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.

    T61p: NV Q 570M memory?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lloewe, Sep 30, 2007.

  1. lloewe

    lloewe Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I just got a new T61p equipped with an NVidia Quadro 570M which is supposed to feature 256MB of memory, however looking at the NVidia Control Panel I get this:


    [Display]
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz (2194 MHz)
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
    DirectX version: 9.0c
    GPU processor: Quadro FX 570M
    ForceWare version: 101.33
    Memory: 512 MB
    Video BIOS version: 60.84.51.00.00
    IRQ: 16
    Bus: PCI Express x16

    ​

    So now I'm a bit confused.
    Is the driver mistaken about the memory on the card?
    Are there any potiential problems if that is the case?
    Or is it using some wierd combination of GPU and system memory?
    Is there any way to find out for sure?

    Ideas? Comments?
     
    lloewe, Sep 30, 2007
    #1
  2. Daniel L

    Daniel L Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    57
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    It is counting the RAM it is borrowing from your system memory. Mine says the same (512).
     
    Daniel L, Sep 30, 2007
    #2
  3. ooxxoo

    ooxxoo Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    155
    Messages:
    363
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    It takes some system memory too :)

    My 128 MB card shows up as 1399MB..
     
    ooxxoo, Sep 30, 2007
    #3
  4. dickeywang

    dickeywang Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    140
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Wow, my 128MB card shows up as 512MB, which graphics card driver you are using?
     
    dickeywang, Sep 30, 2007
    #4
  5. Hellbore

    Hellbore Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    428
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    So it uses some of the system ram eh?

    Good thing I have 4 gigs so there is plenty to go around :D
     
    Hellbore, Sep 30, 2007
    #5
  6. ooxxoo

    ooxxoo Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    155
    Messages:
    363
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Shows ForceWare version 156.65

    It probably takes more because I have more RAM than you.
     
    ooxxoo, Sep 30, 2007
    #6