I have nvidia 9400GT installed and want to know if its a shared one or a dedicated one.Also while buying, how is it possible to make out if the graphics card is dedicated one or a shared one by looking at the cover??
How can u make out if ur sytem is using a dedicated or a shared graphics card?
If it’s a laptop, it’s probably shared or a combination of dedicated and shared. It’s a matter of available physical space.
If it’s a desktop, it probably has a separate video card.
If it’s the prior, it can’t be upgraded. It’s hard-wired to the motherboard. If it’s the latter, open it up and pop a new card in the slot.
well usually the box will say something like
256mb dedicated
or 256mb shared
ofcourse the number 256 is an example.
mine is something like 768mb dedicated. it really doesn’t matter too much if it’s shared only if you have lots of ram. if you have 4gb or more ram and you get a 512mb shared video card then it’s absolutely fine to play hardcore games with it (assuming your cpu is fast enough to handle it)
but yeah just look at the cover of the box or the description. they always say so.
right click on desktop and select properties . now select Display settings..and then advanced …now it show u the properties of the graphics card type u used ..it will show u the graphics card model u r using with its type :Integrated or Dedicated !
Hi George:
Your GPU model (9400 GT) is a dedicated one.
Dedicated means that the GPU by itself is independent from the rest of the PC’s components, primarly the motherboard; in this case, the 9400 GT is a single individual card that you can plug or unplug from your motherboard.
Shared (or Integrated, embedded) means that the GPU resides “inside” the motherboard, hence the name “integrated”. For example, most of the laptop’s GPUs are integrated (embedded) and most of the times they use some of the laptop’s RAM as video memory to maximize their performance, that’s why it is called “shared video memory”.