Re: shared system video memory in vista

Posted: 01-15-2009, 03:38 PM

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I've got 64bit Vista here are the video stats
Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Total available graphics memory 2558 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 2046 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.8048
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 10

and memory
Total amount of system memory 6.00 GB RAM

I can still fill all 6 GB of memory with data or a bit more than 4 GB since
vista needs one and a bit for it to work. So it would seem that you need to
speak to the Photoshop people about memory detection. A downside is that even
with all that memory GTA IV only sees the 512 MB that sits on the card not
the extra 2 GB, which would be nice. It would seem that the shared memory is
there for aero to work with cards that don't have enough memory but offer the
functions needed to run it.

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Re: shared system video memory in vista

Posted: 01-15-2009, 04:54 PM

critic;4181415 Wrote:

> I've got 64bit Vista here are the video stats
> Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
> Total available graphics memory 2558 MB
> Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
> Dedicated system memory 0 MB
> Shared system memory 2046 MB
> Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.8048
> Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
> DirectX version DirectX 10
>
> and memory
> Total amount of system memory 6.00 GB RAM
>
> I can still fill all 6 GB of memory with data or a bit more than 4 G
> since
> vista needs one and a bit for it to work. So it would seem that yo
> need to
> speak to the Photoshop people about memory detection. A downside i
> that even
> with all that memory GTA IV only sees the 512 MB that sits on the car
> not
> the extra 2 GB, which would be nice. It would seem that the share
> memory is
> there for aero to work with cards that don't have enough memory bu
> offer the
> functions needed to run it.Yeah well, actually, that's how I ended up "solving" my problem. Simpl

bought 4 more GB of RAM and installed Vista64. Of course, that's no
what I wanted but it seems that there is nothing else that can be don
(i.e. to be able to chose the ammount of Shared video RAM).
I wonder if Microsoft has address this "requirement" in Windows 7, o
if the system will still get to chose for you how much RAM it wants t
dedicate to your graphics..

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