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Yuka Itamae
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Join date: 24 Jul 2006
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07-27-2006 10:05
I received a new graphics card today: a Point of View produced GeForce 6800 XT with 512mb RAM, with AGP connection. I have it installed and running. Second Life runs fine with it.
However, in the 'preferences' section, in 'advanced graphics', where the player can choose how much graphics RAM they have, or want to use, I can only choose upto 256mb. The final option of 512mb RAM is grayed out so that I cannot select it, even though my graphics card does have 512mb of RAM on it.
Is this a problem or is it the amount of graphics RAM limited for some other reason?
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Striker Wolfe
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Join date: 11 Dec 2004
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07-27-2006 10:09
From: Yuka Itamae I received a new graphics card today: a Point of View produced GeForce 6800 XT with 512mb RAM, with AGP connection. I have it installed and running. Second Life runs fine with it.
However, in the 'preferences' section, in 'advanced graphics', where the player can choose how much graphics RAM they have, or want to use, I can only choose upto 256mb. The final option of 512mb RAM is grayed out so that I cannot select it, even though my graphics card does have 512mb of RAM on it.
Is this a problem or is it the amount of graphics RAM limited for some other reason? Doesn't really matter, SL will never use more than 256mb of video memory, I tested it myself, if anyone wants to argue with that please post pics.
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Thili Playfair
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Join date: 18 Aug 2004
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07-27-2006 14:25
hehe, first it was SL never used over 128mb, now its 256mb, but yeh i havnt seen it pass over 256mb either.
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Siobhan Taylor
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Join date: 13 Aug 2003
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07-27-2006 14:28
the x800 series all have issues with SL right now. Either nVidia, LL or both will fix it soon... hang tight and don't panic...
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Yuka Itamae
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Join date: 24 Jul 2006
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Thanks
07-27-2006 15:22
Thanks all for answering.
Don't worry Siobhan, I wasn't panicking. : ) I'm still getting far better gameplay than with the GeForce4 MX I had to make do with while my other card was being 'fixed' under warranty.
By the way, and this is just curiosity, does anyone know why SL only goes up to 256mb right now when the option is for upto 512mb? Has it been limited by Linden Lab, or is it just not working?
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Siobhan Taylor
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07-27-2006 15:35
From: Yuka Itamae By the way, and this is just curiosity, does anyone know why SL only goes up to 256mb right now when the option is for upto 512mb? Has it been limited by Linden Lab, or is it just not working? Not sure, I only have a 256MB card so I couldn't say.
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