Help with D102GGC2 motherboard

[bashar]

Hi Guys,

Last week I bought D102GGC2 motherboard, it's a great one, and I used it's intwgrated video card (Integrated ATI Radeon X300 based graphics) also I installed 512 DDR2 ram, and when I first installed WinXP Pro I checked the video memory it was 256MB. Today I reinstalled WinXP and when I checked the video memory I found it is just 64MB, I searched alot (online and offline) to increase video memory but I didn't find what helps me.
So could you please help me with this issue.

Regards,

[kenc51]

Welcome to the forums!

As far as I know the ATI Xpress 200 chipset is based on the X300 gfx core, but uses "Hypermemory"
It has 64mb of Ram intergrated and can use upto 256mb via your system RAM.
I would highly suggest getting another 512mb of ram to get more performance because of this!

[bashar]

Thank you for your help man,, but I want to know why I got 256MB of video memory at first, and how can I increase it again to 256MB till I get another 256MB of ram in the future

Regards,

[kenc51]

NP

Check out the Bios under Advanced chipset, there might be an option for "Frame buffer"

Also are you using the latest drivers and Bios?

[bashar]

Yes, I'm using the latest BIOS and drivers, and I checked the bios for increasing video memory but I didn't find any option which help me with that..........

[kenc51]

Reported Video Memory
The amount of video memory in your system is dependent upon the amount of pre-allocated memory set for your system plus Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT). The amount of memory available in your system can be reported in multiple ways.

Video BIOS POST Message
Users may first be presented with 'video memory size' messaging in the video BIOS 'splash' or 'boot' message. This message displays the amount of main system memory that will be used solely for video BIOS purposes. DOS, for example, will use only this memory for display. Video BIOS will use 1 MB or 8 MB, based on system BIOS settings. From the operating system perspective, this memory is logically removed from the system so that it is invisible (for example, a 128 MB system using an 8 MB setting in system BIOS will report 120 MB of TOTAL system memory).

System BIOS POST Message
During POST, some system BIOS displays the amount of Local Memory installed in the system. This may be 1 MB or 8 MB, depending on pre-allocated memory.

Microsoft Windows* 2000 and Windows* XP Operating Systems "Display Adapter" Property Page
Microsoft Windows* 2000 and Windows* XP operating systems contain a standard display property page that is displayed when the "Adapter" tab is selected. This page displays the maximum amount of local, frame-buffer memory possible by the Graphics device. This page will show 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB or 224 MB, depending on how much memory you have in the system.

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboar ... htm#memory

Also look here
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010488.htm

I guess as the need for system ram increases (more programs open) the less ram there's available for GFX