5% of video cards memory is dedicated to Video, 95% is Shared System Memory. Planning 
to upgrade to GTX285 w/ 1GB but I do not want to invest the money if I can only have 
access to 52MB of video memory.

PC setup:
MB-EVGA 790i SLI FTW
CPU-Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83ghz
Memory-8GB (4x2GB) OCZ Fatal1ty DDR3 @1333ghz
Video-EVGA Geforce 6200LE w/256MB (am waiting to upgrade to GTX285 until problem 
is resolved)

Windows 7 shows-
Total Available Graphics Memory  319
Dedicated Video Memory              16
System Video Memory                   0
Shared System Memory               303

All updates, and updated drivers, applied.
Only BIOS settings include, no additional Video or Video Memory settings: 
Init Display - (Default) PCI Slot, or PCIe Slot, tried both.
PCI Latency Timer (CLK) - (Default) 32, tried at 32 and maxed at 255.
Maximum Payload Size - 4096

Any idea why I can play COD2 on a P-4 (3ghz), 3GB RAM, same video card, running XP 
Pro but not on this newly built system running Win7? Or maybe someone can tell me 
why Win7 feels it necessary to "share" 95% of my Video card's memory when it has 
access to 8 GB of RAM?

Tip: Run a free scan for common Windows errors ad

re: Dedicated Video Memory? Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 6:06 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Turn off the Aero Glass effects, and see if that helps [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dedicated Video Memory? Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:19 am Posted by IT in OK (2 messages posted) That had no effect but it was a good suggestion. The problem is in the manufacturer's labeling. The card only has 16MB and pulls the remaining 240MB from the system's memory (RAM). I wasn't aware of this until recently. My understanding is that this is nolonger a standard practice. I have just ordered a new video card (EVGA Geforce GTX285 512bit w/1GB memory) and will see how that works. I'll post the results as soon as I get the card installed. Thanks for your post. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dedicated Video Memory? Friday, July 24, 2009 at 3:56 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) The old card is mediocre and about 5 yr old technology.It was never considered a good gaming card, even in XP, It was just a little better then having on board motherboard video. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Dedicated Video Memory? Friday, July 24, 2009 at 7:30 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (7132 messages posted) The performance of the Vista and W7 user interface is very much dependent upon how much graphic horsepower a computer has. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 7 Discussion Forum