mikecsmith

Hi,

I'm currently running a Dell Inspiron 9400 with a x1400 mobility on Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and a modded version of the Catalyst 7.8 drivers for 64bit desktops but I wanted to know what I should be doing to increase the performance of my machine for gaming?

Not sure if my GPU is using the 128mb of Hypermemory it's supposed to as when I look in CCC I see the Memory Size as 895MB

So my questions are:

1.) Is my graphics card using too much hypermemory?
2.) If so how would I alter the amount of hypermemory it is using to a better setting?
3.) How would I get the best performance out of my x1400?
4.) Would you like me to supply any more information and if so what information?
5.) Thanks!

Regards,

Mike

DXDIAG LOG

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x7145)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7145&SUBSYS_20021028&REV_00
Display Memory: 894 MB
Dedicated Memory: 127 MB
[COLOR=Red]Shared Memory: 767 MB[/COLOR]
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: atiumdag,atiumdva,atiumd64.dll,atiumd6a.dat,atitmm 64.dll
Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0517 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/28/2007 04:14:29, 2999296 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3205-11CF-9D71-0800A1C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x7145
SubSys ID: 0x20021028
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

swimtech

The X1400 card is a "light" gaming card - what games you playing, and how much RAM do have installed in the computer?

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silviuf42

I have also an ATI x1400 128MB with hypermemory. Your videocard has 128 Video RAM memory, that is physical memory chips located on your card. That's the video memory. And, if it happens to run out of memory, it can "expand" the video memory by taking from the RAM memory the difference from 895 to 128 MB (that is, 767 MB RAM). but using an additional of 767 MB RAM from the system memory is not in any way close to using real VRAM, which is of course the better solution. And this "hypermemory" feature is only a marketing trick, it cannot improve your gaming experience. If you play games that really need more than 128 MB VRAM, you will arrive at the point where your graphic card cannot process all that huge amount of information. You would have been better with the model dell inspiron with nvidia 7900, 256 VRAM, huge difference. I've come to the conclusion that a low-end graphic card isn't in any way a card for playing games, it's merely a better choice than a graphic integrated solution and a requirement for having Vista on your machine, so you cannot improve your gaming experience any more, unless, of course, if you change your computer.