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jarnism   07-11-2007 at 06:16:07 AM


I have the EVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E Video Card
In the total available memory field it says that its 751mb. I was wondering if its possible to reduce that since its using 1/4th of my 2gig memory.

Im a newbi at this and have no idea if this is normal or not, could it be because I'm using a motherboard with onboard graphics? its a gigabyte 965g ds3

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jarnism   07-11-2007 at 06:17:07 AM
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i atached a pic of whats going on

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turboflame   07-11-2007 at 06:36:45 AM
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jarnism wrote :

i atached a pic of whats going on



I get a 403 when clicking your link

Did you turn off the integrated graphics in the BIOS?

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monst0r   07-11-2007 at 06:40:14 AM
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i get a 403 as well...anyway, make sure to go into your BIOS (it should say something like press DEL to BIOS SETUP when u start your computer). make sure that any onboard graphic options are OFF. where is this total available memory field thing? is this in vista or xp or another OS?

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jarnism   07-11-2007 at 06:51:05 AM
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im using vista right now

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kpo6969   07-11-2007 at 08:28:15 AM
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Vista handles memory different than XP. If you have 2GB+ system ram up to 1023mb can be allocated for video and graphics. I don't believe that can be adjusted at this time. Mine is 1022mb(including 256mb from my video card).

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