Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:46:05 +0200 From: yuri van Overmeeren <yuri.vanovermeeren@reston.demon.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video memory on intel extreme graphics? Message-ID: <415EE95D.9060109@reston.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <415EDB3E.4080408@reston.demon.nl> References: <20041002140232.GC84014@monsterjam.org> <415ED2A0.3020800@reston.demon.nl> <415EDB3E.4080408@reston.demon.nl>
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Jason wrote: > thanks for the info.. > my bios only has settings for 1Mb and 8M. Ive got it set to 8Mb now.. > so If in my xorg.conf, I have VideoRam 32768 > does this influence what the video card will use? I have that in my > config now.. can I tell how much memory my video card is using? > > Yes, if you set it to 1 Mb you probably can not go above 640x480 24bit colour in X, I think 1024x768 max but only at 8 bit colour, so 8 Mb is better. As far as I know it's best to leave the VideoRam setting in xorg.conf commented out, In most cases the driver detects the memory X can use. The setting influences how much memory X uses for video modes, setting it too high can cause problems. -yuri
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