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9600 does it use the systems ram?

post #1 of 12
1/7/04 at 6:45am
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Is it true?? does the alienware use the system ram for the graphics chip or does it have its own ram seperete from the systems?
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post #2 of 12
1/7/04 at 9:09am
umm...to my knowledge the 9600 has 128mb ram on the card itself. Not sure if thats what you mean
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post #3 of 12
1/7/04 at 9:17am
The card has its own Ram witch is seperated to the system RAM

Mfg Christoph
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post #4 of 12
1/7/04 at 10:00am
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Thanks, I was neerly put off getting an alienware Area-51m2 cus someone said it used the system ram, meening the memory banwitth would be majourly hammperd luckly it ist. Ich, subotai
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post #5 of 12
1/7/04 at 10:41am
Embedded video cards, low end cards and really old cards use system memory, be assured that most cards these days use on-board memory
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post #6 of 12
1/7/04 at 11:09am
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Thanks For the help everyone, I am definetly going 4 an alienware (after a lot of dithering between the sagers voodoo pc and alienware). Look out for a review soon, hopefully the lengthy waiting times dont extend to the Uk.
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post #7 of 12
1/7/04 at 11:45am
lol i am still waiting for mine, ordered on Dezember 1st. Germany and UK might be same shipping time, for both countrys they are build in Ireland.

Mfg Christoph
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post #8 of 12
1/7/04 at 12:26pm
Padi,

The Alienware Sentia uses system (or shared) RAM.

You're going to love the 51m!

-Craig
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post #9 of 12
1/7/04 at 12:56pm
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HE! HE! Im just looking forward to the look on the faces of the people in my college class when I take the Area-51m2 out, JAWS HITTING FLOOR WARNING! JAWS HITTING FLOOR WARNING! lol All we got in the class are desktops with original 1.8 ghz pentium 4s and sis650 integrated graphics BLEH!
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post #10 of 12
1/7/04 at 2:28pm
if by some chance an applicaiton causes the card to use up all of its dedicated memory, then yes i would use system memory. Howver the chances of an application using up 128MB is very rare.

These have 8x agp slots so any system access will be pretty quick anyways.
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post #11 of 12
1/7/04 at 6:21pm
Ich I have a feeling you are german. It's obvious to me. lol
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post #12 of 12
1/8/04 at 2:30am
because of language 'style' (I got always bad grades at school), or because of my typical german behaviour, lol ?

Greetz Ich
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