detect video ram type on Vista?

On Sep 2, 5:42 am, Fish <n....DeleteThis@email.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:22:10 +0000, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
>
> > I have a new Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
> > card in it. I've read elsewhere that this card may come in both DDR
> > and GDDR flavors. I'm looking for a utility that will tell me what
> > I've actually got. It needs to run on Vista. Someone recommended
> > ATITool but it did not work on Vista.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Brandon Van Every
>
> The Nvidia control panel info tab will tell you the type of ram on the
> card you have.

Well, thanks for making me aware of NVIDIA Control Panel.. Help..
System Information. That wasn't where one looked in Windows 2000 and
XP, so I didn't think of looking under Help. Actually I'm inclined to
say that's illogical; I don't need help, I need information. Well,
whatever, now I know.

That info doesn't say what type of video ram it is though. Only that
I've got 256MB dedicated video memory and 768MB shared system memory.

Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
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On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:53:32 +0000, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:


> Well, thanks for making me aware of NVIDIA Control Panel.. Help..
> System Information. That wasn't where one looked in Windows 2000 and
> XP, so I didn't think of looking under Help. Actually I'm inclined to
> say that's illogical; I don't need help, I need information. Well,
> whatever, now I know.
>
> That info doesn't say what type of video ram it is though. Only that
> I've got 256MB dedicated video memory and 768MB shared system memory.
>
> Cheers,
> Brandon Van Every

You're right, it doesn't say memory type. Thought it did for some reason. I
used to use Everest for that purpose but don't know if it runs on Vista.
 >> Stay informed about: detect video ram type on Vista?