can use until when??

october 2010~

right... using both SidePort and shared RAM raises the score for HD3300 to 3.9...

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what is sideport?mind to explain?

SidePort = the dedicated RAM for the integrated HD3300... afaik, only ATi have such thing...

juz raised the speed of the SidePort from 800MHz to 932MHz... will see how it goes...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 23 2009, 12:17 AM

erm... sry, y u can increase the speed 1?i thought suppose to increase the vram since u say use the dedicated ram...

SidePort is the VRAM for HD3300 lor...

the clock speed of that can be adjusted thru the BIOS...

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Added on November 23, 2009, 12:21 amalright, also 3.9... trying 1000MHz now...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 23 2009, 12:21 AM

so now my vram is 2GB + is because of the sideport?

SidePort only exist for HD3300, HD3200 and HD4200 (aka all the integrated graphic)...

this term is only used for integrated graphic GPU only...

for the dedicated ones, stick with VRAM to avoid the confusion...

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Added on November 23, 2009, 12:25 amnah... 1000MHz cmi... can see artifacts...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 23 2009, 12:25 AM

HD3300 better than HD4200??

ah right, i get wat u mean now... the reason y Windows think u ve so much VRAM is becuz of HyperMemory, which the dedicated GPU would borrow some system RAM if there's insufficient VRAM to use..

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Added on November 23, 2009, 12:29 amwell, depends on how u define "better"

HD3300 has more raw performance (higher core clock and Sideport (Sideport is compulsory for HD3300 but optional for HD4200 and HD3200), but HD4200 has more features (eg dual HD decoder, DX10.1)...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 23 2009, 12:29 AM

so hypermemory in dedicated GC= sideport in integrated GC?

HyperMemory = dedicated GPU borrowing RAM

SidePort = integrated GPU having it's own VRAM to use (thus no need to borrow RAM)

but then integrated GC also can borrow ram right? coz i saw hp tx2 which using HD3200 has 850++MB vram...

basically making integrated gpu looks like dedicated gpu XD

yup...

SidePort is a pretty interesting feature i would say...

it gives the integrated 2 more options when comes to frame buffer...

1) borrow from system - the normal perception of integrated GPU
2) SidePort only - no need to borrow, good for system with low RAM
3) borrow and SidePort together - for maximum performance...

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Added on November 23, 2009, 12:36 amanyway, juz raised the core clock by 10%... still doesn't help though... can still see the lagginess of Aero when maximizing windows...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 23 2009, 12:36 AM

then how about shared ram in integrated GC?? i thought shared ram= vram of integrated itself...

that's for systems without SidePort...

for HD3300, it can be shared RAM only, SidePort only, or Shared RAM + SidePort together...

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Added on November 23, 2009, 12:40 amcore up 20% and SidePort @ 932MHz is still bad...

that probably means must use SidePort + shared RAM for best Aero effect...

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 23 2009, 12:40 AM

aiyo, i got a bit blur now... so shared ram mean borrowing ram??