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    Ati 1150 on Inspiron 1501

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by conejeitor, Apr 26, 2007.

  1. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    A question:
    I know the Ati xpress 1150 on the inspiron 1501 is integrated, but does it take all the memory from the RAM memory? or it has some memory of its own?
    thanks.
     
    conejeitor, Apr 26, 2007
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  2. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    It doesn't have it's own memory. Everything is shared from system RAM
     
    PhoenixFx, Apr 26, 2007
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  3. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    I only wonder because the card is supposed to be 256 MB but it takes only 128 from the board RAM. I guess it might only be the BIOS setting.
     
    conejeitor, Apr 27, 2007
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    |TiMSaH| Newbie

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    I couldn't do this on the BIOS settings.. How can I do?
     
    |TiMSaH|, Apr 28, 2007
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  5. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    The extra 128MB won't help you. The card isn't even powerful enough to fully utilise what it has now.
     
    Lysander, Apr 29, 2007
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  6. conejeitor

    conejeitor Notebook Evangelist

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    I know but still, how to do it?
     
    conejeitor, Apr 29, 2007
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    J400uk Notebook Consultant

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    You CANNOT change in the bios. It has to be done under windows in the catalyst control center. You will find the option under "UMA Buffer size".
     
    J400uk, Apr 29, 2007
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