I just purchase Ati 9550 graphic card 2 days ago and thinking of returning in
favor of X1050 or X1300 series. I have at least 30 days to return it from
circuitcity.

"Peter" wrote:

> I'm using Vista's own...haven't bothered with 7.2 as I'm about to change my
> video card anyway to an ATI Radeon X1650 Pro in the nbext few weeks.
> I'm puzzled, are my figures worse than yours...I have no idea how this stuff
> works.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>
> "GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5917D7E1-9A89-4361-9E64-FD4FCDBE28A2@microsoft.com...
> > 319
> > 256
> > 0
> > 63
> >
> > I had that also when i only have the display driver installed that was
> > included on Window Vista and the one in Window Update. I installed
> > Catalyst®
> > 7.2 Display Driver for Windows Vista (32 bit) and everything just change
> > from:
> >
> > 767 MB
> > 256mb
> > 0MB
> > 511mb
> >
> > Do you have the Catalyst 7.2 display driver for Windows Vista 32 bit
> > installed or are you using the Display driver included on Window Vista or
> > Window Update.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Peter" wrote:
> >
> >> I have the same card and the figures are:
> >> 319
> >> 256
> >> 0
> >> 63 respectively.
> >> I have 4gb of RAM onboard which reports at 2920mb only and I assume that
> >> my
> >> video and TV-FM cards absorb the rest.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter
> >> Toronto, Canada
> >> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> >> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
> >>
> >> "GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:229C36AC-BC77-4967-9AF2-1897CF7C2FE2@microsoft.com...
> >> > P4 2.8ghz HT, 1.5gb, 160gb HD, Ati Radeon 9550 256mb AGP 8x
> >> >
> >> > In Personalize, display settings, advance settings it display that i
> >> > have:
> >> >
> >> > Total Available Graphic Memory 767 MB,
> >> > Dedicated Video Memory 256mb
> >> > System Video Memory 0MB
> >> > Shared System Memory 511mb
> >> >
> >> > Does every Video card use shared system Memory? I thought by buying
> >> > 9550
> >> > it
> >> > would not use my computer memory but in the dispaly setting, advance
> >> > setting
> >> > is showing Shared System Memory 511mb, is this normal on all video
> >> > card.
> >> > Any
> >> > recommendation on video card that does not uses computers memory? How
> >> > about
> >> > Visiontek Ati Radeon X1300 512mb AGP 8x?
> >> > http://www.visiontek.com/products/ca...00_512agp.html
> >>
>