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Monitor RAM vs regular RAM
- Thread starter Babak
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hey man =)
as i understand it, ram on the video card is more a function of the number of colors the card can display.. also, resolution..
there is a great hardware tutorial on the elitetrader homepage..
http://www2.elitetrader.com/ha/guide/index.cfm?s=12&t=63
hope that helps..
-qwik
as i understand it, ram on the video card is more a function of the number of colors the card can display.. also, resolution..
there is a great hardware tutorial on the elitetrader homepage..
http://www2.elitetrader.com/ha/guide/index.cfm?s=12&t=63
hope that helps..
-qwik
Babak,
Typically the graphics card has its own RAM. Some graphics cards will use system memory for certain memory intensive features such as textures and mipmaps.
Generally you're much better off getting a graphics card with 16 or 32 MB of on-board memory since that will support virtually all resolutions and color depth that a monitor can handle.
If your system supports AGP, make sure you get an AGP graphics card.
Typically the graphics card has its own RAM. Some graphics cards will use system memory for certain memory intensive features such as textures and mipmaps.
Generally you're much better off getting a graphics card with 16 or 32 MB of on-board memory since that will support virtually all resolutions and color depth that a monitor can handle.
If your system supports AGP, make sure you get an AGP graphics card.
Read the elitetrader guide it is quite good with respect to video cards and memory however, I would add that you need to be aware the dual head video cards may advertise video memory as say 16MB, but that amount is shared or halved between the heads. In others words 16MB video ram equals 8MB for each display head!
Good Luck!
Good Luck!