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shadowfax123   08-10-2009 at 04:01:15 PM

I have an onboard graphics card nvidia geforce 6100 for my asus motherboard, I currently have 1GB of system RAM. that is 1024 MB of RAM (dual channel memory with two 512 MB DIMMs). Since I don't have a dedicated graphics card, I need to allocate some of my system RAM to the graphics card. I have checked in the BIOS settings that I can allocate up to 128MB as on-chip-buffer size or as shared memory. Now my question is what is the optimal setting for best quality and performance? Should I go for 64 MB(shared) + 960 MB(system) or am I better off with 128 MB(shared) + 896 MB (system) by sacrificing some system memory to allocate more to graphics! Which one would you recommend?

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theholylancer   08-10-2009 at 04:11:24 PM

Err, what is your screen res?

That thing can't game, it can only use more memory if you have a huge desktop or something... 65 Mb is more than enough for it if you are running 1280 * 1024

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shadowfax123   08-17-2009 at 04:49:53 AM

Both answers are equally pathetic. Instead of answering they seem to ask questions themselves! Anyway, I have decided to udgrade my system and install a dedicated graphics card. So, thanks for answering!

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theholylancer   08-17-2009 at 03:53:12 PM

well, how can we recommend if we don't know what are you doing with it?

 

It's like asking how can I cut this piece of meat with my butter knife, without stating what meat.

 

For all we know you are trying to carve up a piece of an elephant with a butter knife....

 

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meewog   08-18-2009 at 10:46:59 PM

theholylancer wrote :

well, how can we recommend if we don't know what are you doing with it?

It's like asking how can I cut this piece of meat with my butter knife, without stating what meat.

For all we know you are trying to carve up a piece of an elephant with a butter knife....



I liked the way you answered :)

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