Guest kevin Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? THANKS KEV>
Guest Ridge Runner Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: GRaphics card SHOUT why not "kevin" <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CACF1846-4321-475A-8E45-1D9189B18FFB@microsoft.com... : If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in : computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? : THANKS : KEV>
Guest John John (MVP) Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: GRaphics card No. John kevin wrote: > If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in > computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? > THANKS > KEV>
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: GRaphics card On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:49:02 -0700, kevin <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in > computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? Yes and no. Yes, you have 1.4GB of RAM, but that probably isn't what you mean. Windows will still report 400GB of RAM (but see below) and that's how much will be available to the operating system and your applications. The RAM on the video card is used only by the video card, for displaying images on the screen, and is not otherwise available to you for the things system RAM is used for. But presumably you currently have no video card, and instead have video support on the motherboard. If that's the case, that video support is using some of your system memory, and when you install the graphics card, you can give back that memory for use at system RAM. You probably have 512MB of RAM, and 128MB of that is used for video support, leaving you with 384MB (not 400MB). Once you install the video card, you will be able to use all 512MB of your RAM, not just the 384 you presently can. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest LVTravel Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: GRaphics card No. When you have an add-on video card with memory on it, that memory is not available to the operating system for general use. It is used to hold the graphic image displayed on the screen. If you have a computer with shared memory (the video card uses some of the main memory of the computer) and you then add an add-on card, the memory that the onboard graphics used will become available to the operating system for it's general use. In other words. You have 512 MB of RAM installed. The onboard graphics is using 64 MB which leaves 448 MB of ram for the computer to use for processing. You add in an add-on 128 MB graphic card. The memory available to the computer is now 512 MB ram but the video part will also improve in response (in most cases) as it has dedicated memory and also more of it. "kevin" <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CACF1846-4321-475A-8E45-1D9189B18FFB@microsoft.com... > If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in > computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? > THANKS > KEV>
Guest Unknown Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: GRaphics card 400GB of RAM?????????? "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:o3q474teifultf0lqp9as4eu6n5bkhakru@4ax.com... > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:49:02 -0700, kevin > <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in >> computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? > > > > Yes and no. > > Yes, you have 1.4GB of RAM, but that probably isn't what you mean. > > Windows will still report 400GB of RAM (but see below) and that's how > much will be available to the operating system and your applications. > The RAM on the video card is used only by the video card, for > displaying images on the screen, and is not otherwise available to you > for the things system RAM is used for. > > But presumably you currently have no video card, and instead have > video support on the motherboard. If that's the case, that video > support is using some of your system memory, and when you install the > graphics card, you can give back that memory for use at system RAM. > You probably have 512MB of RAM, and 128MB of that is used for video > support, leaving you with 384MB (not 400MB). Once you install the > video card, you will be able to use all 512MB of your RAM, not just > the 384 you presently can. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: GRaphics card On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:57:48 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote: > 400GB of RAM?????????? Sigh. That must be the first typo you've ever seen in your life, so I can understand why it flabbergasts you so. > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message > news:o3q474teifultf0lqp9as4eu6n5bkhakru@4ax.com... > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:49:02 -0700, kevin > > <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > >> If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in > >> computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? > > > > > > > > Yes and no. > > > > Yes, you have 1.4GB of RAM, but that probably isn't what you mean. > > > > Windows will still report 400GB of RAM (but see below) and that's how > > much will be available to the operating system and your applications. > > The RAM on the video card is used only by the video card, for > > displaying images on the screen, and is not otherwise available to you > > for the things system RAM is used for. > > > > But presumably you currently have no video card, and instead have > > video support on the motherboard. If that's the case, that video > > support is using some of your system memory, and when you install the > > graphics card, you can give back that memory for use at system RAM. > > You probably have 512MB of RAM, and 128MB of that is used for video > > support, leaving you with 384MB (not 400MB). Once you install the > > video card, you will be able to use all 512MB of your RAM, not just > > the 384 you presently can. > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Lil' Dave Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: GRaphics card "kevin" <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CACF1846-4321-475A-8E45-1D9189B18FFB@microsoft.com... > If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in > computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED? > THANKS > KEV> My gut says you already know this, but for unknowledgeable readers reading, don't work that way. Video (RAM) memory and system RAM are 2 different entities. They are by no means additive in any fashion or form. The misnomer (post) is more appropriate for the hardware section of the news server. The subsequent all-CAPS in your post sealed your obvious lack of real concern about the question. -- Dave Speculation on a product or material that is an obvious need, is not speculation per se as there is no risk to the speculator. Common were those selling food and other supplies in the gold rush days. In this case, its oil and its everyone who bites the bullet. And most everyone has no gold to be made, just business as usual.
Guest Unknown Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: GRaphics card Glad you understand. "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:nhg5745l0t9b742k3g2sajnnlgu07lho84@4ax.com... > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:57:48 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> > wrote: > >> 400GB of RAM?????????? > > > Sigh. That must be the first typo you've ever seen in your life, so I > can understand why it flabbergasts you so. > > > > >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message >> news:o3q474teifultf0lqp9as4eu6n5bkhakru@4ax.com... >> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:49:02 -0700, kevin >> > <kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> > >> >> If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram >> >> in >> >> computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS >> >> INSTALLED? >> > >> > >> > >> > Yes and no. >> > >> > Yes, you have 1.4GB of RAM, but that probably isn't what you mean. >> > >> > Windows will still report 400GB of RAM (but see below) and that's how >> > much will be available to the operating system and your applications. >> > The RAM on the video card is used only by the video card, for >> > displaying images on the screen, and is not otherwise available to you >> > for the things system RAM is used for. >> > >> > But presumably you currently have no video card, and instead have >> > video support on the motherboard. If that's the case, that video >> > support is using some of your system memory, and when you install the >> > graphics card, you can give back that memory for use at system RAM. >> > You probably have 512MB of RAM, and 128MB of that is used for video >> > support, leaving you with 384MB (not 400MB). Once you install the >> > video card, you will be able to use all 512MB of your RAM, not just >> > the 384 you presently can. >> > >> > -- >> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience >> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >> > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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