Well, for general purpose office apps and dvd/vcd viewing 8MB should be more than adequate, my office PC (an IBM netvista bought last year) only has 1MB shared video memory ;)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ver Allan Sumabat > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [plug] Video RAM > > > > so if u r not into games, is 8MB enough (DVD, etc.) ? > > --- Revi Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > for 2d rendering/window management you shouldn't > > need all those MB's, but > > for 3d apps (games!) it is practically essential, > > the graphics card serves > > as a coprocessor where the textures, vertices of the > > 3d world are loaded, so > > the more MB's you have the better. > > > > also, the size of your monitor has no direct > > relation to the amount of > > memory on your graphics card. generally the more > > memory you have the higher > > the resolutions and depth you can get, imagine > > having a desktop of 1280x1024 > > on a 14" screen! Compare that with the same > > resolution on a 17" screen... > > > > HTH, > > > > Revi Sun > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the > body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
