Ati x1300 512mb Graphics card

LPzaz · July 5th, 2009, 02:02 PM

Hi,

I have been sold a laptop with a ATI x1300 graphics card, the guy ran dxdiag to show me it is 512mb graphics, so I bought it, now I read up a bit more about the card and everywhere I read it says it is a 128mb graphics card.

Why does it show on my system as 512mb if it is only 128....have I been screwed?

Aaron_8015 · July 5th, 2009, 02:14 PM

Chances are it has 128mb on the card and is using 384mb of the system memory.

I wouldnt really say you have been ripped off, even if the x1300 had 512mb of memory it could'nt make use of it. 128mb is perfectly fine for that card.

Out of curiosity what is the make and model of the laptop?

pullmyfoot · July 5th, 2009, 02:22 PM

I suggest you go into your system BIOS and take away that extra 384mb that your card is using. As Aaron said, your card is not going to get possibly near to using all that ram, its a marketing gimmick to make you think your card is faster than it is. Worse still, its robbing your main system of 384mb, so your system is actually slowed down (which is why you should turn it off).

LPzaz · July 5th, 2009, 02:44 PM

Thanks for the replies, it is a HP nc6400 laptop. I paid $700 for it.
Core 2 Duo 2Ghz T7200 processor
1Gig Ram
100gig hd
and according to the seller 512mb graphics card.
.............to boot there is 1 red dot on the screen that I didn't notice when I bought it.......

Btw,

When you say it can't use the extra 384mb why is there an option to use it then? Can it not utilize it?

I feel so ripped....

endrien · July 5th, 2009, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LPzaz

Thanks for the replies, it is a HP nc6400 laptop. I paid $700 for it.
Core 2 Duo 2Ghz T7200 processor
1Gig Ram
100gig hd
and according to the seller 512mb graphics card.
.............to boot there is 1 red dot on the screen that I didn't notice when I bought it.......

Thats a stuck pixel,
JScreenFix - Fix stuck pixels and screen burn-in

Also I think 700$ for that was a bit of a rip IMO.
Especially with new ones like:

Newegg.com - MSI GX630-028US NoteBook AMD Athlon X2 QL-62(2.00GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA 4GB Memory 250GB HDD DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - Laptops / Notebooks
and
Newegg.com - Acer Aspire AS5536-5883 NoteBook AMD Athlon X2 QL-64(2.10GHz) 15.6" 3GB Memory DDR2 667 320GB HDD DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon HD 3200 - Laptops / Notebooks

The extra memory on yours is just a gimmick, to make you think its faster.

LPzaz · July 5th, 2009, 02:53 PM

yeah ofcourse it's a rip - but I have wanted a 512mb graphics card laptop for a long time and they cost well over 700, oh well, that will teach me for buying privately...

Aaron_8015 · July 5th, 2009, 02:54 PM

Yes $700 is way overpriced.

Also been searching around on google and the only ones I have found have intel intergrated gpu's with 128mb of memory.

Quote:

When you say it can't use the extra 384mb why is there an option to use it then? Can it not utilize it?

The card is a low end gpu, and it cannot utilise 512mb of memory, it will proberly struggle to use 256mb.... As 'PMF' said its a gimmick they use as the average user will deam 'more memory as better'.

e.g.

an 8800 GTS 320mb will perform much much better than a 9400 Gt 1gb.

LPzaz · July 5th, 2009, 02:56 PM

thanks again guys.

endrien · July 5th, 2009, 02:57 PM

just because its 512mb doesn't mean its good. I've seen 1gb ones that are worse than my 256mb card.
Edit: Beat me to it haha!
Next time ask here or research it prior to purchase.
~Endrien

Aaron_8015 · July 5th, 2009, 03:01 PM

Though I would add here is the laptop from newegg.

Newegg.com - HP Compaq nc Series nc6400(RB518UT#ABA) NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T7200(2.00GHz) 14.1" Wide XGA 1GB Memory DDR2 667 80GB HDD 7200rpm Dual layer DVD Burner ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 - Laptops / Notebooks

The x1300 has 64mb of on-board meaning nearly half of your 1gb of RAM is going to the card, which will really slow it down.