Manual

Advanced Controls
3 - 8 Video Memory
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Video Memory
The computer does not have dedicated video memory. It makes use
of a portion of system memory as video memory. By default, the vid-
eo memory is set to 32MB. You may also set it to 16MB or 64MB
(maximum) in the BIOS (see “Embedded Share Memory (Ad-
vanced Menu>Advanced Chipset Control)” on page 5 - 11). Bear
in mind that the more overall memory is used as video memory, the
less is available as system memory. This memory is allocated from
your system memory e.g. if your computer has 128MB of memory
(RAM), then 32MB will be allocated to video leaving the system
with 96MB of RAM.
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Video Memory Usage
3D Applications, such
as games and CAD
software, tend to re-
quire more video mem-
ory than most other
applications. Check
your application’s user
documentation for vid-
eo memory require-
ments.