> With the new December ATI Drivers I have 383 MB of Shared System Memory
> for my Mobility Radeon X300. This seems too high, as it was advertized to
> only use 64 MB. Anyone have a comment on why this would be happening? My
> RAM is dual channel 400 MHZ, so there is no way that that much ram could
> acutally be used, or is there? Has anyone expereinced this in XP?
>
> Ben
>I noticed the same thing- Mobility Radeon x1400-256mb
> but shows 383 also
> hmm
>
> Jeff
>
> "Ben Enfield" <benfield@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:0633EEC2-4022-4250-8821-A2EF43BCED96@microsoft.com...>> With the new December ATI Drivers I have 383 MB of Shared System Memory>
>> for my Mobility Radeon X300. This seems too high, as it was advertized
>> to only use 64 MB. Anyone have a comment on why this would be happening?
>> My RAM is dual channel 400 MHZ, so there is no way that that much ram
>> could acutally be used, or is there? Has anyone expereinced this in XP?
>>
>> Ben
> The most odd part about my situation is that I only purchased a 64 mb
> card, and 32 of those mb were supposed to come from the PCI Express
> interface with the system RAM. I don't understand how the extra 383 MB
> are showing up. I also don't see them being used when I look at task
> manager (although I might not be looking at the right place). Does anyone
> have a link to an explanation of the PCI Express interface and how Windows
> deals with system RAM being used by the graphics card? Possibly that will
> shead light on the situation.
>
> Could much of Vista's high RAM usage be due to the graphics card drivers
> eating up much of it? If I subtract that 383 MB then my computer only
> appears to be using 246 MB of ram to run Outlook 2007, Excel 2007,
> Explorer, one IE tab, Outlook Express, this e-mail, Task manager,
> Foldershare, ATI Control Panel and Windows Sidebar, all the while running
> the Aero interface. Very efficient if you ask me.
>
> Ben
>
> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@duh.edu> wrote in message
> news:eRQt3hsLHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...>>I noticed the same thing- Mobility Radeon x1400-256mb>
>> but shows 383 also
>> hmm
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "Ben Enfield" <benfield@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
>> news:0633EEC2-4022-4250-8821-A2EF43BCED96@microsoft.com...>>> With the new December ATI Drivers I have 383 MB of Shared System Memory>>
>>> for my Mobility Radeon X300. This seems too high, as it was advertized
>>> to only use 64 MB. Anyone have a comment on why this would be
>>> happening? My RAM is dual channel 400 MHZ, so there is no way that that
>>> much ram could acutally be used, or is there? Has anyone expereinced
>>> this in XP?
>>>
>>> Ben
87C5729-5D5D-453F-8064-CC9AE5F781E0@microsoft.com...> Don't know. I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X300 also. It has 64mb of
> dedicated graphics memory, and it used to say 64mb of shared system
> memory. I recently upgraded my system memory from 512mb to 2gigs. Now the
> card is using 763mb shared system memory. 763mb! Total available graphics
> memory is now 827mb. Display adapter driver version 8.31.100.2.
>
> --
> /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * Robert Firth *
> * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
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>
> "Ben Enfield" <benfield@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:uDEM9GtLHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...>> The most odd part about my situation is that I only purchased a 64 mb>
>> card, and 32 of those mb were supposed to come from the PCI Express
>> interface with the system RAM. I don't understand how the extra 383 MB
>> are showing up. I also don't see them being used when I look at task
>> manager (although I might not be looking at the right place). Does
>> anyone have a link to an explanation of the PCI Express interface and how
>> Windows deals with system RAM being used by the graphics card? Possibly
>> that will shead light on the situation.
>>
>> Could much of Vista's high RAM usage be due to the graphics card drivers
>> eating up much of it? If I subtract that 383 MB then my computer only
>> appears to be using 246 MB of ram to run Outlook 2007, Excel 2007,
>> Explorer, one IE tab, Outlook Express, this e-mail, Task manager,
>> Foldershare, ATI Control Panel and Windows Sidebar, all the while running
>> the Aero interface. Very efficient if you ask me.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@duh.edu> wrote in message
>> news:eRQt3hsLHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...>>>I noticed the same thing- Mobility Radeon x1400-256mb>>
>>> but shows 383 also
>>> hmm
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> "Ben Enfield" <benfield@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:0633EEC2-4022-4250-8821-A2EF43BCED96@microsoft.com...
>>>> With the new December ATI Drivers I have 383 MB of Shared System Memory
>>>> for my Mobility Radeon X300. This seems too high, as it was advertized
>>>> to only use 64 MB. Anyone have a comment on why this would be
>>>> happening? My RAM is dual channel 400 MHZ, so there is no way that that
>>>> much ram could acutally be used, or is there? Has anyone expereinced
>>>> this in XP?
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>
87C5729-5D5D-453F-8064-CC9AE5F781E0@microsoft.com...> I recently upgraded my system memory from 512mb to 2gigs. Now the card is"1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8"
> using 763mb shared system memory. 763mb! Total available graphics memory
> is now 827mb. Display adapter driver version 8.31.100.2.
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news
>>> I recently upgraded my system memory from 512mb to 2gigs. Now the card is>
>> using 763mb shared system memory. 763mb! Total available graphics memory
>> is now 827mb. Display adapter driver version 8.31.100.2.
> "1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8"
>
> 512MB is on the card, the other 767MB is on the system. If my system had
> put aside 767MB for the graphics card only I would of noticed. Perhaps a
> driver fault, or perhaps describes how much system memory it can use, if
> it wants to. Sort of like the AGP aperture size.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>
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>
>
>I think that is what it is. If you had 4GB of ram installed I suspect you
>would see 3.2GB of user ram for the same reason.
>
> "Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
> news:052475AF-986A-42E7-86FD-40E978F9FDD9@microsoft.com...>> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message>
>> news
>>>>> I recently upgraded my system memory from 512mb to 2gigs. Now the card>>
>>> is using 763mb shared system memory. 763mb! Total available graphics
>>> memory is now 827mb. Display adapter driver version 8.31.100.2.
>> "1279 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8"
>>
>> 512MB is on the card, the other 767MB is on the system. If my system had
>> put aside 767MB for the graphics card only I would of noticed. Perhaps a
>> driver fault, or perhaps describes how much system memory it can use, if
>> it wants to. Sort of like the AGP aperture size.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>
> ok,
> make this simple for me,
> "jeffproof" as it were,
> so with my ATI x1400 256mb
> 256 is the card-and 127 mb is RAM ??? =383?
> not good with numbers,but ya get the gist.
>
> Jeff
>I had the option to buy either the 64 or 128 MB card, both came with half
>(I think) memory reported (so 128 came with 64 mb, the 64 mb came with 32
>mb). Unless Dell gave me a present, I only thnk I have 32 mb on my card.
>Please clarify if I am wrong. XP only reports 64 mb, or it did when I had
>it installed.
>
> Just wondering, what is your screen resolution?
>
> BTW, I have 1.25 gigs of ram.
>
> Ben
>
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news>> Don't know. I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X300 also. It has 64mb of>
>> dedicated graphics memory, and it used to say 64mb of shared system
>> memory. I recently upgraded my system memory from 512mb to 2gigs. Now the
>> card is using 763mb shared system memory. 763mb! Total available graphics
>> memory is now 827mb. Display adapter driver version 8.31.100.2.
>>
>> --
>> /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> * Robert Firth *
>> * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
>> * http://www.WinVistaInfo.org *
>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
>>
>> "Ben Enfield" <benfield@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
>> news:uDEM9GtLHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...>>> The most odd part about my situation is that I only purchased a 64 mb>>
>>> card, and 32 of those mb were supposed to come from the PCI Express
>>> interface with the system RAM. I don't understand how the extra 383 MB
>>> are showing up. I also don't see them being used when I look at task
>>> manager (although I might not be looking at the right place). Does
>>> anyone have a link to an explanation of the PCI Express interface and
>>> how Windows deals with system RAM being used by the graphics card?
>>> Possibly that will shead light on the situation.
>>>
>>> Could much of Vista's high RAM usage be due to the graphics card drivers
>>> eating up much of it? If I subtract that 383 MB then my computer only
>>> appears to be using 246 MB of ram to run Outlook 2007, Excel 2007,
>>> Explorer, one IE tab, Outlook Express, this e-mail, Task manager,
>>> Foldershare, ATI Control Panel and Windows Sidebar, all the while
>>> running the Aero interface. Very efficient if you ask me.
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@duh.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:eRQt3hsLHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>I noticed the same thing- Mobility Radeon x1400-256mb
>>>> but shows 383 also
>>>> hmm
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> "Ben Enfield" <benfield@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>>> news:0633EEC2-4022-4250-8821-A2EF43BCED96@microsoft.com...
>>>>> With the new December ATI Drivers I have 383 MB of Shared System
>>>>> Memory for my Mobility Radeon X300. This seems too high, as it was
>>>>> advertized to only use 64 MB. Anyone have a comment on why this would
>>>>> be happening? My RAM is dual channel 400 MHZ, so there is no way that
>>>>> that much ram could acutally be used, or is there? Has anyone
>>>>> expereinced this in XP?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>
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