So what is it, 64mb or 128mb on Video Memory?

One thing that confuses me is in reading about the CF-29 I get different Models for the Video card.

Some say 915 and some say 855 does it depend on CPU speed version on what card. Also some say 16mb, 64mb shared video memory some say 128mb? Anyway to find out for sure?

 

what is the significance of the amount of video memory, anyway? it seems like you can achieve ample resolution and color depth with even the lowest-memory video cards

 

I've used PC Wizard with my CF-28 to get the video memory. It shows 48 MB used there, for an 800mhz model, where the 600mhz appears to only show 4mb in other threads here. The M and P models also appear to use different video cards as well, so the difference in video memory may be due to different hardware used and whether the memory is specific to the video card, or uses shared system memory and how much memory is available to share on the motherboard.

 

Wierd because all the official Stats are 8mb on the CF-28. lol

The reason you want more Video Memory Gravitar, is because when you use 3D programs or Photos like TOPO maps you use up Video memory the more memory you have available the faster it will be. Some programs will not even run without certain amount of video ram.

 

This is true Grav -

You can get GREAT static or 2D resolution with only 4mb of video RAM; but any time you get into rendering moving pictures (even as basic as playing a DVD in some cases) you are drawing a LOT of screenfuls very quickly. This is where you need more VRAM. When you get into modern gaming, they don't even draw things the same way; 2D uses 100% bitmap screen; most modern games work by drawing simple individual objects "floating" on one or more 2D backgrounds; these objects are actually computer models of simple physical objects with properties that can change; they build more complex objects out of the smaller objects so they can then treat those larger objects as having a combination of the physical properties of those smaller objects. This more complicated model is then covered in the textures we actually see as the finished object; but what they've done now is made it so that complicated object now has rules governing how it moves, how the textures of its surface interact, & how it blocks & reflects light.

This is where we need those mind-blowing video arrays with dual head units & more RAM in the video cards than most people have in three whole computers and...and...

*HEAD EXPLODES*

Ah, but I digress.

The modern gaming rig has more RAM & computing power in JUST it's video array than ANY Cray SuperComputer up til the new millenium. Sony PS3's "Cell processor" utilises similar vector processing to those supercomputers, & we already have LINUX hacks building distributed computing clusters of them...

mnem
I AM BEOWULF CLUSTER!!!

 

PC wizard showed my CF-28 has 64mb available for Video, of course I also have 768mb of Ram.

I am sure the CF-29 I have coming in will be 128mb of VRam, as its a 1.6 and a later model number. Heck if lucky it may have more. but I doubt it 128mb should be enough for any mapping software with 3D.

I cant figure out WHY they just didnt do Vram seperate from Shared memory?

 

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I know its not very mature.

 

video memery on your cf-29? Or just you total ram?

 

FWIW-
Just upgraded my CF-28 video driver to the one that Randycf-28 found (check FAQ) and my video memory now shows 64mb vs the 48mb with the Pana driver (with 512 mb of RAM). So I guess this must be shared video memory on these (800mhz) units.

 

Yes most all of your notebooks have shared ram. But still more the better. ;-)