Subject: RE: matrox cards
From: Ray Kiesbrink \(ETM\) (Ray.Kiesbrink@etm.ericsson.se)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 05:46:57 PDT
16 MB shared mem so it is sharde for all uses( of the matrox card )
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam C. Powell, IV [SMTP:adam.powell@nist.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 20:44
> To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: matrox cards
>
> Vincent Murphy wrote:
>
> > i want to get an alpha system in a few weeks. i have it all specced out but
> > i have not chosen a video card. i would like to get a matrox card with at
> > least 16MB video memory, so i can have 1600x1200 resolution with decent colour
> > depth.
>
> Er, this may be a dumb question, but why do you need 16 MB? 8 MB gives the full 32
> bpp at 1600x1200, and 16 bpp (4 MB) is really quite nice.
>
> Or does the G200 have some texture or z-buffer memory for 3-D?
>
> Zeen,
>
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