ati rage pro problem 1

[laserblues]

Hey, when i upgraded ram from 64 to 128 my video card slowed down ALOT!..do you think when the shop took out old stick of ram that some of it was alloted to video card? i have an ibm ativa amd k6....any suggestions would be greatly appreicated.

 

[killowhat]

laserblues: what do you mean by card; onboard or installed?
a k6 is a very weak low end processor i know i have one.
what is total memory installed?
when you say [shop] . did you have it repaired? if so carry it back make them fix it.
going up in memory is supposed to help performance.
I have no idea what is wrong with your system, with what you have said.
my advice carry back to SHOP. LOL PEARL

 

[paparazi]

If they physically added more memory yet your performance has decreased then the memory they used is either incompatible or just plain doesn't suit your system, it may be fixed by using another brand or type ie: PC100 instead of PC133. Martin Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[aldog]

Wait, it is normal for more ram to slow the system down. You can go to the bios and increase the video aperture size and this should help.

Some people think that the more RAM you share with the graphics card, the larger the performance boost. In some cases, this might be true. In others, it might result in a performance drop. There are two common outcomes from setting the AAS (AGP aperture size) too high: (1) If you share too much RAM with your graphics card and an application takes advantage of that, you will have less RAM for other functions of the software, and possibly for background applications. (2) If the graphics card does not utilize the memory, it is not taken from system memory. In this case, there are no problems with AAS sucking all of your system RAM, despite its setting in the BIOS configuration utility. The latter is the most common case, since most people have enough memory now to compensate for a high AAS, and most applications would not take all of the memory anyway.

 

[laserblues]

It is an onboard card. The whole performance has slowed and I think it is a 8meg card. So if I change the bios or flash it may work?
Regards