AMD Notebook Video Card ATI Radeon XPRESS 1100...Help?

[Winston]

Now, im buying a laptop off of ebay. It is an acer. It is using an AMD 64 Turion X2 1.8 duo core. or t-56. It will have 1 gig of ram installed aswell.

The reason im mentioning those specs is because i know they have some way of tying in with the vid card. Now, my problem is pretty basic. I've done a lot of searching, and i've found many different things about thie ati 1100...for a AMD notebook/laptop that is.

I just want to know what the EXACT memory is. The dedicated memory and its full capacity when sharing your ram with it.

I've found some people saying its a 256. Some a 128. some lower. Some say it expands to a 512 to a 256 and to a 128. As you can see, I'm pretty confused. And i CANNOT wait for my laptop to come to check it out. I hope someone may have this card in their laptop and already know my answer, or at least someone who can express there opinion on it.

Now just remember, it is a LAPTOP video card. To be blunt I want the dedicated memory, full capacity when sharing with ram, and any comments about it, and any games youd recommend using with it?

Thanks a lot..

( Exact name is "ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series for AMD Notebooks " )

[Kameo]

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series for AMD Notebooks - Specifications

CPU Interface
Mobile AMD Sempron™, Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64, AMD Turion™ 64, AMD Turion™ 64 X2 processors
1GHz HyperTransport interface speeds
Supports AMD’s Enhanced Virus Protection
Supports Advanced Power Management with CPU Throttling, and Stutter Mode capability. Memory Interface
UMA mode operation requires no additional memory
HyperMemory™ is innovative technology that seamlessly enables the Graphics Processing Unit to use a combination of local and shared system memory with real-time performance at a reduced consumer cost and up to 128MB of memory
DDR2 Support
Support for 2Mx32 (with 64-bit interface), 4Mx32, 8Mx32 and 16Mx16 memory devices
Asynchronous HyperTransport and memory controller interface speeds
Supports GDDR SDRAM self refresh mechanism
Supports dynamic CKE for power conservation (for GDDR SDRAM only) PCI Express Interface
Compliant with the PCI Express 1.0a Specifications
Up to (4) x1 PCI Express general purpose links 3D Graphics
Integrated ATI Radeon™ X300 graphics core with clock speed of 300/400MHz (for ATI Radeon Xpress 1100/1150)
Full DirectX 9.0 Support (Vertex Shader v2.0 and Pixel Shader v2.0)
Full precision floating point pixel pipeline
Up to 4 Multiple-Render-Targets (MRTs)
Support for up to 12-bit per pixel formats
Supports Microsoft’s next generation GDI+ user interface
Supports resolution up to 2536x2536@32bpp
Anti-Aliasing using multi-sampling algorithm with support for 2,4, and 6 samples
Hidden surface removal using 16, 24, or 32-bit Z-Buffering 2D Graphics
Highly optimized 128-bit engine capable of processing multiple pixels per clock
Game acceleration including support for Microsoft’s DirectDraw, Double Buffering, Virtual Sprites, Transparent Blit, and Masked Blit.
Supports a maximum resolution of 2048x1536@32bpp
Support for new GDI extensions in Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP:Alpha BLT, Transparent BLT, Gradient Fill Multiple Display Features
Dual independent displays: CRT/LCD, TV/LCD
Support for DDCI and DDC2B+ for plug and play monitors
Support for flat panel displays via DVI
8-bit alpha blending of graphics and video overlay TV Out
Integrated TV encoder with an on-chip DAC (simultaneous output for TV and CRT is not supported)
Support for Macrovision 7.1 copy protection standard
1024x768 32bpp support
CGMS-A DVD copy management support in VBI External Display Support
Supports external displays (e.g. flat panel, CRT, or TV) via a DVO port
Supports DVI, DFP, and VESA P&D digital interfaces
Support for fixed resolution displays from VGA (640x480) to wide UXGA (1600x1200) Power Management Features
Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4, and S5
Support for AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ technology to conserve power
PowerPlay™ power management technology provides users with the optimal balance between performance and power consumption
Multiple power-saving settings offer increased control and flexibility
Vari-Bright™ technology optimizes notebook panel brightness for more power savings Optimized Software Support
ATI Catalyst driver update support
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL® drivers
Unified driver support or all ATI Radeon™ PCI Express discrete and integrated graphics products
Support for Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, and Linux Universal Connectivity
8 USB 2.0 interfaces
PCI v2.3 (up to 7 slots)
Provides LPC (Low Pin Count) and SM (System Management) bus management and arbitrations.
Serial ATA controller supports the advanced high speed serial ATA connection; with hot plug and RAID 0,1 function to enhance performance and data security.
Supports PC “Legacy” compatible functions, RTC (Real Time Clock), interface and power management support for all AMD 64-bit processors.
Audio controller supports theater class AC-97 compliance up to 7.1/5.1 channel output and MC-97 for the MODEM.
TPM 1.1 and 1.2 support
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_14603_14624%5E14627,00.html

[Winston]

That all nice. I found that myself days ago. I know thats just one giant copy paste off of the amd website. But some people i know that have the ati xpress are boasting a 256 dedicated chip...Now im not sure if they have a 128 borrowing on ram another 128. or if they have a pure 256...and a possible only shareable 128 to 300 whatever, or a possible sharing 256 to a 512.

There must be someone on coolrom who knows this! lol I still appreciate the help Kameo, thanks.

[Kameo]

That all nice. I found that myself days ago. I know thats just one giant copy paste off of the amd website. But some people i know that have the ati xpress are boasting a 256 dedicated chip...Now im not sure if they have a 128 borrowing on ram another 128. or if they have a pure 256...and a possible only shareable 128 to 300 whatever, or a possible sharing 256 to a 512.

There must be someone on coolrom who knows this! lol I still appreciate the help Kameo, thanks.

I posted the link to the AMD site right under it. ;)


"HyperMemory™ is innovative technology that seamlessly enables the Graphics Processing Unit to use a combination of local and shared system memory with real-time performance at a reduced consumer cost and up to 128MB of memory"


"Graphics Processing Unit 128MB of memory"

[Winston]

Yeah i got that. I understand. I read it myself to when i went on the amd website. Well, i guess i'll have to go off of that for now. I'm still stumped with other people having 256 hypermemory without using ati catalyst, or another over clocking device, or sharing their ram.

Unless they developped a later version of the card....Anyways thanks for the help Kameo. And like I said if any one uses this card or can recommend games to use with it..Leave a post. Thanks again