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    Video Memory on the HP dv6253cl?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by WTFD4VID, Mar 4, 2007.

  1. WTFD4VID

    WTFD4VID Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here are the specs
    It says 128 MB shared but on the laptop itself, there is a sticker that says 288 MB shared. When I went to dxdiag on Run, it said there was 330 MB. I opened BIOS and the only option I saw for video memory was some Frame Buffer Skip or Size (I forgot what it said exactly). The choices were 32 MB, 64 MB, and 128 MB. The laptop has 2 GB of RAM so it has around 2048 MB I think. Since shared uses up RAM, I should have around 1920 MB RAM if it is 128 MB and 1760 MB Ram if it is 288 MB right? On the Multi-Meter thing for Vista, it says I have 1918 MB left so I was confused. Also, when I tried to install some games, it said I needed DirectX 8.1 and 9 (for different games) even though I had DirectX 10. Why is that? Last question, my mouse is sort of slow when I'm playing Warcraft III and I'm wondering whether an installation of the mouse driver will help it in any way? Thanks in advance.
     
    WTFD4VID, Mar 4, 2007
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    WTFD4VID Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone have any idea? I'm still clueless.
     
    WTFD4VID, Mar 4, 2007
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    jmhal Notebook Consultant

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    about the shared video RAM try hitting Fn + Esc it should tell you the total RAM and the amount taken by graphics. However I'm not sure if it works in Vista, it does in xp. For example next to "total memory" mine says "2.00GB (1.88 GB system + 128 MB video)"
     
    jmhal, Mar 4, 2007
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    reddingae Newbie

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    In case you are still wondering about this:

    The actual specs say "up to 128mb" THat means that in the BIOS you actually setting teh cap for it. Depending on the demands of the graphics it will use more memory. If you are just surfing the net it will use less, playing games it will use more.
     
    reddingae, May 27, 2007
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