im looking at this video card i want to buy.. and it says the memory is 1G(512MB on Board) what exactly does that mean.
and also.. what exactly should i be looking for in a graphics card, i play alot of games and would like to be able to play them with the settings up high. thanks alot
2007-05-23 14:34:10 · 2 answers · asked by rodney 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
512Mb videoram is not always fully utilized in games (how much more the 1Gb). 256Mb ddr3 videoram will beat 512Mb ddr2 ALL THE TIME. Gaming performance comes from graphics processor architecture, high core clock and high memory clock.
2007-05-23 15:14:07 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About the on Board memory, its means that the card itself only has 512mbs of video memory, but you can add another 500mbs by using some of RAM memory, thats called sharing the memory.
In Example, if you have 1000MBs of RAM memory, you can use 500 of those MBs of RAM memory as Video memory, and that will leave you with only 500MBs of RAM
And on a Video card you should look for at least 128mbs of memory, OpenGL support, Transform & Lighting support and Pixel Shading, that should play all games available on the market.
2007-05-23 21:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋