On Monday 09 June 2003 01:15 pm, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:54:02 -0400 > From: Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: warning RAM > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 19:10:39 -0400 > > Dennis Veatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My point was that some video cards (that is built ins) do use system ram. > > Anyway have you tried appending mem=xxxx to lilo or grub? > > It's not a bad thing to keep in mind, although since I JUST (like > yesterday) got myself the Nvidia Ti4200 (128Mb) for my new box I CERTAINLY > hope the vendor didn't pull some sort of memory-sharing shenanigan... I'm > certain that it isn't..
It was only recently that I discovered they do pull such punches. I was looking around for a new system for a friend and noticed on some ads in small print the video was shared memory. I was surprised and after that I realized why some of these systems were so cheap. Personally I think it is a load of bull that companies would do that. OTOH from a business sense the product can be made cheaper. I am reasonably sure (well, guessing) an add in video card memory will not be shared. If someone with more knowledge knows more/better I would like to hear. > > However, just to ask the question: Does your main board ALSO have a Video > card built in, and if so, is it enabled and using shared memory? This is > very unlikely since those cards wouldn't ordinarily use 128MB shared ram. > Typically they'll steal 8, 16, or 32MB. > No built in video. I do have an IBM pc server with built in. However it has additional video memory sockets to add more. In those type of cases I would not expect it to be shared. This is a guess but I imagine the built in video could be turned off in bios if you plug in another. I haven't yet seem a system with more than 64MB shared but that don't mean they are not out there. > I haven't installed SuSE 8.2 on my new box yet but I'll let you know if I > see anything similar. -- Registered Linux user 193414 http://counter.li.org Don't be afraid to try something. Remember that amateurs built the ark and professionals built the Titanic. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
