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HI,

I have 1 GB RAM on my PC but it shows to be 960 MB.. so i belive it is shared by my onboard Ge Force Graphics Card.. AND My DVD shows frames when i play them

Can i increase this from 64 MB..

System Specs

AMD Athlon 3200+
ASUS A8N-VM Motherboard
Onboard GeForce 6200/nForce Card (Manual says 256 MB Card - How to achieve that)
1 GB RAM
180 GB Hard Drive (SATA-Seagate)
ASUS DVD RW Drive (16X Max)

Plz. Hekp..
Thanx in advance

Regards
Sarbjit

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Short answer: the onboard GeForce is taking part of the 1 GB as shared frame buffer, so Windows reports less usable RAM. That is normal for integrated GPUs. The "256 MB" text in the manual usually means the maximum shared frame buffer the chipset/BIOS can reserve, not a separate physical video card.

Practical steps to try (in order):

  • Reboot into the motherboard BIOS (Del/F2 on boot). Look under Advanced/Chipset/Onboard or Northbridge settings for options named like "UMA Frame Buffer Size", "IGD Memory Size", "Onboard VGA Share", or "Video Memory". If you see them you can increase from 64 to 128 or 256 MB. Save and exit.
  • If the BIOS has no option, check the ASUS A8N-VM support page for a BIOS update that might expose a setting. Only update BIOS if the release notes mention VGA/UMA fixes and follow ASUS instructions exactly.
  • Update the GPU driver (as suggested) to ensure hardware acceleration works correctly. After updating, enable DXVA/hardware acceleration in your media player or try a player with built-in codec/acceleration support.

Notes and tradeoffs:

  • Increasing the shared video buffer reduces memory available to the OS (for example, setting 256 MB on a 1 GB system leaves roughly 768 MB for Windows and apps). That can slow the system more than it helps video playback.
  • If smooth DVD/video playback and full system RAM are both important, the best fix is a cheap discrete graphics card with its own RAM or adding more system RAM so a larger share does not hurt overall performance.
  • Use Device Manager, msinfo32 or dxdiag to confirm how much memory the driver reports after changes.

For reference to the thread: raised the original problem and is also experimenting—the BIOS/driver route above is the usual, practical path.

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i dont know yaar sorry
even i m also trying that

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