quick question......i've got the above video card in my laptop dv8000z. i know it has 128mb dedicated memory, and i've set in the bios to have an additional 128 shared for a total of 256mb on the card. i read however that sometimes more memory on a card like this does not always equal better performance. do you guys think i'm better with the 256, or is their some data showing what memory setup this chip runs with the best on? thanks for the information.

Memory is allocated as needed.

What I'd do is to run your benchmarks to see what works best for you.

do you know if there are specific benchmark utilites already on the computer? or should i just use something like 3dmark03?

The Xpress 200m can't take advantage of 256MB of Vram. I would leave it at 128MB dedicated. I tried the additional 128MB but it didn't affect my 3dmark or gaming performance.

There are no benchmarking apps on the machine as shipped.

You'll have to around
3Dmark03, 04, 05, 06

Might be some info here in the source document and or links: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread157799.html

ok, just used 3dmark05 got a score of 721...ugly! lol, i guess i knew this wasnt a gaming machine. i checked around though, and a thinkpad T43 with 1.8 gig processor, ati x300 with 64mb got 727!!!!!!! that blew me away! justageek95, what was your 3dmark score with the xpress 200m?

I don't remember the exact score but it was within 10 of 765.

3dmark05 of 721... sounds about right...

How about taking a minute or so to post your system's spec's and the scores in this thread:

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread157799.html, along with your T43 scores, spec's.

got them added.

ihave a mx6455 gateway ntebook, i wan to get up to 128mb from 64, but in bios i camt up tp the total 128, itslockedon 64mb, is there neways to get to 128??? ant tricksorideas letme know

How much system ram?