determine the amout of video ram
Yohann Desquerre
yohann.desquerre at wanadoo.fr
Thu Dec 11 21:50:46 UTC 2003
Le jeu 11/12/2003 à 22:23, Rick Stevens a écrit :
> Mark Lane wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 13:56, Yohann Desquerre wrote:
> >
> >>Le jeu 11/12/2003 à 21:06, Mark Lane a écrit :
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 13:04, Yohann Desquerre wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>>I had a i845GL video chipset ....and when i was MS i saw that there is
> >>>>64Mo on it.
> >>>
> >>>Actually it shares system memory. You can set the amount in bios.
> >>
> >>I can't give 64Mo in the bios...Limit to 8Mo
> >
> >
> > Then windows is out to lunch and you only have 8MBs
>
> Yup.
>
> >>>>Under FC1(Or other linux distro), i can't have 1152x864 as under MS.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>So i wonder how many videoram the system use !!!
> >>>
> >>>This will have nothing to do with your videoram amount. It has to do
> >>>with the mode lines for your video card and monitor. Do you have the
> >>>correct monitor settings?
> >>
> >>yes i think !!!
> >>
> >
> >
> > I don't think so. This problem has nothing to do with the amount of
> > video memory. Either the video driver doesn't support that resolution or
> > your monitor settings are wrong.
>
> Don't forget the color depth. If you go to 8- or 16-bit color rather
> than the 24-bit color, you cut your memory requirements by 33-66%. You
> can then get the 1152x864 size, but not as many colors. Here is the
> video RAM needed for an 1152x864 display:
>
> 24-bit: 24MB
> 16-bit: 15MB
> 8-bit: 7.5MB
>
> If all you can give is 8MB, you're limited to an 8-bit 1152x864 display
> (256 colors). The formula is:
>
> video RAM needed (in MB) = (width x height x number-of-bits)/1048576
for mark (as he said before in the list I've just 8Mo) and my resolution
is 1024x768 so the calcul should be :
1024x768x16/1048576=12
therefore i run X in 1024x768 in 16bits and that's work (with just 8Mo
and not 12.... Is my calcul corrects ????
Or i have more than 8Mo ?????
Which could the better way to be sure of that ???
how to be sure of number of bits use by X ( by Command line ???
or with gnome or kde)
thanks
regards
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