How to Adjust Hypermemory on a Gateway MD2614u

[UMfanatic]

I got a new laptop yesterday because they no lemon lawed my previous one. According to the catalyst control panel my video card is currently using 1407MB of hyper memory. I do not game a lot, and would like to lower it down to 1024MB. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to lower the hyper memory, there is no setting in the BIOS, and the Gateway Chat support was no help. Can somebody please help me?

 

[WildW]

Someone will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong, but I think memory used by gpu as hypermemory is only taken when it's in use - i.e. if and when you run a game/etc.

 

[Brainonska511]

I'm pretty sure it is dynamic usage. If you're not using that much memory for video usage, you system will have access to that RAM for system tasks. That 1407MB figure is the maximum it will take if it ever needs it.

 

[UMfanatic]

I hope that is true, but it you go into the Catalyst Control it says it is using 1115 of shared memory, I would agree that it probably is dynamic but it specifically says it can be set up to 1919MB or hypermemory with it currently set at 1407MB but there isn't anywhere that you can adjust that, so I am wondering if that is dynamic or if it is actually set at 1115 shared memory on a regular basis?

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: UMfanatic
I hope that is true, but it you go into the Catalyst Control it says it is using 1115 of shared memory, I would agree that it probably is dynamic but it specifically says it can be set up to 1919MB or hypermemory with it currently set at 1407MB but there isn't anywhere that you can adjust that, so I am wondering if that is dynamic or if it is actually set at 1115 shared memory on a regular basis?

If it wasn't a laptop, I'd say to check the options in the BIOS, particularly if it was a system you made yourself and you could probably set a hard limit.

Anyway, how much RAM does your system have overall? What OS are you running (and is it the 32-bit or 64-bit flavor)?

You might want to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermemory
-I read that as the OS does not make an active distinction between RAM for integrated graphics and system RAM.

I doubt you could ever even use that much RAM for video usage just because the limiting factor in your system is the speed of the integrated chip probably followed by its memory interface with the system.

I guess in some round-about way, I'm saying not to worry about it.

 

[UMfanatic]

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64bit, and 3GB DDR2 667, I am about to upgrade it to 4GB