Radeon 4850 and Vista

[x2 3600 rules sazakky]

Why is Vista reserving 1.2 gigs of system memory to my 4850. I run Vista 32 bit and I have 3 gigs of system memory.
Does anyone know why.

 

[x2 3600 rules sazakky]

bump

 

[GlacierFreeze]

How can you tell if system memory is being reserved for a video card?

 

[x2 3600 rules sazakky]

it says in the display properties and in the display adapter tab. it says the card is 512mb and 1.2gb of system memory is reserved.

 

[QuixoticOne]

Vista and DX10 can virtualize the graphics memory so system memory can be used for graphics operations
as well as buffers to transfer from / to the graphics card, et. al.

I doubt that that amount of memory is "really" being used to the extent that it is unavailable for more important uses
when it is needed for other programs. Try running a couple of memory heavy programs and see if they successfully
work despite that memory area (maybe it is a 'virtual' area and not a physical one) or if the memory area is visibly
shrunk / reduced when there are other memory demands.

 

[x2 3600 rules sazakky]

maybe