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Old 04-12-2007, 03:11 PM
Peter
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Re: Ati Radeon 9550 using system memory? 511mb shared system memory.

I have the same card and the figures are:
319
256
0
63 respectively.
I have 4gb of RAM onboard which reports at 2920mb only and I assume that my
video and TV-FM cards absorb the rest.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

"GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:229C36AC-BC77-4967-9AF2-1897CF7C2FE2@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> P4 2.8ghz HT, 1.5gb, 160gb HD, Ati Radeon 9550 256mb AGP 8x
>
> In Personalize, display settings, advance settings it display that i have:
>
> Total Available Graphic Memory 767 MB,
> Dedicated Video Memory 256mb
> System Video Memory 0MB
> Shared System Memory 511mb
>
> Does every Video card use shared system Memory? I thought by buying 9550
> it
> would not use my computer memory but in the dispaly setting, advance
> setting
> is showing Shared System Memory 511mb, is this normal on all video card.
> Any
> recommendation on video card that does not uses computers memory? How
> about
> Visiontek Ati Radeon X1300 512mb AGP 8x?
> [url]http://www.visiontek.com/products/cards/retail/x1300_512agp.html[/url][/color]

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