A dedicated version was to be released, but it would rare to find, given the price of the systems based on these chipset. It is a decent chipset offering baseline vertex and pixel shading performance. More like newbie stuff but way better than its Intel counterparts in the same time frame.
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    One of those rare finds is the zv6000. HP offered both integrated as well as dedicated versions of the 200m with these systems.

    Yes, if Windows system properties menu is showing the full memory then its most likely the dedicated version. Also if your system has the 6 in 1 media card reader then your system should have the 128MB dedicated version since that option was only offered with the upgraded graphics.
     
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  5. lappyhappy

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    I have a zv6000 with the 200M dedicated graphics. It is sort of like an integrated dedicated card. Even though it is sort of dedicated it is still not that good of a card but certainly is able to game fairly well on some older games. Definitely it is one of the better integrated graphics cards out there (at the release of the zv6000 it was the best but not so much any more).
     
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    You probably have the dedicated version like I did. If you see a "Sideport" selection in BIOS for graphics, it is dedicated.
     
    R4000, Jul 31, 2007
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    Hi All,
    I have a Dv5030Z and it has 128 meg of dedicated video ram with the option through the BIOS of adding another 128 meg of shared ram. I use it with the dedicated only because it is actually faster that way than using both. If I had alot of graphic intensive programs like heavy duty Photoshop stuf going on I'd imagine that the use of the shared along with the dedicated memory would be better.

    In the peace and love of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.....prechp
     
    preachp, Jul 31, 2007
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