New Gateway MT3707 - trying to understand hypermemory

What is it?
HyperMemory™ is ATI’s innovative technology that enables a reduction in the amount of on-board memory on a graphics card without compromising its overall performance.

Its advanced memory management technology makes more efficient use of all the available memory in computers with PCI Express® technology. Graphics applications can share system memory and use fast on-board memory for real-time processing between the graphics card and the computer’s memory. This ultimately increases the affordability of ATI’s Radeon™ graphics technology. (in other words shared memory is CHEAP) dedicated on-board V-RAM is BETTER, cuz it's isn't being shared with system memory)

When I 1st bought my MX6447 Notebook it shipped with HyperMemory and has a ATI Express 1150 with up two 256MB of HyperMemory, in XP MCE 2005, I was able to adjust this form 64MB to 256MB within the ATI's Catalyst Control Center, in XP , but, this feature wasn't alvilable in VISTA, all I got outta Vista was only 128MB of V-RAM as this was NOT adjustable with the Vista OS

Your System did not ship with XP, so you won't get any support for XP from Gateway, and in XP you will contuine to get an error message as your system was made for VISTA ONLY I now have the same problem as you do with XP, when I try to use XP, my notebook will CRASH AND BSOD on me so I can NO LONGER USE XP ANYMORE after upgrading my notebook to Gateway's VISTA BIOS.............your best best would be to use VISTA and install more RAM (2GB's is the sweet spot for Vista) however, you will be limited to only 128MB of non-adjustable V-RAM in VISTA, and that's all your gonna get, nothing you can do about this............I hope this explains how HyperMemory works?

If you haven't had your New Gateway MT3707 notebook more than 14 days, you could always return it? and get something with (dedicated V-RAM) and at least 2GB of on-Board System Memory? but this won't come CHEAP tho like your New Gateway MT3707 was? also keep-in-mind that HyperMemory is NOT needed in VISTA as this OS uses system memory differently than XP did......if your just a NORMAL PC user and you aren't running AUTO CAD or Playing Memory extensve PC GAMES, then 128MB or HyperMemory really isn't all that bad of a thing, and should work just fine for everyday PC use?

Well your welcomed, I can't put it any otherway? as ATI has told me, that the Hypermemory feature just isn't adjustable in VISTA, it's used only when it's needed, and therefore CANNOT be adjusted, like it was in XP.......anyway good luck with your new notebook