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  • 08-10-2007 02:38AM
    #1
    Troublesome
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    Going through the different options of it, I had an option to set the video memory cache something. It is currently set at 32 MB, my VRAM, so I assuming it is an option to set the video memory. Why wouldn't I set it to it's highest setting (128 MB, I believe)? Why are there options? Does it take away from regular memory or something?


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  • #2
    unnameduser
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    What kind of graphics card do you have? Onboard /PCI / AGP? How much memory does it have? Setting memory above what your graphics card will not improve performance.


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    [Deleted User]
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    This is the AGP Aperture. It's used to configure an amount of extra RAM to be used as video memory if necessary. I think it can be configured from 16MB to 2GB (8x only - AGP 4x and lower have a maximum of 256MB). But it only uses whatever is needed.

    But of course, if you're using a PCIe or PCI card this has no effect. PCIe dynamically allocates this value, rendering it obsolete. PCI on the other hand just doesn't support it.


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