GRaphics card

[kevin]

If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in
computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED?
THANKS
KEV>

 

[Ridge Runner]

SHOUT why not
: If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in
: computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED?
: THANKS
: KEV>

 

[John John (MVP)]

No.

John

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in
computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED?

Yes and no.

Yes, you have 1.4GB of RAM, but that probably isn't what you mean.

Windows will still report 400GB of RAM (but see below) and that's how
much will be available to the operating system and your applications.
The RAM on the video card is used only by the video card, for
displaying images on the screen, and is not otherwise available to you
for the things system RAM is used for.

But presumably you currently have no video card, and instead have
video support on the motherboard. If that's the case, that video
support is using some of your system memory, and when you install the
graphics card, you can give back that memory for use at system RAM.
You probably have 512MB of RAM, and 128MB of that is used for video
support, leaving you with 384MB (not 400MB). Once you install the
video card, you will be able to use all 512MB of your RAM, not just
the 384 you presently can.

 

[LVTravel]

No. When you have an add-on video card with memory on it, that memory is
not available to the operating system for general use. It is used to hold
the graphic image displayed on the screen.

If you have a computer with shared memory (the video card uses some of the
main memory of the computer) and you then add an add-on card, the memory
that the onboard graphics used will become available to the operating system
for it's general use. In other words. You have 512 MB of RAM installed.
The onboard graphics is using 64 MB which leaves 448 MB of ram for the
computer to use for processing. You add in an add-on 128 MB graphic card.
The memory available to the computer is now 512 MB ram but the video part
will also improve in response (in most cases) as it has dedicated memory and
also more of it.

 

[Unknown]

400GB of RAM??????????

Yes and no.

Yes, you have 1.4GB of RAM, but that probably isn't what you mean.

Windows will still report 400GB of RAM (but see below) and that's how
much will be available to the operating system and your applications.
The RAM on the video card is used only by the video card, for
displaying images on the screen, and is not otherwise available to you
for the things system RAM is used for.

But presumably you currently have no video card, and instead have
video support on the motherboard. If that's the case, that video
support is using some of your system memory, and when you install the
graphics card, you can give back that memory for use at system RAM.
You probably have 512MB of RAM, and 128MB of that is used for video
support, leaving you with 384MB (not 400MB). Once you install the
video card, you will be able to use all 512MB of your RAM, not just
the 384 you presently can.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

400GB of RAM??????????

Sigh. That must be the first typo you've ever seen in your life, so I
can understand why it flabbergasts you so.

 

[Lil' Dave]

If I bought a graphics card with 1 g memory on board,but have 400 ram in
computer does that mean i'll get 1.4 g of ram wHEN NEW CARD IS INSTALLED?
THANKS
KEV>

My gut says you already know this, but for unknowledgeable readers reading,
don't work that way.
Video (RAM) memory and system RAM are 2 different entities. They are by no
means additive in any fashion or form. The misnomer (post) is more
appropriate for the hardware section of the news server.

The subsequent all-CAPS in your post sealed your obvious lack of real
concern about the question.
--
Dave

Speculation on a product or material that is
an obvious need, is not speculation per se
as there is no risk to the speculator.
Common were those selling food and other
supplies in the gold rush days.
In this case, its oil and its everyone who
bites the bullet. And most everyone has no gold
to be made, just business as usual.

 

[Unknown]

Glad you understand.

400GB of RAM??????????

Sigh. That must be the first typo you've ever seen in your life, so I
can understand why it flabbergasts you so.