How do I assign memory to video card?
Geforce GO 6150
This laptop:
Turion 64 X2 1.6ghz - with 1gig push
How do I dedicate the full 256MB required to this video card? I hear it can be done, but how?
CS 1.6 runs like crap! I want it to run at lowest possible good!
Answer:
Hi, I read your previous query and noticed the completely bad answer that the one guy give you, which I think lead you to asking this one. The GeForce Go 6150 is a very poor video card, simply upgrading RAM or dedicate more RAM to the video card is not going to help. Unfortunately some populace on here give extremely poor answers in areas that they do not think through. You most likely already enjoy the full 256MB dedicated to the card, and even if you don't, it won't business, amount of RAM on a video card is not the most important factor.
I tend to concur, the amount of knock against you devote to the gpu isn't going to make much difference if any. You're trying to use a screwdriver as a tack hammer. If you want a gaming laptop, they're expensive. Gaming desktops are cheaper and less portable. Best bet is to not ask your laptop to do something it's not intended to do, and thats be a concrete core game electrical device.
I think you should dance to the BIOS, I'm not sure how for your laptop. On my laptop I had to press F2 to shift into BIOS early time when you start your computer (the first peak that shows up during boot). Usually there is an indication on what button to press to enter BIOS SETUP on that same blind.
When you get into the BIOS setup, which can appear similar to anything, depending on the laptop brand and the type of BIOS chip they use. You should find something like "FRAME BUFFER SIZE" or "ONBOARD SHARED MEMORY SIZE" or something similar to that. It should have choices or something approaching 32, 64, 128, and 256, in MB (Megabytes). When you're done, exit and gather the BIOS. U should find how to do that on the screen.
I'm not sure but your computer probably already allocate shared memory size "dynamically".
Standard is usually set at 128MB. Adding it to 256MB may amend things a bit with games that uses sizeable memory buffer, but it will not do wonders.
Hope that helps.
What are Integrated Graphics Processors (IGPs)? They are a simple graphics controller located on the motherboard. IGPs (with few exceptions) do not own their own memory and cannot play complex 3D games. Integrated graphics cards are not for gaming – office work, DVD watching, and pattern surfing is near the limitation of their capabilities. They can be found contained by almost any size notebook, from those with a 10.6” eyeshade to 17”. Advantages of an IGP include low power consumption and virtually no heat.
Although IGP presentation is for the most part irrelevant, they are rate below from lowest-performing to highest:
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Intel GMA900
Intel GMA950
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Nvidia GeForce Go6150
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
Intel other has the worst IGPs performance-wise. The GeForce Go6150 and Radeon X200M are incredibly similar in concert, while the X1150 improves on them by around 30% in expressions of overall performance.
IGPs enjoy no memory of their own – they borrow it from the main system memory. Some IGPs, such as the Radeon X200M/X1150 can own some dedicated memory (64-128MB max.), but to be precise not common.
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