Shared Memory

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:35:21AM -0500, John Wildberger wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> Can one assume that 'shared memory' implies that there is  an Intel  'Extreme 
> Graphic' chip set on the motherboard? Are there other chip sets that make use 
> of this shared memory?

Many chipsets do this.

> Is the amount of the shared memory depending  on the total installed RAM? 

It is often selectable in the BIOS, or sometimes in the video drivers.

Lennart Sorensen
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