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Question

Why is my graphic card so disappointing?

Nov 1, 2011 12:12AM PDT

I have the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT card (laptop) in a Qosmio laptop from Toshiba.

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Tried An Updated Driver?
Nov 1, 2011 12:33AM PDT

Although it won't make a huge difference in performance, I've seen the correct driver cause the Windows Performance rating to jump a whole point, or so.

Visit the nVidia site and see if they have something newer than the one that came on the CD.

Still, laptops really aren't the ideal tool for playing games.. Desktops have better choices for upgrading hardware for gaming.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Driver
Nov 1, 2011 1:33AM PDT

Hi!
I just upgraded to Win 64 and the driver has to be manually installed when doing that so I know I have the very latest driver for the card. I know laptops aren't ideal but this one was supposed to be built (and costed x.x) to handle a little heavier stuff.

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Check and verify
Nov 1, 2011 1:15AM PDT

Check the video ram allocation setup, be sure its using a larger amt. to test with. I also agree that a laptop that isn't gamer ordinated are lacking. So, it really shows in games that are demanding even if old ones, the game itself can be set to higher levels but the laptop usually can't w/o bad results. If at all possible increase laptop ram, because 4Gb is the low amt. amount for 64-bit usage alone. If this was a desktop, 8Gb would have been more useful and of course the video itself uses its own ram.

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Good idea!
Nov 1, 2011 2:33AM PDT

Thank you for the tip!
According to the Nvidia settings 512mb is dedicated and up to 2303mb can be shared.
I've been using 86bit until just now, only having access to 3GB and wanted to upgrade to get the last GB and check it out. So far I think the computer is running smoother, but it could be "placebo" ;D

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It's Usually In The BIOS Settings
Nov 1, 2011 3:40AM PDT

If it's there, the BIOS settings will allow you to allocate specific amounts of RAM in the card..

And since we're speaking of such, please be aware there may be a BIOS update that needs to be installed for the new Windows 7 64 bit setup.. There may also be an updated motherboard/chipset driver for Win 7 64 bit.. They're both separate from the graphics card driver you mentioned earlier, but they both apply here and need to be checked and updated if needed.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Video and system ram
Nov 2, 2011 9:29PM PDT

In most cases, there maybe a pgm. found under the control panel to config the video ram allocation. Otherwise, the bios area will provide the same results if not a separate pgm. provided. Understand what you allow for video ram will take away from system ram, thus you need to find the compromise that fits. As, I already sated if possible increase PC memory in which all this based on.