AGP Video Memory Shortage

[paperpusher]

With TS2009, when running the Diagnose utility, I have the following warning on my system: 53MB available and program needs 64MB. TS2009 runs but with flickering textures. My card is an ATI X1650 (Radeon) with 256 MB and the current ATI drivers. Previously on my Trainz2006 and TC3 (short use) I had no warnings whatsoever.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[johnwhelan]

With TS2009, when running the Diagnose utility, I have the following warning on my system: 53MB available and program needs 64MB. TS2009 runs but with flickering textures. My card is an ATI X1650 (Radeon) with 256 MB and the current ATI drivers. Previously on my Trainz2006 and TC3 (short use) I had no warnings whatsoever.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Check you BIOS settings and cross your fingers. How much system memory do you have?

Cheerio John

 

[paperpusher]

Bios and Bytes

Memory is 107325030 Total physical
429496295 Total Bytes Pagin
214 73575 User Bytes
using an ASUS 2hz Intel processor.
How does one find the Bios...
Thanks PeterM:

 

[johnwhelan]

The BIOS is the Basic Input and Output System and is the way your computer uses to talk to the operating system.

You can disable parts of your computer by playing in here so be very careful.

When you turn on the computer you should see some thing like press F2 to enter setup. The key varies from motherboard to motherboard. If you have a high end computer with an Intel or ASUS motherboard you should see the option if it's no name brand you may not.

It looks as if you only have 1 gig of memory so I'd pop to the www.crucial.com site and download their scanner then upgrade your memory to 2-3 gigs and don't worry too much about the missing memory its to do with the AGP aperture port and refers to the bandwidth between the cpu and the video card. The basic problem is if you get a wrong setting in here your computer may not boot again so if you don't know exactly what you are doing its high risk for not much gain. Use newegg.ca or NCIX.com to buy the memory.

Your machine is near the lower end of machines that will run TRS2009 but you probably know that. TRS2009 prefers dual cores rather than single ones.

Cheerio John