VGA Memory on SN14G2

[Chenks]

ok... in the bios settings for the shared memory, there are 2 options. here is what it was set to before

Frame Buffer Size - 32M
AGP Aperture Size - 64M

i have now increased the shared memory to 64M... question is, what is the AGP aperture size ?? should it be the same as what the memory is set to ? or higher ???

[MikeC]

There's quite a bit of info on this on various newsgroups and forums, first stop could be..

http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/aperture-size/

Hope it helps a little...

M :)

[Chenks]

Hmm.. bit of an inconclusive result there then !

[Big Adam]

The guy over at the Omega drivers website recommends max'ing out the aperture size (and he should know what he's talking about!!!) :D

Big A

[MikeC]

Various discussions all have slightly different answers and results, dont just take one persons word for it , get confused by lots of people :)

[Chenks]

system has 512Mb

vga is using 64mb of it.. .which leave 448Mb RAM

aperture is currently at 64mb.

question is... what purposes does it actually have ? some results stats show that there doesn't seem to be much difference when set at different levels.. unless it is insanely low or insanely high

[Arc]

Usually setting it to max works well :).

Tbh, its one of those "features" that you dont need to worry about, as long as it aint set at its lowest setting or at a value above the amount of memory in your machine, you should be ok.