Built-in Video Cards & memory?

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:05:30 +1100, "David Candy" <david@mvps.org>
wrote:

>Read the manual that came with your computer. It is often settable in the BIOS. The downside is it takes it from normal memory.
>
>Type DXDiag and look on the Display page.
>"Art" <artreidns@optonline.net> wrote in message news:f4csb.8844$B9.2806371@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ...

>> I have a IBM 300PL, PII, 450Mhz machine. I would like to install XP Plus and
>> run the screen savers there. Unfortunately, it seems video ram reqs. are at
>> least 16Mg for these little gems. My machine being so old I believe has
>> built-in AGP with 4Mg video ram.
>>
>> Questions: to anyone that can help
>> How/were do I look in XP to get the video ram size?
>> Can I add additional video ram on a built-in Video card?
>>
>>
>>

If your pc has a 4MB video chip, you will not be able to raise it.
Period.
What you CAN do, is simply buy a 3D card and pop it in. Takes no "pc
knowledge" and about 5 minutes of your time.
Good news is that since 128 and 256MB cards are flooding the market,
you can pick up a GOOD 64MB card for around $30.
www.pricewatch.com
Not only will you then be able to run any screensaver, and almost any
3D game...... your windows performance will also improve since
graphics performance is a big part of XP.


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Thanks,
I'll go right out and pop one in...
Well, I might wait till payday :-)

A very dumb question as I suspect there probably is a great deal of
difference.:
I am seeing a lot of 64Bit video cards on eBay. Is there a difference
between 64Bit and 64Mg cards?

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:46:06 GMT, "Art" <artreidns@optonline.net>
wrote:

>A very dumb question as I suspect there probably is a great deal of
>difference.:
>I am seeing a lot of 64Bit video cards on eBay. Is there a difference
>between 64Bit and 64Mg cards?
>
>

64 bit would be the chip set......... a 2MB card can have a 64bit
chip.
My personal advice would be to steer clear of used cards.
New ones are cheap enough. For maximum compatability with 3D
games/screensavers..... look for either an ATI or Nvidia (Geforce)
based card.
Remember, you're looking for MEMORY size........ 64MB being the
standard these days........but the more, the better.


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