I'm only changing it to get a higher rating in Vista which currently sits at
3.1 plus the better performance anyway.
9550's are quite good despite all.
--
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:1BD460BA-A9DF-4BDD-BFFA-2163EDEE725F@microsoft.com...
>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
>> >>
>>