I was planning on buying an HIS Radeon X1650 Pro PCI-E 512MB GDDR2 video card but I only have 512MB onboard system RAM. (I know they are the same amount but I read a magazine stating "On-board Memory should be a greater amount than Video Memory."
2006-11-19 07:47:52 · 4 answers · asked by Agent Joe 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
technically: no, but in reality yes. RAM is always a much larger commodity than vid card memory. More ram will increase a systems performance much so than an increase in video memory. If worst comes to worst, you can allocated some of your ram to be dedicated to the GPU so you actually have more graphics memory, but only do this if you have integrated graphics (which don't have onboard memory...duh.. thats why they are integrated) or if you have ram to spare (which doesnt occur often). You should probably upgrade to 1gig ram as it is one of the biggest "bang for your buck" upgrades out there right now. If i recall, tiger direct had a sale for a ddr400 (pc 3200) 512mb ram stick for $10 after rebate (though it was exorborantly overpriced to begin with). Heres the link if you want to check it out:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=586829&sku=ULT30215.
I got an e-mial from them a while back about it.It had a $30 mail in rebate and ann instant $20 rebate to amke it $10 but i dont know when that ended.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-19 14:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by random_guy7531 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your laptop does have a PCI show slot open so it may be extremely hassle-free. All you do is seat the cardboard into the best slot and initiate the laptop. confirm you circulate into the administration panel and disable the outfitted in card in the past you positioned interior the applying for the hot one. Now for the cardboard you're staring at... Your PCIe slot is a version a million and the cardboard you're staring at is a version 2 (so it may no longer function at its max). you besides mght have a capability grant situation, as yours isn't great adequate, nor do you have a separate 6 pin PCIe cord to plug into the video card. Get the 8600GT, it would not choose for a 6 pin cord, a great capability grant and that's a version a million so it extremely is going to run at its finished capacity. you are able to lie and tell human beings you have the 8800 or perhaps the GTX9600 lol cuz to the human eye they won't see any difference.
2016-11-25 19:59:47 · answer #2 · answered by mill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Increase your onboard memory to 1GB. You wont have any problems.
2006-11-19 08:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its true
2006-11-19 08:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by GoLd E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋