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  • Offline madmax

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Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #15 on: December 13, 2006, 16:33:45 PM
the only definate way to reclaim the ram is to disable the onboard gfx from the bios.
once disabled it should release the shared ram

Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #16 on: December 14, 2006, 00:38:43 AM
Thanks for the replies.  Ive found that the new card/monitor doesnt display the POST information, so I am currently unable to get into the BIOS.  This seems strange to me, particularly when the integrated card is disabled!

I will investigate further when I have some more time.

Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #17 on: December 14, 2006, 00:52:12 AM
maybe the new card just takes a sec to get going.... try hitting del (or whatever it is on your system) anyway, and you should be able to get into the bios :)

youll need to disable the on-board gfx, chances are if you dont youll end up with some freaky problems :s

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Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #18 on: December 14, 2006, 00:53:18 AM
Normally its the delete key or F2

Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #19 on: December 15, 2006, 12:22:58 PM
Dont seem to be working (Neither F2 nor Delete).

Its frustrating that the Display (as shown in the screenshot above) says that no system resources are being used, but evidence suggests otherwise.

Unfortunately since fitting this graphics card, while the display is fine, the computer is actually running much slower - I expected the opposite after fitting a dedicated graphics card with 128mb RAM.

I feel the expense of a new computer coming on...

  • Offline Pete

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Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #20 on: December 15, 2006, 12:43:56 PM
Can you see the post with the onboard card?

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Find out where the bios reset jumper is on your motherboard, you might need it later;

1. Plug the monitor into the onboard plug.
2. Go into the bios.
3. Disable onboard graphics.
4. Save, exit, power down, plug the screen into the pci card.
I know sh*ts bad right now with all that starving bullsh*t and the dust storms and we are running out of french fries and burrito coverings.

Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #21 on: December 16, 2006, 01:00:39 AM
Your onboard graphics is still enabled. What you have done in the pic is disable it within Windows, nothing else.  There is no need to be hasty and splashing out on a new PC.  There is nothing wrong with this one.  And is £XXX worth it for 8meg? ;)

Plug the monitor into the onboard vga port.  You should then see your bios screen.  Windows normally displays its boot screen across all displays which is why you should see it on you onboard and new vga card.  You can press the pause/break key and it will/should pause the pc on the bios screen to allow you to see what key to press.  Also, it may well display a graphic which hides the actual bios screen so it may be worth tapping the esc key.

Once you kow which key it is, tap the needed key once or twice per second when you power it up.  Once in the bios it should be in integrated devices or such like.

Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #22 on: December 18, 2006, 23:41:21 PM
Thanks for those replies, which were helpful.  I still have my old monitor hanging around at the moment and was able to plug that in.  The BIOS doesnt give the option to disable the onboard graphics, but it does enable me to reduce the amount of memory reserved for it to 1mb.

The effect of this is that the full 512mb is now reported in My Computer > Properties :D and I have now disabled the Integrated and PCI Secondary monitors in Windows, so the signals arent going to those ports all the time.

The other thing the BIOS has let me do is change the priority of the monitors from Integrated > PCI to PCI > Integrated, and lengthen the amount of time the POST screen is displayed to let me hit F10 quick enough.


The thing is that instead of improving the performance of the computer (albeit I only expected the same or a slight improvement), since the PCI card was installed it seems to be running really slowly.  Thats why Im thinking perhaps at sooner than Id planned I might look for a computer that will support this widescreen resolution out of the box.

Thanks again for all the help received :)

Re:Graphics Card that supports 1440x900
Reply #23 on: December 29, 2006, 23:52:08 PM
Just thought Id add a quick update.

I downloaded the latest drivers for the card, uninstalled the ATI Catalyst software, and reinstalled, selecting only the drivers (not the Catalyst software for extra features) and this seems to have improved things :D

BFN,

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