GeForce Go 6200 and Video Ram problems

hbaastrup · 01-08-06, 01:28 PM

I have bought a labtop with a nVidia GeForce Go 6200 video chip and with 254MB of Video Ram. I have installed SuSE 10 x86_64 Linux on the labtop together with the "Linux AMD64/EM64T version 1.0-8178" nVidia graphic driver. The driver functions; I get the nVidia splash screen and my GUI (KDE) runs smoothly.
My problem is; when I use the nvidia-settings program, it tells me that the labtab only has 64MB video ram. So now I have my doubts that the driver do not use the whole video ram, but only 64MB of the 256MB available.
I would like to ask the forum; if there is a way to control the video ram the driver makes available and if so, how to change it.

netllama · 01-08-06, 02:20 PM

Is this a TurboCache version of the GeForce Go 6200. If so, then it shares system RAM to provide the 256MB, and doesn't have its own reserved videoram.

Please post a bug report if you have additional questions.

Thanks,
Lonni

hbaastrup · 01-09-06, 02:24 AM

Thank you for your quick reply Lonni.
As fare I can see, from the specifications for the labtop, it is a "Geforce Go 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB". Is there a way that I can ask the system for this? Because the specifications I have for the labtop are very few.
If the chip is of the Turbo Cache type, how does it allocate the ram needed? Is it a parameter I can give it?

hermier · 01-09-06, 02:44 AM

Usually on laptops, it is a configurable parameter in the bios. But be carefull, increasing the video memory will decrease the system memory.

hbaastrup · 01-09-06, 03:49 AM

My Asus A6750KLH does not have this BIOS fiture

01-08-06, 01:28 PM	#1
hbaastrup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	GeForce Go 6200 and Video Ram problems I have bought a labtop with a nVidia GeForce Go 6200 video chip and with 254MB of Video Ram. I have installed SuSE 10 x86_64 Linux on the labtop together with the "Linux AMD64/EM64T version 1.0-8178" nVidia graphic driver. The driver functions; I get the nVidia splash screen and my GUI (KDE) runs smoothly. My problem is; when I use the nvidia-settings program, it tells me that the labtab only has 64MB video ram. So now I have my doubts that the driver do not use the whole video ram, but only 64MB of the 256MB available. I would like to ask the forum; if there is a way to control the video ram the driver makes available and if so, how to change it.

01-08-06, 02:20 PM	#2
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: GeForce Go 6200 and Video Ram problems Is this a TurboCache version of the GeForce Go 6200. If so, then it shares system RAM to provide the 256MB, and doesn't have its own reserved videoram. Please post a bug report if you have additional questions. Thanks, Lonni

01-09-06, 02:24 AM	#3
hbaastrup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	Re: GeForce Go 6200 and Video Ram problems Thank you for your quick reply Lonni. As fare I can see, from the specifications for the labtop, it is a "Geforce Go 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB". Is there a way that I can ask the system for this? Because the specifications I have for the labtop are very few. If the chip is of the Turbo Cache type, how does it allocate the ram needed? Is it a parameter I can give it?

01-09-06, 02:44 AM	#4
hermier Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 26	Re: GeForce Go 6200 and Video Ram problems Usually on laptops, it is a configurable parameter in the bios. But be carefull, increasing the video memory will decrease the system memory.

01-09-06, 03:49 AM	#5
hbaastrup Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	Re: GeForce Go 6200 and Video Ram problems My Asus A6750KLH does not have this BIOS fiture