Dual Display question

bpd115 · Apr 19, 2005, 08:44 PM

I am currently running a 23" Alu display and a 17" NEC display. I have a Radeon 9600 with 64 mb Ram...

I know that when working on the desktop the ram is halved 32 MB for each monitor, however when playing a game, is that VRam given back to the primary monitor or are you still left with half? What about Other apps like Motion?

I'm throwing in a 9800 Pro 256 MB in my G5 soon so...

zach · Apr 19, 2005, 08:51 PM

Still halved. Unluckily.. I wish there was a way to allocate VRAM to dual displays.

Apr 19, 2005, 08:44 PM	#1
bpd115 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pennsylvania	Dual Display question I am currently running a 23" Alu display and a 17" NEC display. I have a Radeon 9600 with 64 mb Ram... I know that when working on the desktop the ram is halved 32 MB for each monitor, however when playing a game, is that VRam given back to the primary monitor or are you still left with half? What about Other apps like Motion? I'm throwing in a 9800 Pro 256 MB in my G5 soon so... __________________ MacBook Pro Unibody 2.53 Ghz C2D 320gig 5400 rpm, 512 VRAM 4 Gig Ram MacPro Quad 2.66, 4.625 TB, 5 GB Ram, Radeon 4870 XFX 1Gig, 30" ACD + 23" ACD.

Apr 19, 2005, 08:51 PM	#2
zach macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2003	Still halved. Unluckily.. I wish there was a way to allocate VRAM to dual displays. __________________ MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz you, you're a history in rust

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