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Laptops and shared memory for video



On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:02 AM, David Kramer wrote:
> Am I being too picky?  Is this a non-issue, as long as the system has
> 3GB or 4GB?

I think you're being too picky.  64MB out of a 3GB system is  
negligible and in the end it's all DMA.  If you don't need hardware  
T&L then save yourself a few hundred bucks and get the machine with  
the IGP.

--Rich P.







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