I bought a nivida eforce 7100 gs graphic card and it said that it has 256mb but can support 512MB when it has 1 gb of ram or more. I have about 1.75 GB of RAM in my computer does it automatically switch 512mb or what can someone please explain...
2007-07-09 12:14:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
It is called TurboCache technology by Nvidia (Hypermemory by ATI). That means your card has the capability to further share 256Mb from system RAM to add to the 256Mb on board videoram. BUT for many games, 256Mb videoram is just about right.
2007-07-09 12:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you have a turbocached GPU. The card has 256MB of dedicated RAM, and it can take up to another 256MB RAM from the system so it's like the video card has 512MB RAM. However, then you loose 256MB from the system's RAM.
2007-07-09 12:30:39 · answer #2 · answered by William E. Roberts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cardboard can use attainable device memory to advance its own onboard memory. 256MB is nice adequate for many purposes and courses. it truly is often purely game enthusiasts or human beings doing video enhancing that are interested in going to 512MB. So for the common public of its operation, it is going to use the onboard memory and borrow greater advantageous from the device memory whilst it desires it. Hit the link below and discover the area on "NVIDIA® TurboCache™ Technology2" that supply you all of the gritty information of ways it truly works. be conscious: appears like a distinctly good card.
2016-10-20 11:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this means that the video card should use some ram to boost processing of the image, such as a game. So that way, the graphics look way better.
2007-07-09 12:22:18 · answer #4 · answered by humveeverma89 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that it (being the video card) can 'borrow' some system ram (believe nvidia calls it turbocaching) to augment the memory the video card already has
I believe its an automatic process if you have the available memory.. but Nvidia's site might have some documentation on it
2007-07-09 12:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by titokhan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The memory in your PC is not the video RAM
that is located on the VIDEO Card
if your card is 256m and can support 512m
it means it is either soldered onto the PCB or has a socket for more RAM
2007-07-09 12:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means that ur computer can support a higher graphic card not that u have that graphic card.
2007-07-09 12:20:47 · answer #7 · answered by gamez178 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
*Probably* it means that you can add RAM to the graphics card. Something about the statement seems odd - can you write *exactly* the statement you read about 512 MB?
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-07-09 12:24:32 · answer #8 · answered by JimPettis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it doenst switch automatically you must switch it by yourself
in BIOS
2007-07-10 03:06:14 · answer #9 · answered by radius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋