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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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Video card ram affect what games can be played?
yes?
What criteria affect how much video RAM is needed for a video card to hold one frame buffer?
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.
Can adding more RAM take the place of buying a video card?
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.
Will adding ram to your computer speed it up for video games i have a 1.3 ghz processor and 4gb of ram windows 8.1?
Yes, by adding RAM to your computer will increase the performance of your video game.
What criteria affect how much video video ram is needed for a video card to hold on frame buffer?
the screen resolution, the number of colors and the enhancements to color information.
Does the nvidia geforce 8600 GT have a RAM slot?
no video has ram slots video cards have video ram built onto the card itself
What value obatined when you install more video ram on video card?
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.
Does adding more RAM or adding more ROM affect the performance of your computer?
Yes.
What is the value of adding additional video ram?
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.
I have an additional 256 ram but it is showing 480 ram installed but not 512 ram.?
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.
What criteria affect how much video ram is needed for a video card to hold one frame of buffer?
the screen resolution, the number of colors and the enhancements to color information.
Do GDDR5 video card run on ddr3 ram?
System RAM and Video RAM are two separate technologies, and do not directly depend on each other. It is possible to run a video card with GDDR6 on a system with only DDR1 RAM installed, and just as possible to run a video card with GDDR1 on a system with DDR3 RAM installed. Having a high speed GDDR video card will improve rendering performance, while having high speed RAM will improve loading times.
