steenamaroo Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 long story short,,,,i have a dell vostro 1500 with nvidia 8600m GT. i dont know if it's 256 or 512mb,,,but its definitely an 8600m GT <from bios dump> my question is,,,,if i give you my rom,,,can you tell me my vram size??<conflicting reports from windows/cpuz/dxdiag/device manager> and,,,,if it's a 512mb card,,,,,can the bios be modded by the popular method?<i know how to do this myself, if it's safe on a laptop gfx card> my bios is at www.webforni.com/steen/8600mgt.ROM thanks everybody!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcnano Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Why dont you just check it in windows???? Device settings? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/#findComment-799210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smart Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Yeah, booting windows and have a look in device manager would be a good way to do it. But I am sure there must be a decent hardware profiler for Mac OS X somewhere around... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/#findComment-799236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djet Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 About This Mac> More Info? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/#findComment-799239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steenamaroo Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 guys, i appreciate the responses, but about this mac displpays 32mb 256mb and 512mb depending what drivers i install. windows device manager tells me 512mb, but dxdiag tells me 256 and i think cpuz told me 512. the bios tells me vesa 3.0 4mb?!?!(this is why i thought it was a 512), i really have googled like crazy (using things like 10de,0407,1028,0228 and all the rest from the vga dump) i still dont get conclusive matches if anyone can suggest a windows or mac program that i CAN TRUST, or just interpret my rom,,,i'd be more than grateful. as i say,,,,i'm not just hooping someone will take my hand,,,,,,,i have the modified bios ready to flash, but i'm just not sure if i should be doing it thanks again guys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/#findComment-799494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Use GPUZ. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/#findComment-799848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steenamaroo Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 thanks for the feedback. gpuz shows 512mb.. turns out the answers in dells bios. its a 256 lol, well at least theres no flashing. thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112902-a-tiny-bit-of-help-from-a-pro/#findComment-818380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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