do you have shared video memory on your laptop?

sluggo · Post by **sluggo** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:08 pm

If so, I want to hear from you...
Does it really cause a problem?
I'm looking at a $500 premium to get non-shared video memory, and I really need to justify this. I know dedicated video memory is better but if I can make music and play sets on Live without dedicated video memory, then that's what I'd prefer.

thanks!

Petteri Karjalainen · Post by **Petteri Karjalainen** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:34 pm

I have the fujitsu siemens a7640 with shared memory .. and its great for music and I've done a few gigs using live4 without any issues whatsoever....

edit: obviously if you can afford it .. get a machine with dedicated memory.

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:07 am

I have 64 meg shared and I've never had any problems

I have 1gb normal ram which I put in (shipped with 512)

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:27 am

i was amazed to run the Live 5 Performance test flawlessly on my sister's $799 Compaq laptop with a Celeron-M 1.5ghz and shared memory.

i even cranked the reverb to first class and it seemed fine.

i wouldn't sweat it.
the money you save not getting the dedicated ram you can use to buy a GB of system memory, which would probably help you out more in the long run.

MrSleep · Post by **MrSleep** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:13 am

no problemo

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:03 am

I've got a 256mb non-shared vid card in my lappy. It seems to make the meters look prettier than my last laptop.

Shared becomes a -big- issue if your video card shares an IRQ with your soundcard. Something to keep in mind.

BTW 500 for a non shared card seems like fricken highway robbery.

-tim

atomic · Post by **atomic** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:30 pm

I have a IBM G40 with 64MB of shared mem and it is not a problem for me. At times when i am zoomiing in and out alot the visuals will studder or freeze or a second but it had never caused an audio glitch. I have 768MB ram in the puter in total.

zero01101 · Post by **zero01101** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:02 pm

shared sucks, but its not the end of the world. it was good advice to take the 500 bucks you saved and spend 200 of it on more ram anyway.