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Old 06-20-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Seperate Video card why still shared

Hey peps, question i have a ATI 4670HD PCI-E card why does vista say i have shared video memory? when the bios has shared video turned off.

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Old 06-20-2009   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Seperate Video card why still shared

have a read through this , it explains how the memory is allocated , turning it off in bios doesnt disable the windows feature

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...hicsMemory.doc
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Old 06-20-2009   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Seperate Video card why still shared

Thanks, was not complaining that is for sure just wondering, and you cured the monkey.
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Old 06-20-2009   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Seperate Video card why still shared

i found it a while ago , i knew somebody would find it usefull.............its a bloody boring read though eh
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Old 06-20-2009   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Seperate Video card why still shared

yes it was. even skiming through it.
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