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    Shared video memory in Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jorgedua, May 25, 2007.

  1. jorgedua

    jorgedua Newbie

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    I have windows vista business billgates edition installed and i noticed when i checked my video card settings i had an extra 895 megs of video memory that is shared from my system memory. I now have 1.05 gigs of video memory. Is there anyway to turn that feature off or atleast make it a lower value?
     
    jorgedua, May 25, 2007
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your graphics card drivers will only take the shared memeory from the ram when it needs it. This will never happen unless you game and even then it will hardly ever take the full amount. So dont worry about it.
     
    wave, May 25, 2007
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  3. WackyT

    WackyT Notebook Deity

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    At least it's not the Steve Jobs edition, then it'd only run on a single hardware configuration, and you'd have to buy the OS all over again everytime a service pack was released.
     
    WackyT, May 25, 2007
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  4. Sykotic

    Sykotic Notebook Evangelist

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    Get the SpongeBob edition, it just soaks up all your resources, needed or not.
     
    Sykotic, May 27, 2007
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    LOL , 1.05GB of memory for a VGA card using shared memory ?? :eek: Tops even an 8800GTX ;) . Who the heck writes these drivers anyways? :rolleyes:
     
    PhoenixFx, May 27, 2007
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    cvec7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well you know what they say about 100 monkeys in a room writing shakespear...maybe 200 in a room can write video drivers...
     
    cvec7, May 27, 2007
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