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Sharing Ram Memory with Video Memory

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by isaiahr18

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Hi, I recently bought a Dell Latitude C610 but it has a bad problem running any type of game that uses 3d graphics .. i was wondering if it was possible to share my ram memory with my video memory with this type of computer or if just upgrading my video card possible.

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by mjd420nova

If the video in use now is integrated, it is already sharing ram with the video processor and that is what's causing the problem, not enough memory available and is pretty common. Installing a seperate plugin card would allow you to get one with more memory, 128 MB would be enough to get the programs to work okay but 256 MB would be the best. However, most Dell laptop units come with a fixed video processor and specified amount of memory and can't be changed without upgrading the whole unit as the video processor is part of the main system board.

by thechas

A laptop especially a low end laptop does not make for a good game machine.

No, you cannot upgrade your video.

While your system does share system RAM for video, allocating more RAM to the video system may not help.

If you want to play 3D graphic games, you need a system with dedicated rather than integrated video.

Chas

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