>ok, i did tht it says built in Mem 96 >Virtual Memory 97mb >Largest Unused block >56.3 mb >so that is good right?? >What does a Video card do????
What it says is that out of your 96 MB of installed memory, you are using about 40 MB and the rest, is "resting" You have plenty of memory. An "old style" video card is just some special memory that is fast enough to allow the CPU to write to it, at the same time the display hardware is reading it to make an image on your monitor. Now days nothing is that simple, and video cards include hardware that speeds up graphics operations so that the cpu justs hands over the data to the card and the card, which could be 100 times faster does the grunt work of expanding movies etc. With a cheap modern video card (ie a couple years old so it works on the StarMax) like the ix Ultimate Rez for $40 or about the same for a Voodoo3 2000, movies etc. go quite smoothly and fast. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
