well ive heard that most graphics card have to share their memory with the ram of your computer? and that the graphics card does not have its own memory thus making your ram lower and computer slower?
if this is the case how do i know if a graphics card is like that. is it ddr2 or ddr3 or something else?
2006-12-04 03:08:21 · 7 answers · asked by jack d 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
OK ... for start most "on-board" graphics cards ... those that are built onto the mother board (mobo) do use "shared memory". Taking part of your system ram for video. Some do not. You can check simply by using the dxdiag utility to see. Do this by typing into the Run command ... dxdiag ... enter. You will see how much actual system memory is available. If your system has 512 ram and you see all 512 availabe, then your on-board card is not using ram but rather has it's own.
Now typically all graphics upgrade cards, either pci, agp or pci-e all utilize their own memory on the card, hence you maintain full system resources.
Now to answer about the ddr2 or ddr3... that info can be found on the manufacturers specs for the card. There is many who will say that it makes a big diference but actually the better the card and more memory it is what you looking for. Especially for extreme graphics aplications such as gaming.
Upgrading your vid card can and will improve performance on any system. Just like increasing the ram. Yes having a faster processor does also make a difference but that is another discussion =)
Simply put ... YES .. get off that on-board graphics!! and get the best card you can afford!!
2006-12-04 03:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by wolfeex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DDR is actually your RAM. There are graphics cards that have their own memory. If you don't know what you're looking for just ask any sales associate where you shop for a graphics card that has it's own memory. Next you need to know if you require AGP, PCI or PCI Express.
2006-12-04 03:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by ZX3R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omly the ceap ones don't have ram, like Nvidia models with TC (turbo cache) and Ati shared ram or something like that, ddr2 and ddr3 are specifications for the ram on the videocard. for a avarage game pc a Nvidea 7600GS with 265Ram schould be enough or a Ati Radeon X1600
2006-12-04 03:12:16 · answer #3 · answered by midday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you purchase make confident you've a minimum of ddr3memory. ddr4 if plausible. make confident you've at bare minimum 40 8 pixel shaders if the container says some thing about them. pixel shader 4.0. dx 10 able. make confident you've the 6 pin power adapter if it demands one. make confident you've sufficient air bypass on your case. bypass for no less than 1 million GIG of onboard committed memory and 2 or more advantageous if plausible. make confident that is for gaming and by no skill CAD layout or some thing similar.there are some staggering playing cards accessible with staggering specs yet wont do didly for a gamer.
2016-11-30 03:13:30 · answer #4 · answered by lesure 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have recently bought a XFX7900GT 256MB Graphics card and I have 1Gig Memory installed. Nothing of my memory was used.. so no i dont think your graphics card wil use system meory.. otherwise why would the put memory on the card??
2006-12-04 03:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Die Skim se Perd 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it shares the memory if it's onboard the mother board if it's on an agp or pcie slot it has its own memory installed on the card get the ddr3 it will work with all of them
2006-12-04 03:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by zippo091 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Remember that they share resources not steal them.
John
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2006-12-04 03:11:42 · answer #7 · answered by A+ Certified Professional 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋