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  Sep 6 2007, 04:46 PM
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Sep 6 2007, 04:55 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870 |
Yes, the x1270 is Windows Vista Premium Certified.
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Sep 6 2007, 04:59 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 275 Joined: 30-January 06 Member No.: 53,118 |
thats good. i wasnt sure since its integrated. since its integrated what does that mean? its in the mother board or whatever? is the 256 dedicated to graphics?
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Sep 6 2007, 05:11 PM
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Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870 |
Yes, the graphics processor is integrated in the motherboard, and is using 256MB of your RAM as graphics memory.
-------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle
Intel Core 2 Quad | XFX 780i SLI | 8GB Corsair | Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX | Auzentech X-Fi Prelude| Logitech G15 | Logitech MX Revolution | LG Flatron L2000C | Logitech Z-5500 Digital |
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Sep 6 2007, 06:01 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 275 Joined: 30-January 06 Member No.: 53,118 |
i have 2048mb minus 256= what my system uses right.
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Sep 6 2007, 06:57 PM
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 Bleeping Big Rig Group: BC Advisor Posts: 2,013 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954 |
close but not quite
2048-256= Amount left for your system to use (hopefully your system wont be using all of the remaining 1792mb all the time) --------------------  You can't bash an eMachine until you've owned one, then you just use a baseball bat. |
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Sep 6 2007, 07:43 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 275 Joined: 30-January 06 Member No.: 53,118 |
would i be able to play any computer game in the past 2 years with what i have? or am i missing the whole concept with integrated graphics vs graphics card that are dedicated.
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Sep 7 2007, 02:29 AM
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Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870 |
Integrated graphics is never as powerful as a dedicated graphics card. You may be able to play most games released the last 2 years, at least in theory. Whether you can turn down the graphics enough to get acceptable frame-rate is another question.
-------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle
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Sep 7 2007, 05:49 AM
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The new WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) accounts for memory differently than previous versions - so it'll depend on where you look as to what memory numbers you get. There is static allocation (a fixed amount) and a dynamic allocation (that changes as the video needs it) buried down in the model, so the numbers can get a bit confusing.
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Sep 7 2007, 07:27 AM
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Still visually handicapped, new avatar (a camel) :0) Group: BC Advisor Posts: 16,689 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Here's a nice read on the reporting of graphics memory with WDDM (and some explanation of previous reporting methods): http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/displ...hicsmemory.mspx
Here's a direct link to download the Word document: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c...phicsMemory.doc This post has been edited by usasma: Sep 7 2007, 07:28 AM -------------------- - John
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Sep 9 2007, 12:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 596 Joined: 27-April 06 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Member No.: 65,800 |
also depends how 'powerful' ur integrated graphics is.
Eg. I can play nhl07 no problem on my integrated graphics, altho it isn't as nice as my comp with a graphics card. |
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