How much of the 1gb ram will be used up solely by the display?

[yachtmac]

Or how much extra ram will be available on the new iPad after allowing for the new screen?

 

[MultiMediaWill]

999mb.

but seriously how the F do you expect anyone to know?

 

[vincenz]

Why exactly is this important? If it works and it works well, what's a number going to do?

 

[AceCoolie]

3 meg. W x H x bits per pixel / 8. Keep in mind this is just one frame buffer. Most apps will use double or triple buffering (multiple copies of the frame buffer) to render into and then switch on a vsync to avoid tearing artifacts. As far as textures etc, that is up to each individual app.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

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Look at it this way:

Double the resolution, double the RAM of that in iPad 2 + beefier GPU.

 

[screensaver400]

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Yeah, except it's four times the pixels.

 

[yachtmac]

Agreed.

Why exactly is this important? If it works and it works well, what's a number going to do?

The point of the question is to try to find out if it will work ok or perhaps be worse than the iPad 2.

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3 meg. W x H x bits per pixel / 8. Keep in mind this is just one frame buffer. Most apps will use double or triple buffering (multiple copies of the frame buffer) to render into and then switch on a vsync to avoid tearing artifacts. As far as textures etc, that is up to each individual app.

I don't think this is right. Way more then 3 mb.

 

[jabingla2810]

The point of the question is to try to find out if it will work ok or perhaps be worse than the iPad 2.

I just hope Apple thought to test this...

 

[DopeyFish]

The point of the question is to try to find out if it will work ok or perhaps be worse than the iPad 2.

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I don't think this is right. Way more then 3 mb.

It's 12 MB, no?

2048x1536x4(32 bit color)

 

[AceCoolie]

The point of the question is to try to find out if it will work ok or perhaps be worse than the iPad 2.

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I don't think this is right. Way more then 3 mb.

The 3 mb is how much memory is needed to address each pixel in the display. That was based on 8 bpp. It could be 12 mb if it's 32 bpp.

 

[doboy]

The point of the question is to try to find out if it will work ok or perhaps be worse than the iPad 2.

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I don't think this is right. Way more then 3 mb.

Buy it, try it, and if you don't like it, return it. Simple. Do you actually think Apple will release a new hardware version that doesn't at least perform as well as the previous version?

 

[AceCoolie]

It's 12 MB, no?

2048x1536x4(32 bit color)

Your right. I had a brain fart. It's been many years since i worked on video drivers.

 

[DopeyFish]

Ah my bad, iPad doesn't have 32 bit but uses 16? Or possibly 24?


I was trying to figure it out... The memory in the iPad couldnt handle 32 bit color at that res (as far as I know)

Edit: it's 24 bit.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

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Yeah, except it's four times the pixels.

True. Thanks for the catch. I meant 2x resolution.