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    video card question

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Infectd, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. Infectd

    Infectd Newbie

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    Hi,


    I was wondering if anyoen knows how or if i can raise the amount of memory my nvidia 7150 go in my DV2610 in my laptop can use from my main ram it says its using 64mb but i swear iv seen it said it can draw up to 256mb. Can anyone tell me how i let the video card access 256mb. I have 3 gigs of ram so im fine to do this, Please help if you can thank you!
     
    Infectd, Oct 12, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The RAM allocation is dynamic and controlled by the system with an "as-needed" policy.
     
    Lithus, Oct 12, 2008
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  3. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    lithus is spot on. and truth is the card is so weak 32mb is probably enough.
     
    tianxia, Oct 12, 2008
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  4. Infectd

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    So there arent any programs i can run that will draw a constant 256mb?
     
    Infectd, Oct 12, 2008
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  5. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    The 7150 is too weak to effectively utilize 256MB of memory anyway.
     
    SmoothTofu, Oct 12, 2008
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  6. pidge

    pidge Notebook Guru

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    I've never tried it myself but I think Rivatuner lets you do this.
     
    pidge, Oct 12, 2008
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