Jags said:i have AWARD BIOS .. and i couldnt find any such option..
moreover why shud this value not be set below 32 MB? earlier i had a P3 and the "reserved" RAM was only 1 MB..
is it an AMD policy?
what adverse effects would it have if i set it too low.. say 10 MB?
PS: the primary reason i want to decrease it is to tweak system performance.. i hardly feel like working on an AMD3200
azhararmar said:Jags said:i have AWARD BIOS .. and i couldnt find any such option..
moreover why shud this value not be set below 32 MB? earlier i had a P3 and the "reserved" RAM was only 1 MB..
is it an AMD policy?
what adverse effects would it have if i set it too low.. say 10 MB?
PS: the primary reason i want to decrease it is to tweak system performance.. i hardly feel like working on an AMD3200
It is not the Policies or any other thing... See Dude.. Maximum Games and some of the Softwares Requires good Graphics card which Nowadays Starts from 32 MB. First of All the VGA Shared Memory Depends on Motherboard Not Processor. It has Nothing to Do with Both Intel and AMD Processors.. And you have mentioned that your Earlier PC. of Intel P3 took only 1 MB Shared memory for your Onboard VGA.. your P3 Motherboard wont support Shared Memory more then 8 MB. if you do want to change your Shared Memory from 64 Mb to the Least.. then Go to BIOS/SETUP and Check for the Option VGA Shard Memory... or it may be anything Related to VGA.. and infront it will be written [64 MB, 32 MB, 16 MB, 8 MB] Select 8 Mb coz that will be the least shared memory on new motherboards be it intel or AMD... if you want the Shared Memory to be Zero.. then Buy an AGP or PCX Card...
DITTO HERE!dabster said:I too am using the Gigabyte motherboard, And since I am not a pure gamer I want to Reduce the Shared Memory used,So that extra 32 MB is freed for my applications.
There is no option to decrease the VGA aperture to less than 64MB in BIOS.I hve Award BIOS...Model is gigabyte K8MV800,
Onboard-Graphics card is Actually s3/VIA unigraphics.
Anybody comeup with a solution for this...