Ati Radeon Xpress 1150 Boots to Black Screen

• #1

Hi y'all!!!
I recently got some ati2dvag blue screen's so I decidet to switch / update drivers.
With my OLD DRIVER i would have a total of 256MB Video Memory (128MB Dedicated + 128MB Shared).
After updating the Drivers to a NEWER VERSION (the NEW version is like 0.001 or something newer) windows XP Pro now tells me that I have 700MB!!!! O_O
Everest tells me folowing:
Dedicated
Avaible Local Memory (Dedicated) :131072KB (probably 128MB)
Avaible Non-Local Memory (Shared) :575455KB (562MB)

Is it just me or did this driver give me a huge boost in shared memory!?!?
If that is true, then this would be 1 of the most powerfull ATI-IGP Graphics Solutions!!!
But....... 700MB sounds kinda wird!!!
Never heared of a 700MB Video memory.
Can that be right?
Can I expect a performance increase?

Additional Info: When I installed the driver, my laptop was under the list of supported devices and Installation went perfectly!
Another difference between the 2 drivers is the Date!
My old driver is from 2006 and the new 1 from 2007.

Last edited: Jul 18, 2011

• #2

my old board has a 1150 in it. i could ony get max 256mb

i think this is probably due to the addition of the hyper( or something, forgot the actual name) memory.
for eg, my 4650 has around 1700MB mem, but its only got 1GB dedicated.

• #5

I wouldent worrie about it to be honest.

To be honest: Everything that doesnt seem right on my computers, bothers me!
If I find a tiny crack in on my laptop housing, I would probably replace the whole bezel! xD
If my HDD has 1 low S.M.A.R.T. score, I replace the whole frikin HDD, but not for the DATA - for my peace of mind! xD

Thanks for your cheerig up words!

I better go to bed!
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow! e.e ouch! - Maybee a root canal surgery in my jaw x(
Here in Texas it costs a fortune to go to the dentist!!! $600 just for 1 root-canal treatment! (Thats already a i7!!!)
There are people out there, who cannot afford a Dentist and they sleep and work with toothache ALL their life!!!
Imagine all that paine waking you up at night! Aouch......

Im getting off-topic here! lol
I would appreciate any other comments regarding the video card!

Last edited: Jul 18, 2011

• #8

your blue screens would be system ram related, since thats what its using - system ram.

as for the extra ram showing up, thats normal for all cards. all video cards now, can use system ram when they run out of ram themselves.

• #10

Are you shure that its RAM?
Because this Card also has 128MB Dedicated memory!
Its a seperate Graphics chip on the motherboard - not with the CPU.

my onboard had similar issues with a failing stick of ram, you just dont get BSODs from video ram - when VRAM goes bad you get visual artifacts or complete system freezes, not BSOD's.

• #14

what? 1150 has to share RAM!! atleast it did on mine! it had taken 128MB

• #17

I still have 2x 1GB DDR2 Kinston memory lying arround! But that would mean -2GB RAM!!!
Is there any mem test that does not require a CD-Boot? (usable within windows)

it doesnt work that way, they cant test the ram that windows is using so its pointless.

Red_Machine: SOME IGP's have dedicated ram. my media PC has 128MB of DDR3 soldered onto the board making it a 'true' videocard, it just has upto 512MB of system memory to dedicate to it as well, and THEN vista/7's shared memory on top.

• #18

it doesnt work that way, they cant test the ram that windows is using so its pointless.

Red_Machine: SOME IGP's have dedicated ram. my media PC has 128MB of DDR3 soldered onto the board making it a 'true' videocard, it just has upto 512MB of system memory to dedicate to it as well, and THEN vista/7's shared memory on top.

what mobo has that thing soldered on???

• #24

what mobo has that thing soldered on???

heaps of them. AMD called it sideport memory.

Ati Radeon Xpress 1150 Boots to Black Screen

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