Shared memory with graphics card

I don't understand that Windows Vista reports the following for my NVIDIA
7500 LE Graphics card:

Total graphics memory 1023MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256MB
Dedicated system memory 0MB
Shared system memory 767MB

My card is supposed to share only 256MB of the system memory.

The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
pretty easy to do.....

"Gudmund Liebach Nielsen" <> wrote in message
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>I don't understand that Windows Vista reports the following for my NVIDIA
>7500 LE Graphics card:
>
> Total graphics memory 1023MB
> Dedicated graphics memory 256MB
> Dedicated system memory 0MB
> Shared system memory 767MB
>
> My card is supposed to share only 256MB of the system memory.
>

"Spirit" <> wrote in message
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> The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
> pretty easy to do.....
>

But it doesn't look like that, as the figures all tally with eachother.

ss.

Exactly so they have the right data in the wrong spots....

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Spirit" <> wrote in message
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>> The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
>> pretty easy to do.....
>>
>
> But it doesn't look like that, as the figures all tally with eachother.
>
> ss.
>

"Spirit" <> wrote in message
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> Exactly so they have the right data in the wrong spots....
>


No. Look at the figures. They cannot be arranged in any other way that
would make any more sense.

ss.

I would tend to agree, though I'm certainly not close to being an expert on
graphics issues.
You've got a 256 mb memory card. It's "borrowing" 767MB of system memory.
767 + 256 = 1023.

Question for the OP: Where did you get the information that tells you "My
card is supposed to share only 256MB of the system memory"?


"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Spirit" <> wrote in message
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>> The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
>> pretty easy to do.....
>>
>
> But it doesn't look like that, as the figures all tally with eachother.
>
> ss.
>

Before something happened (don't know what) the shared memory was reported
as 256MB.
I don't know what has happened since the shared memory now is 767MB.

"DP" <> skrev i meddelelsen
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>I would tend to agree, though I'm certainly not close to being an expert on
>graphics issues.
> You've got a 256 mb memory card. It's "borrowing" 767MB of system memory.
> 767 + 256 = 1023.
>
> Question for the OP: Where did you get the information that tells you "My
> card is supposed to share only 256MB of the system memory"?
>
>
> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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>> "Spirit" <> wrote in message
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>>> The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
>>> pretty easy to do.....
>>>
>>
>> But it doesn't look like that, as the figures all tally with eachother.
>>
>> ss.
>>
>

Maybe a video driver got updated or maybe a general Windows update did it.
If it's not affecting system performance, I wouldn't worry about it.



"Gudmund Liebach Nielsen" <> wrote in message
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> Before something happened (don't know what) the shared memory was reported
> as 256MB.
> I don't know what has happened since the shared memory now is 767MB.
>
> "DP" <> skrev i meddelelsen
> news:...
>>I would tend to agree, though I'm certainly not close to being an expert
>>on graphics issues.
>> You've got a 256 mb memory card. It's "borrowing" 767MB of system memory.
>> 767 + 256 = 1023.
>>
>> Question for the OP: Where did you get the information that tells you "My
>> card is supposed to share only 256MB of the system memory"?
>>
>>
>> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in
>> message news:%23gr$...
>>> "Spirit" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
>>>> pretty easy to do.....
>>>>
>>>
>>> But it doesn't look like that, as the figures all tally with eachother.
>>>
>>> ss.
>>>
>>
>

Ok, but how do I see if it is affecting system performance?


"DP" <> skrev i meddelelsen
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> Maybe a video driver got updated or maybe a general Windows update did it.
> If it's not affecting system performance, I wouldn't worry about it.
>
>
>
> "Gudmund Liebach Nielsen" <> wrote in message
> news:BC4C920E-A003-45A4-AC0D-...
>> Before something happened (don't know what) the shared memory was
>> reported as 256MB.
>> I don't know what has happened since the shared memory now is 767MB.
>>
>> "DP" <> skrev i meddelelsen
>> news:...
>>>I would tend to agree, though I'm certainly not close to being an expert
>>>on graphics issues.
>>> You've got a 256 mb memory card. It's "borrowing" 767MB of system
>>> memory. 767 + 256 = 1023.
>>>
>>> Question for the OP: Where did you get the information that tells you
>>> "My card is supposed to share only 256MB of the system memory"?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in
>>> message news:%23gr$...
>>>> "Spirit" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> The programmers got the wrong data in the columns which is
>>>>> pretty easy to do.....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But it doesn't look like that, as the figures all tally with eachother.
>>>>
>>>> ss.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

"Gudmund Liebach Nielsen" <> wrote in message
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> Ok, but how do I see if it is affecting system performance?
>


In Task Manager you will see more RAM being used than before, but this is
hard to see with Vista's caching. You could try to find any processes that
look like your graphics card driver using lots of RAM or something like
that. Basically, if it is causing a problem by using lots of RAM, you will
have less RAM to use.

ss.