Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 06:42:57 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Subject: Re: Is 10.3 i386 jinxed ? Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP2537154E3D857B005B43F38F67B0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605031339470.42085@wonkity.com> References: <BLU436-SMTP151A41CC0BE118F82C0C189F6660@phx.gbl> <20160430084415.03be443d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5724604D.3020804@hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP10004EAA9AA9F6D830DF24CF6670@phx.gbl> <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de> <5725CF38.4090007@hotmail.com> <572752E2.2040708@hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP2101D0F5AB8E190FC0ACF0F67A0@phx.gbl> <20160503181839.2aacad7e.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU436-SMTP187610848C906237B9BDC97F67A0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605031100310.42085@wonkity.com> <BLU437-SMTP761CBBBDFB20DD40709E22F67A0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605031339470.42085@wonkity.com>
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On 05/04/16 01:12, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016, Manish Jain wrote: > >> Is there any way I can find out whether the video RAM is part of the >> main memory or is it wired into a chip ? > > If it has an Intel GPU only, then video RAM is from system RAM. If it > has an additional Nvidia or ATI/AMD GPU... it still probably uses the > main RAM. > > If it has an additional GPU that is truly discrete, that could have > its own RAM. > > So "does it have a second GPU?" is the first question. Posting the > exact model number might help answer that. > > The laptop is a Gateway NE56R. Looks to like it has dedicated chip for video RAM. You can look up this URL : https://panam.gateway.com/s/notebook/2012/Gateway/NE/NE56R/NE56Rsp2.shtml Thanks for all the help. Regards Manish Jain
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