Is Radeon HD 3200 completely useless?

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#1 Anti-Semantic
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This is the integrated graphics card that came with my Laptop. When I scan my system at SystemRequirementsLab, it says I have like 1400 MB of video memory...but I can't even watch 720p movies without slowdown; same for games...In Left 4 Dead, for example, I have to put everything to LOW to play smoothly. What exactly is the point of "1400 MB video memory" if - practically - it does nothing?
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#2 ryancamcam
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[QUOTE="Anti-Semantic"]This is the integrated graphics card that came with my Laptop. When I scan my system at SystemRequirementsLab, it says I have like 1400 MB of video memory...but I can't even watch 720p movies without slowdown; same for games...In Left 4 Dead, for example, I have to put everything to LOW to play smoothly. What exactly is the point of "1400 MB video memory" if - practically - it does nothing?

Id say that it says that because its shared memory, but im no computer expert.
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#3 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="Anti-Semantic"]This is the integrated graphics card that came with my Laptop. When I scan my system at SystemRequirementsLab, it says I have like 1400 MB of video memory...but I can't even watch 720p movies without slowdown; same for games...In Left 4 Dead, for example, I have to put everything to LOW to play smoothly. What exactly is the point of "1400 MB video memory" if - practically - it does nothing?ryancamcam
Id say that it says that because its shared memory, but im no computer expert.

Yeah it must be shared, that's why it shows so much. It's a very weak graphics chip otherwise. You might want to try updating your video drivers, that may help with some of the stuttering with video playback and maybe a bit with games.
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#4 NSR34GTR
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shared memory
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#5 PipeBigboss
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Is shared memory as most all the laptops, so that's the "problem" isn't useless but the performance of the Laptop will be affected by this.