Whats The Difference in These Memories??

Dude1111 · 03-20-2007, 02:52 PM

When I click on my video card settings it shows this, Im just wondering if anyone knows whats the difference in these??

Total Available Graphics Memory: 224MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 0MB
System Video Memory: 32MB
Shared System Memory: 192MB

Can anyone tell me whats the difference in these?? Thanks!!

alabamaman79 · 03-20-2007, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude1111

When I click on my video card settings it shows this, Im just wondering if anyone knows whats the difference in these??

Total Available Graphics Memory: 224MB - Total system memory
Dedicated Video Memory: 0MB - Memory that would be on your video card if you weren't using onboard video
System Video Memory: 32MB - Portion of system memory used for video memory
Shared System Memory: 192MB - System memory left over after setting aside 32MB for Video Memory
Can anyone tell me whats the difference in these?? Thanks!!

You're graphics adapter is physically built into your system board. You have 224MB of usable system memory installed in your PC, but your onboard graphics adapter is using 32MB of that memory.

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 03-20-2007, 07:31 PM

Thats right, but how in the hell do you have vista ultimate with 32mb of onboard video memorey

Dude1111 · 03-21-2007, 09:23 AM

Okay I see, but now i just dont get this part, why is the 192MB left over?? why isnt that used? and the shared system memory doesnt share my PC RAM memory does it?? Thanks Again!

alabamaman79 · 03-21-2007, 10:41 AM

Looks like I was wrong with my initial description. You have 224MB total graphics memory. 32MB of that is dedicated Video Memory, your video memory will not go below 32MB. The remaining 192MB is shared between the graphics adapter and the rest of the system. What that means is unless your PC has used up all of it's 800MB of system memory (you have 1024MB total), you'll have 224MB of memory for your graphics adapter to use. However, if your system does eat up all of that 800MB of system memory, your PC will start borrowing from the 192MB of non-dedicated graphics memory, as needed.

Hope that doesn't sound confusing.

Dude1111 · 03-25-2007, 10:17 AM

I See, so what you're saying is that my video memory can go up to 224MB if my System Memory Uses under 800MB?? and Why isnt The 32MB Under The Dedicated Video Memory?

floydfan · 03-25-2007, 04:17 PM

for it to be dedicated it would have to be under direct control of the gpu, as in on a seperate plug-in card, what you have now is regular system ram acting like video ram. if you get a video card, that ram will go back to system memory, so it cant be listed as dedicated video ram.

Dude1111 · 03-28-2007, 01:35 PM

I see i get it now, alright thank you guys for your time! Now im off to buy a real video card lol

03-20-2007, 02:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dude1111 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Whats The Difference in These Memories?? When I click on my video card settings it shows this, Im just wondering if anyone knows whats the difference in these?? Total Available Graphics Memory: 224MB Dedicated Video Memory: 0MB System Video Memory: 32MB Shared System Memory: 192MB Can anyone tell me whats the difference in these?? Thanks!!

03-20-2007, 07:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: Whats The Difference in These Memories?? Thats right, but how in the hell do you have vista ultimate with 32mb of onboard video memorey __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

03-21-2007, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dude1111 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Whats The Difference in These Memories?? Okay I see, but now i just dont get this part, why is the 192MB left over?? why isnt that used? and the shared system memory doesnt share my PC RAM memory does it?? Thanks Again!

03-21-2007, 10:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
alabamaman79 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 169 OS: WinXP My System	Re: Whats The Difference in These Memories?? Looks like I was wrong with my initial description. You have 224MB total graphics memory. 32MB of that is dedicated Video Memory, your video memory will not go below 32MB. The remaining 192MB is shared between the graphics adapter and the rest of the system. What that means is unless your PC has used up all of it's 800MB of system memory (you have 1024MB total), you'll have 224MB of memory for your graphics adapter to use. However, if your system does eat up all of that 800MB of system memory, your PC will start borrowing from the 192MB of non-dedicated graphics memory, as needed. Hope that doesn't sound confusing.

03-25-2007, 10:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dude1111 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Whats The Difference in These Memories?? I See, so what you're saying is that my video memory can go up to 224MB if my System Memory Uses under 800MB?? and Why isnt The 32MB Under The Dedicated Video Memory?

03-25-2007, 04:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
floydfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 399 OS: win 7 rc My System	Re: Whats The Difference in These Memories?? for it to be dedicated it would have to be under direct control of the gpu, as in on a seperate plug-in card, what you have now is regular system ram acting like video ram. if you get a video card, that ram will go back to system memory, so it cant be listed as dedicated video ram.

03-28-2007, 01:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dude1111 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Whats The Difference in These Memories?? I see i get it now, alright thank you guys for your time! Now im off to buy a real video card lol