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PC allocating ram to GPU?

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by timmy1991, Dec 23, 2011.

  1. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    I looked at my DirectX Diag tool and it showed me this:
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    The video card is supposed to only have 1GB of memory, and I noticed this number went up when I added another stick of ram to my PC.

    system specs:
    Dell Dimension 5150
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Pentium 4 2.8GHZ HT enabled
    2GB DDR2 Ram
    Nvidia Geforce 210 1GB

    (don't bother telling me to upgrade to a new PC, I know this one isn't top of the line but I can't afford one right now)
     
    timmy1991, Dec 23, 2011
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    its a feature called turbocache I believe, it uses some system ram as texture memory, similar to how AGP cards did (back then it was called AGP aperture). The card itself only has 1GB onboard.

    Also it could be that dxdiag is quite simply wrong, it shows my card as having 758MB ram.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 23, 2011
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  3. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    So will it use the extra memory when it has to, or will it use it all the time?
     
    timmy1991, Dec 23, 2011
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    only when needed I imagine.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 23, 2011
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  5. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    Ok, I've looked up turbocaching, and there's no way to stop it on windows 7... I'll live with it then
     
    timmy1991, Dec 23, 2011
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