help! limited to 128 video ram

Hi, I just got a GeForce 7600 with 512 video ram, but SL preferences will not let me chose a higher setting than 128MB. 256, adn 512 are shaded out. what can I do to fix this?

Try adding -noprobe to the end of your SL shortcut and post back your results.

ok, my target is now "C:\Program Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe" -noprobe

Thanks for the advice but still the problem persists.

How much system ram do you have? You may want to take a look at this thread:

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wow, what a disapointment. I only have 392MB of system RAM. Mine uses Rambus to it was cheaper to get a better video card with more ram than to upgrade the rambus. But SL will not even use half of that it unless I have over a GIG of system ram.

Yet another disapointment.

Well thanks for your help.

P

For what its worth, having more than 128MB of video ram in SL gives you very minimal improvements. I have seen SL use 128MB+ very few times. More system ram would make a huge difference.

You have more video memory than system memory???

I recently upgraded from a 128 to 512MB graphics card, and immediately noticed an improvement in texutre loading speed. Also a much sharper image in the client.

I have 1GB of system ram, and other than the graphic card update, I made no changes at all to my system. So, in my case the improvement was more than minimal.

Of course, your mileage may vary.

- Sam

Are you sure that the memory was what did all of you listed? Because the most important part of a video card is the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)... Theres much more to a video card than just its memory. If you open up your texture debug you will see how much ram SL will use, and it rarely ever goes past 128MB of video memory being used. Just because theres a setting for how much video memory you have doesn't mean SL is going to utilize all of it.

Are you sure that the memory was what did all of you listed? Because the most important part of a video card is the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)... Theres much more to a video card than just its memory. If you open up your texture debug you will see how much video memory SL is using and it rarely ever goes past 128MB. Just because theres a setting for how much video memory you have doesn't mean SL is going to utilize all of it.

Are you sure that the memory was what did all of you listed? Because the most important part of a video card is the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)... Theres much more to a video card than just its memory. If you open up your texture debug you will see how much video memory SL is using and it rarely ever goes past 128MB. Just because theres a setting for how much video memory you have doesn't mean SL is going to utilize all of it. If ram was the most important part of a video card then a 128MB Geforce MX 440 will be the same speed of a Geforce 6600 128MB.