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Cooling | 1U Fan |
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Memory | 4GB |
Video Card(s) | To be determined |
Storage | SSD |
Case | 48% volume of PS4 |
Audio Device(s) | EMU20K2 |
Power Supply | FSP250-50GUF |
Hi, my first post on this forum.
Seen an excellent write up / tutorial on flashing video card bios so this is best place to ask.
Is it possible to adjust memory on a video card by flashing / at startup? This is to run cards tha have 1gb+ by default on 32bit OS, which obviously eats into the 4gb (technically 3.5gb~) addressable memory. Personally I see 3.25 with this 1gb card installed.
If your curious, the cards in question are of the low/medium range.
What I fail to understand is why these are shipped out with 1, 2 and even 4gb when they do not perform all that well, certainly not newer games, which is the only scenario that asks for such memory. For low end cards like these to have 4gb vRAM, suggests marketing bigger GB numbers for the sake of it to sell more. Its obvious. Not even on a 64bit system is 4gb justified, as far as I can determine.
They play old games great, sure, but on 32bit systems the expansive memory crashes stuff often. One could update to 64 but right now thats out of reach, for many believe it or not, as it asks for many more upgrades additionally.
So yeah, got a little sidetracked but initial flash question remains.
Any help appreciated!
Seen an excellent write up / tutorial on flashing video card bios so this is best place to ask.
Is it possible to adjust memory on a video card by flashing / at startup? This is to run cards tha have 1gb+ by default on 32bit OS, which obviously eats into the 4gb (technically 3.5gb~) addressable memory. Personally I see 3.25 with this 1gb card installed.
If your curious, the cards in question are of the low/medium range.
What I fail to understand is why these are shipped out with 1, 2 and even 4gb when they do not perform all that well, certainly not newer games, which is the only scenario that asks for such memory. For low end cards like these to have 4gb vRAM, suggests marketing bigger GB numbers for the sake of it to sell more. Its obvious. Not even on a 64bit system is 4gb justified, as far as I can determine.
They play old games great, sure, but on 32bit systems the expansive memory crashes stuff often. One could update to 64 but right now thats out of reach, for many believe it or not, as it asks for many more upgrades additionally.
So yeah, got a little sidetracked but initial flash question remains.
Any help appreciated!