martin schrieb:

> [...] the thing is, the sis chipset was invented by an "einstein", the
> graphics chip actually has to ask the cpu for memory since the memory
> controller is inside the cpu. 

This doesn't really matter. Using regular memory will always be faster
for software rendering even with a chip with dedicated memory and
controller.

> so if i don't use the rendering
> capabilities of the gpu anyway i have no reason to make that memory trip
> there and back, i'd be much better off on a regular memory buffer and
> ignore the graphics card totally until i have the image ready to shoot
> at it.

That's how it works.

Philipp


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