Video cards have their own memory. Adding RAM to the machine will help graphics performance, but not as much as a card with more on-board memory.
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The screen resolution(in pixels), the number of colors, and the enhancements to the color information affect how much video RAM is needed for a video card. Pg 389 of A+ Guide to managing your pc, 6th edition.
RAM will only allow you to run more programs or more resource consuming ones. A video card will allow you to render more advanced 3D graphics etc. So that would be a no.
the screen resolution, the number of colors and the enhancements to color information.
Yes, by adding RAM to your computer will increase the performance of your video game.
no video has ram slots video cards have video ram built onto the card itself
large amounts of video ram keep the card from having to retrieve this data from the hard drive or system. so in addition to improved performance, the graphics card might use buffering, in wich the card will hold not only the frame being built but the next few frames as well.
Well first of all, you dont add video ram to a video card. The ram is soldiered onto the video card. In order to upgrade your video ram, you will have to replace the video card. Doing so will benefit you in any 3-d applications (games) you run. If you arent much of a gamer, you probably wont benefit at all, if you are a gamer, a new video card can breathe a whole new life into your old computer.
the screen resolution, the number of colors and the enhancements to color information.
You most likely have an integrated video card. Integrated video cards do not have their own memory, and use system memory (RAM) for video. Your video card is using 32MB of your ram. On most computers you can change the amount available to video by logging into bios and changing video memory amount.
Yes. A fast CPU is important to how games are played on a computer. More important than the CPU are the amount of RAM in a computer and the video card. You could make do with a less powerful CPU with more RAM and a great video card.
Yes.