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    NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (128MB) Real Ram?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by integra144, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. integra144

    integra144 Notebook Consultant

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    So I have a T61 WS 14 inch, 2GBram, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (128MB), 2.2 GHz dually. I am trying to buy some simulation games such as Flight Simulator X, according to peoples review they recommend at least 512mb Video card.

    My confusion is that I have Quadro NVS with 128MB but according to dxdiag when put into the run it says 864mb under display. Can some please explain this to me? Also will my laptop be able to run games with high detail such as Flight Simulator X and many other new games.

    If it helps I am also running Vista Ultimate.

    Thanks
     
    integra144, Dec 13, 2007
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  2. chubbyfatazn

    chubbyfatazn Notebook Evangelist

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    It has 128MB of dedicated memory. I have no idea of the maximum it can share with the system memory, though. Sharing the system memory is always slower than the dedicated memory, so the performance boost isn't massive.

    FSX is a very demanding game that even performance PCs have difficulty keeping up with. I know that my PC has to run everything at low to medium to keep an acceptable framerate (and even then, it's not 30+).

    Given how the Quadro is just an 8400M GS, I wouldn't count on being able to run newer games with high settings.
     
    chubbyfatazn, Dec 13, 2007
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    Arki, Dec 13, 2007
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  4. martynas

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    you should be able to change amount of system memory taken by the card in bios settings...
     
    martynas, Dec 13, 2007
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    i don't find any settings for that on my bios. I think that one is set automatically
     
    kaede, Dec 13, 2007
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    honestly, I don't remember exactly where I saw those settings, maybe they were not on my t61 but on one of many computers that I'm currently taking care of :)
     
    martynas, Dec 13, 2007
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