Mike O'Connor wrote:
 
> Franklin wrote:
 
> >>Felix Miata wrote:

> >>Why do you think you need 32M? What resolution and colors do you plan
> >>to run?

> >What does the other operating system do to use all the memory available
> >in video cards today? I was just looking at cards with 128m and 256m.
> >Is there any use in OS/2 for more video memory?

> I frankly don't know - I know under OS/2-eCs with a 4MB card, I can have
> up to about 38-pages of desktop real-estate, running 1024 x 768 at 16bpp
> color at 75Hz refresh or better- not sure whether that also pertains to
> 24bpp also. Presumably only for heavy gamers using Direct-X and those
> using 32-bit colour with very large graphics projects/video-editing etc?
> The G450 would be a lot faster than anything I have here currently!

AFAIK, all cards use the same RAM for the same resolution in OS/2 for
any given refresh. More RAM means higher resolution at higher refresh. 

All RAM in excess of what is required for the resolution & refresh you
run is wasted/unused. Most of my cards have 4M RAM and run OS/2 or Linux
at 1400x1050x16{at}60 or 1280x960x16{at}60. I can see no improvement of any
kind from higher refresh. YMMV.
 
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