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    editing dvmt?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by hoffmanbike, May 20, 2006.

  1. hoffmanbike

    hoffmanbike Notebook Enthusiast

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    is it possible to edit dvmt, i am running an acer c301 w/ 2gb ram, intel has dedicated 64mb to video, can i dedicate more, say 128mb or even 256 as this would not effect my performance? i'm looking to run vista ultimate once it comes out that's why. that and i think it would just look better now.
     
    hoffmanbike, May 20, 2006
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    jujube Notebook Deity

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    I believe the dvmt is fixed, hence dedicated - it's the actual ram soddered onto the GPU not hypermem or tuborcache
     
    jujube, May 20, 2006
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    hoffmanbike Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok thanks i had looked around and that what some people were saying but i wanted to check
     
    hoffmanbike, May 26, 2006
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    fareal Newbie

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    This thread is old, but I'm searching for opinions on DVMT settings. In my ACER 3680 BIOS there is a DVMT setting.. 64MB, 128MB, or MaxDVMT. Default was 64MB. I changed it to 128MB and ran the Vista Windows Experience thingie and saw an increase in performance. I changed it again to MaxDVMT and did not see another increase when running the Vista Windows Experience thing.
     
    fareal, Feb 27, 2007
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