I ordered New Computer with special configuration from well known Company with Nvidia Turbo Cache Graphic card 7300 with 256MB Memory. They supplied me with 128MB memory on board. They say it is 256MB card because it has 128MB on card and 128MB it uses system memory. Are they correct or have I been conned?
2007-06-14 05:59:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Brian had part of it down, but the 7300 is by no means at all a notebook only graphics card, it is found on many many desktops. The deal is it borrows 128MB of system memory and adds it to the 128 on the card to get a total of 256MB. We can debate about how it SHOULD be labeled, but you have not been conned as a card labeled 256MB with Turbo Cache IS setup in the way you have receieved it, with 128 on board and 128 from the system.
2007-06-14 10:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no they are correct,turbocache is a new technology were the turbocache graphic card uses the 128mb memory it has and then borrows memory from the system memory up to 256mb
unlike onboard video,turbocache gives all the memory it borrows straight back as soon as it fimishes with it
the nvidia geforce 7300 is a unique notebook only graphic adapter and is good at what it does,infact i am getting a acer laptop next week with the same card included,you didnt get yours from brighthouse did you?
so you havent been conned,maybe a bit mis-sold
however they should say 128mb graphics card(and up to 256mb using s.m.a)sma stands for shared memory architecture,another way of describing graphics using system memory
good luck mate!
2007-06-14 06:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are wrong it must be written 256 mb. What the system does with the remaining mem doesn't matter. Tell them to give you the one that is written 256mb. Leave the rest to your computer to decide.
2007-06-14 06:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by good-for-all 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are wrong, I think. When fitting an audio board it overrides the on board audio, so I imagine video does the same.
2007-06-14 06:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know what your legal ins and outs are but I think you've been conned.
2007-06-14 06:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by as 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have just discovered the magic of marketing. It's deceptive, but everybody does it.
2007-06-14 06:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋