when i checked in the system details i realised that it had only 192mb. moreover when i tried to play Age of Empires III the game also showed that it had detected only 192. i called up the tech people they said that 64 mb was with the display card. so my q is that even if it is that 64 is with the card shouldnt it show overall that it has 256mb.
2006-09-29 19:19:50 · 7 answers · asked by aditya303 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
The amount of Random Access Memory (RAM) available to the operating system may be less than the amount of RAM physically installed in the computer. Some video adapters, antivirus applications, and the BIOS cache may utilize system memory. This memory may no longer be available to the operating system and may not be listed in the System Properties window.
2006-09-29 19:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No It will not show it as 256 MB as whole. This is because the video memory is allotted in the BIOS not from the OS. So OS will not read it as 256 MB of memory. It will read 256-64=192 MB of memory. However you can change the settings from BIOS(if your BIOS allows it) to somewhat lower 32mb or 16mb to get more of RAM.
But I won't recommend it because it'll affect graphics quality on your system. instead upgrade the RAM to 512 or more
2006-09-29 19:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by hackaback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your video subsystem uses Shared Memory Architecture. 64 MB of system memory has been allocated for the video subsystem and is no longer available to the OS. You may be able to change the setting in BIOS to a lesser value but that will limit the display capabilities of the video subsystem -- resolution and/or color depth.
You'd be better off adding more RAM to the machine; it's cheap enough these days.
2006-09-29 20:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it quite is the case with each and every laptop around. in actuality, in case you apart from mght examine your confusing rigidity length, you will locate that it too is somewhat under the marketed skill. the clarification for it is because of the fact your laptop style of re-arranges the form of your ram so as that it quite is one hundred% nicely matched with that distinctive device. (it quite is often reported as "Formatting") in this technique, some MB tend to be lost. it is not something to be worried approximately; its that way on each and every laptop, for all varieties of storage media (RAM chips, Flash chips, confusing Drives, and so on).
2016-10-18 05:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, if you have a discrete graphics card, the ram that is allocatd is dedicated to graphics procesing, however, ram is very cheap now, and is easy to install
2006-09-29 19:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by dreamopalms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
System memory is just that and no more. Video memory is just that. Get more memory.
2006-09-29 19:24:46 · answer #6 · answered by likeitis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it only shows system ram, video ram is separate.
2006-09-29 19:22:49 · answer #7 · answered by timhasafender 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋