looking for best deal on some laptop shit

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:02 pm

shared memory is not a good thing in this case.
it means that you have less memory to run programs. (the video card takes a chunk of your system memory as its own...and you can't use that part of your ram for other things)

in your range, there are few laptops that offer dedicated video memory.

to find out how much memory your desktop has (on the video card I assume) you can just search for the brand and model (on a site like newegg)

alternitavely, you can right click on the desktop, select properties, hit the settings tab, click the advanced button, and hit the adapter tab

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:06 pm

says my geek machine is running 64 MB from my geforce 4 mx integrated gpu.
hell, i've run avid liquid on this mutha' before without it crashing.

am i looking at the wrong thing? says 64mb next to memory size

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:29 pm

that's right
GeForce 4 is pretty old (IIRC) so 64MB sounds right.

video memory helps with rendering...so if you try to do too much (like play WoW) it'd still run, but you'll probably experience video lag.
So with programs like premiere, you'd probably have some difficulty when rendering your video (especially with lots of effects).
video preview would probably be slow and skip

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:05 pm

really, IDGAF about my preview window, so long as it doesn't export fucked up.
i don't play WoW. about the only online game i still play is tribes , which is pretty fuckin' old (1998?)

so lets say, if i just wanted the lappy for editing is 6.5 and vdubmod while im at work or on the road, and internet browsing, would 128mb shared do the trick?

would my video just not render? would some programs not run at all? as i said, i'm not too hardware savy

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:55 pm

128 shared should do all of that.

most programs don't require that much video ram.

the only problem you'd have to worry about is having enough physical ram to do all of those other things
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... x=0&Go.y=0
if you replace 1 of the 256MB sticks with a 512 stick then you should be fine

of course HP is going to reccomend their own memory only, it'l be awhile before people start testing this model for memory module compatibility. If you stick with well known brands like Corsair and Kingston you'll probably be safe.
(my presario R4012US is running 2 Kingston 512MB sticks that I got off of ebay for ~$35 each)

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:00 pm

wait - i CAN crack open a lappy and upgrade ram? i asked a guy at work about this and he said i couldn't.
is he just as hardware useless as me?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:06 pm

even more so

if you paste the model number into the HP site, it'l give you guides.
one or two of these tell you how to reach the memory slot under the unit and under the keyboard

considering my unsteady hands, almost anyone should be able to replace memory in a laptop...just be sure that you're properly grounded when you do it (pretty much just touch/keep in contact with something metal that thouches the ground)

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:08 pm

even better, here's the link to the setp by step guide on the HP site for the laptop you mentioned on the other page

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:19 am

Link with pics.
"(note that this installation process applies to MOST notebooks, not all!)"

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:39 am

bah...I usually check my links...
this one should work
click on the one that says "memory modules" on the bottom (fourth from the top)