My computer came with 3g of ram and I am running Vista home. I am going to add a PCIe-16 graphics card but I want to know if I get a card with 512m will it take 512 from my computer or will it add 512 basically to the computer?
Do add on graphic cards take memory away from the computer?
No
Reply:no, it wont take away from your computer...but any graphics that needs to be processed will be sped up basically to just lower your loading times and stuff....releasing a bit from your processor...but not your memory
Reply:Not at all.. It even frees up your memory. All the graphics processing will done in the memory of your graphics card. So you will have full utilization of your 3GB RAM. But graphics memory is not shared for the tasks other than the graphics processing.
Reply:No, it will not use any appreciable memory (RAM).
Graphics memory can be 'shared' (meaning a graphics chip on the motherboard) or independent of your on-board ram. If you currently don't have a separate video card, then your computer is using part of the 3GB for video processing. Once you add the video card the computer will exclusively use the video memory in the card, thereby freeing up the RAM that was used when you did not have the card.
Reply:If you add any graphics card PCI/AGP/PCIe it will use its own memory of how much the card is 128/256/512/640/768/1gb and leave the computer memory alone. Only onboard (video on the motherboard) uses the computers memory instead. Yes but 512mb will be the highest you can use. XP/Vista 32bit OS will only see and use 3.5gb of TOTAL Memory 3gb + 512mb video. Lets say you have 3gb memory then add a 1gb video card then you will lose 512mb on the computer so it will only use 2.5gb of the memory and 1gb for the video card. Thanks
Reply:No, only onboard video cards take from system RAM. Your 512 card will use its 512, none of yours. And your computer cannot use its. The two rams are totally independent of each other
Reply:The card will use it's own memory and CPU so, it will not take away 512MB of ram from your computer.
One thing that will take memory from your computer is the drivers/software for that video card.
Reply:Could u input the model number of the graphics card?.. its a PCIe-16 so its most likely not a graphics card with shared memory..
The graphics card with 512MB uses the memory for its own usage.. It does not add or remove RAM from the computer.. Unless as i have stated above .. it uses shared memory which is very very very unlikely..
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