Shared Graphics Memory? Huh?

WeatherGeek

WeatherGeek

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Hi... I was just wondering... what exactly does it mean when it says a desktop has.. 399mb total memory, partially shared, with a 128mb NVidia GeForce 6150SE graphics card...
If I get this desktop i plan on upgrading the garaphics card anyway, but was wondering... if I remove the preinstalled graphics card, will the system still use the remaining 271mb of memory for graphics? I'm pretty confused about this.
 
Can I see the link to the desktop? 399MB shared memory is a weird number.

What it means is the total memory is shared with the onboard graphics card. If you add your own, you should be able to change a setting in the BIOS to disable the onboard graphics so it doesn't take any of your RAM.
 
Modern integrated graphics genrally take the amount of memory they want before Windows because then they can have the allocation they want and not have to fight to get it. You have about 512mb because 512mb-128mb=400mb, so in reality you have 511mb.

You can't remove integrated graphics chips although upgrading the graphics card and disabling the integrated graphics will sort this.
 
Ok thanks. Are there any sort of negative effects to having the integrated graphics chipset installed but disabled? Also, how do you get into BIOS, is BIOS the blue screen-white font that you access at startup by pressing F8 or one of the F keys?
 
Ah ok. It comes with 2GB of RAM and some amount is shared with the onboard video (271MB I guess? HP doesn't really specify). I think anything beyond the 128MB the 6150 has dedicated will by dynamically allocated from the 2GB of RAM the system comes with so it wont take any RAM unless it needs it.

Reading the circuit city description:
The Athlon 64 X2 has two processing engines that work together, giving this processor much more power than standard 2.6GHz processors. This processor is also capable of processing 64 bits of information at once, twice as much as older 32-bit processors.
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While dual cores are technically more powerful than single cores, if you are only doing 1 thing they are no better unless you are using specific software designed for a dual core. Also, 64bit doesn't mean it can process 2x what a 32bit processor can. That's not even close.

It is a good processor though, and a decent prebuilt system as well.
is BIOS the blue screen-white font that you access at startup by pressing F8 or one of the F keys?
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Yes, that's it.
 
Cromewell said:
Ah ok. It comes with 2GB of RAM and some amount is shared with the onboard video (271MB I guess? HP doesn't really specify). I think anything beyond the 128MB the 6150 has dedicated will by dynamically allocated from the 2GB of RAM the system comes with so it wont take any RAM unless it needs it.

Reading the circuit city description:While dual cores are technically more powerful than single cores, if you are only doing 1 thing they are no better unless you are using specific software designed for a dual core. Also, 64bit doesn't mean it can process 2x what a 32bit processor can. That's not even close.

It is a good processor though, and a decent prebuilt system as well.Yes, that's it.
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Thanks for the info! A partial reason I'll be getting a new computer is for FSX (ms flight sim x) which currently doesnt support dual core, but hopefully will in coming SP's. I definately do more than thing at once, and number of things running in the background for my website. I don't plan on getting 64bit vista at present either. Anyway, thanks guys...
don't know if you can answer it here, but what do you think about the Athlon x2 5200+ vs. the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 for gaming?
 
oooh.......I hate onboard video, I have it and I installed my new vid card and it still takes some RAM. I have tried to change it in BIOS and Intel's sorry mobo has really p'd me off because of this
 
I'd say the X2 5200 would be better than an E6300, not by a whole lot but better none the less.
 
Integrated graphics are NOT designed for games. I don't think you should try running a game with an integrated graphics solution.
 
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