I wanted to know if it was possible to share my ram with my video card?
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Jump to Postyes, when u start your pc go into BIOS and then look for Graphics Apertexture(sp?) Cache, and select how much memory you want to share, I think the max you can share is half of your total Ram.
Jump to Postlol, 8mb
anyways is it a onboard video card or like a pci one? if its onboard I think the method I said is just for added on PCI/AGP cards.
Jump to PostOK, misleading information given here.
If you have onboard video, then you should be able to change the amount of shared RAM used by the video function as described.
If you have an add-in display card, then the system RAM CANNOT be shared! In fact, if you have …
Jump to PostIf you have an add-in display card, then the system RAM CANNOT be shared! In fact, if you have an add-in card then the Shared RAM function should be disabled, or set to the lowest amount possible if there is no option to disable it.
You can specify the AGP …
Jump to PostIt's late, so excuse me for being inept!! I thought the apature couldn't exeed the RAM on the Video Card, or it could only be half the VC RAM. I can't remember off-hand and don't feel like looking it up to re-assure myself!!!
The AGP aperture size should only be …
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