BIOS Settings Glossary version 13 - By Menu

BIOS Settings Dictionary – By Menu
V13 – November 2009
IGD Aperture Size • 4MB
• 8MB
• 16MB
• 32MB
• 128MB
• 256MB
Options may vary
depending on
board model.
Establishes the maximum amount of system memory that
the Operating System can use for video memory. This is
primarily used for buffering textures for the AGP video
device.
IGD DVMT Memory • 32MB
• 64 MB
• 128 MB
• Maximum DVMT
Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 (DVMT 3.0)
allows additional memory to be allocated for graphics usage
based on application need. Once the application is closed,
the memory that was allocated for graphics usage is then
released and made available for system use.
Maximum DVMT allows up to 224 MB of memory to be
allocated for graphics.
For information on DVMT, refer to the Intel® Graphics
Media Accelerator 900 White Paper at
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/applnots/30262403.pdf
Onboard Video Memory Size • 32MB
• 64MB
• 128MB
• 256MB
Amount of system memory available for direct access by
the graphics device.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop • Enabled
• Disabled
Some special VGA cards, high-end hardware MPEG
decoders etc. need to be able to look at the video card's
VGA palette to determine what colors are currently in use.
Enabling this feature turns on this palette "snoop".
This option is only very rarely needed. It should be left at
Disabled unless a video device specifically requires the
setting enabled upon installation.
Primary Display Adapter • PCI
• Onboard
• PCI-E
Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display
device that will be active when the system boots.
Primary Video Adapter • Ext PCI Express
Graphics
• Ext PCI
• Auto
Options may vary
depending on your
configuration.
Allows selecting a specific video controller as the display
device that will be active when the system boots.