memory distribution

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Hi.
I have a graphics card with 1mg memory on board and my computer has 512
memory in it ...can I take some memory from my card and add it lo my 512
memory,so maybe it can be 700 graphics card and 812 in computer.
I dont play games except cards.
Kev.
 
Re: memory distribution

No, the video card memory is for Video only.
I'm assuming you meant to say: 1GB of memory on the video card.

If you need more memory for the Windows OS
See: http://www.crucial.com/
Use the Crucial System Scanner tool.

JS
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"kevin" <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi.
> I have a graphics card with 1mg memory on board and my computer has 512
> memory in it ...can I take some memory from my card and add it lo my 512
> memory,so maybe it can be 700 graphics card and 812 in computer.
> I dont play games except cards.
> Kev.
 
Re: memory distribution

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:25:01 -0700, kevin
<kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a graphics card with 1mg memory on board and my computer has 512
> memory in it ...can I take some memory from my card and add it lo my 512
> memory,so maybe it can be 700 graphics card and 812 in computer.


No, they are completely separate, and can not be transferred.

The only time you can do such a transfer is if you do *not* have a
video card, but have video support on the motherboard. In that case,
there is no video RAM, but some amount of your system RAM (the amount
is normally up to you) is devoted to video purposes.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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