Graphics Card Help [Solved]

[CraigB]

I have an nvidia gpu which is 512meg but shared with the system it say's 1791meg and 2303meg combined so you should not be to concerned plus if your system is running nicely and the graffic's are working it's all good

[Probzzie]

True enough just thought I'd ask because if it was indeed overclock it was clocked over double its compacity. It seemed like an issue needing to be resolved.

[DavidCo]

Shared system memory varies from chipset to chipset
Like craigb I have 512MB nvidia but I will see shared sys at 1407MB giving 1919MB total
Try SIW from http://www.gtopala.com/ and see what it says

[Probzzie]

512MB is what my video card indicates

[YoKenny]

What Speccy says about my Windows 7 system:
Graphics
Monitor
Name   IBM L170p on Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
   Current Resolution   1280x1024 pixels
   Work Resolution   1280x962 pixels
   State   enabled, primary, output devices support
   Monitor Width   1280
   Monitor Height   1024
   Monitor BPP   32 bits per pixel
   Monitor Frequency   60 Hz
   Device   \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
   Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
   Memory   256 MB
   Memory type   2
   Driver version   8.15.10.1930

Still not sure what you want to know.

Sure would help if you went to PROFILE then Modify Profile then Forum Profile Information then Please select your country: then Signature: and put information about your system just like my signature about your system just like my signature so that the helpers can offer pertinent advice.

[CharleyO]

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Just to try and clarify a few things, there is a big difference between video cards and on-board video graphics chips.

On-board  video graphics chips usually have a small amount of memory on chip with the most of the memory being shared memory. That is, using some of the system RAM.

On the other hand, most video cards have their own memory on the video card and usually do not use shared memory.

Another thing to consider is that many video cards come with various amounts of memory. An ATI 4350 video card (or any other model number) might have 256 mb, 512 mb, or 1024 mb of memory on the card. But then, an ATI 4350 on-board video chip will have very little memory on the chip with most of it's memory being shared.

The above is also true of nVidia video cards.

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