[linux-help] Re: Video Card switch

[bruce <bbales@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 22 October 2002 02:37 pm, you wrote:
> This is a silly debate and getting a bit too heated for
> something of such little significance if you ask me... can we
> all just get along? :) To point out a minor technicality... 
> 1600x1200 @ 32bpp uses only 7.5mb of video memory.  So unless
> his TNT2 had less than 8mb of RAM, or if he's using a
> dual-head display... then telling X that he has less RAM than
> he actually has will make no practical difference whatsoever.
> Extra video RAM will be used for 3D texture buffering mostly.
>
It's not silly to someone selling $200 video cards.  What are 
you trying to do, put those board designers out of business?
bruce
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