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    aspire 5920g GPU

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by AlonB, Dec 6, 2008.

  1. AlonB

    AlonB Newbie

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    hi
    I recently bought an Aspire 5920G with geforce8600M GT 512MB and windows vista premium.
    My graphics card takes more than 700 MB from the RAM memory.
    I would like to know if there's a way to make it take less or even disable this option?
     
    AlonB, Dec 6, 2008
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  2. OutCtrl_85

    OutCtrl_85 Notebook Consultant

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    Well i have the same lappy how do you know its using that much?
    it only uses memory in gaming or when you connect to a screen.
    Are you confusing the availible shared memory with the memory it actually uses?And i dont think that there is a way to disable it.WHy did you encounter any problems with it?
    oh yea and could you please tell me where you saw the memory usage for the card?
     
    OutCtrl_85, Dec 6, 2008
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  3. AlonB

    AlonB Newbie

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    I see it in the display settings -> advanced settings:

    total available graphics memory - 1279MB
    dedicated video memory - 512MB
    system video memory - 0MB
    shared system memory - 767MB

    In some games I fill it. Far Cry 2 is a good example, it always crushes on my computer while on my brother's computer it works fine : LG - core2duo 7250 with geforce 8400 128MB

    and also if it's upto 1280MB, it's suppose to be optional for the user.
     
    AlonB, Dec 7, 2008
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  4. OutCtrl_85

    OutCtrl_85 Notebook Consultant

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    yea thats just showing available shared memory and
    since 512mb is more than enough i dont think it can
    even use that much, maybe if you hook it up to like
    a 42'' lcd and play games there maybe it would use some
    but i dont think so.
    About the game idk but i have the same laptop with t7300
    2gb ram and ddr2 8600m gt 256mb upto 1024mb
    and i can play fallout 3 on high settings @ 30fps.
    Maybe you need new drivers
    laptopvideo2go.com 176.xx by acer really good ones.
     
    OutCtrl_85, Dec 7, 2008
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  5. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Shared memory only use when application need more than dedicated ram,so don't worry you have more than enough dedicated ram
     
    bigspin, Dec 7, 2008
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  6. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    The 8600mGT has a 128 bit bus meaning it can only address up to 256mb or ram anyway.

    So it won't be using system ram.

    Hope this helped.
     
    ratchetnclank, Dec 8, 2008
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