64mb shared??

[thePh@r@oh]

a friend of mine has me working on a comp for him. and i was thinking that this was the way to go....maybe at least something along these lines my question is what does the 64mb share memory on the video mean?


BIOSTAR M7VKQ PRO MICRO ATX SiS 740 - RETAIL
Hardware Monitor Function Monitors: * CPU Fan Speed * System Voltage * CPU Temperature
Specifications:
Supported CPU: AMD Athlon XP , Athlon and Duron Processor
FSB: 200 / 266MHz
Chipset: SiS 740 / 962L
RAM: 2x 184-pin DDR DIMM
IDE: Ultra DMA33/66/100 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 3xPCI slot, 1x AMR (No AGP)
Ports: 2xPS2,2xUSB,1xCOM,1xLPT,1xVGA 1xLAN and Audio
Onboard Video: SiS Real Graphics (64MB Share Memory)
Onboard Audio: AC'97 2.2 Audio CODEC Onboard
Onboard LAN: VT6103 10/100 Ethernet

[Telexen]

It means the system will reserve 64mb of the system's RAM for video memory.

[Kc2iLq]

Shared video memory means that there is an onboard graphics chipset, but no onboard video memory. It uses regular system memory for graphics use. This slows down both system performance and graphics performance, and requires more memory to be added to the system.

-Kc2iLq

[thePh@r@oh]

is this a better board to go with http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-150-041 it says the ddr is dual channel. dont that mean i need 2 stiks for it to work?

[XxCowOfChaosxX]

NForce2 Boards have the best integrated GFX...

[embj]

Also, on most motherboard you can limit the amount of ram that the onboard graphics use and I do agree with CowofChaos's statement. I think nForce2's have GF4 MX440 graphics built in so they are quite nice.

[Shawn711]

The dual channel doesn't require 2 sticks of ram to function, but it does need 2 sticks of identical specifications to utilize the dual channel capability......

Shawn

[thePh@r@oh]

right thats good then i might go with getting 2 sticks of 128 for my friend then rather than 1 stick of 256

[elroy]

These boards are an excellent choice for a machine that will be used for word processing, web surfing etc. If the main use will be to play games than this video may not be adequate. I would recommend one that has onbaord video but also has an AGP slot so that you could install a seperate video card later if needed. I have a Biostar M7VKG that has onboard video but also has an AGP slot.

[311Sam]

You should just get a good asus or abit motherboard and get a geforce2 mx or a geforce4 mx. You could do that for under $100