How does Video memory affect the performance of graphics?
I’m planning on being a new video card. I’m on a tight budget, so I’m wondering if I should buy a video card with less video memory rather than buy the same card with a larger video memory since it’s much cheaper.
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i cant explain its here coz its jsut too time consuming, but i can summarise it in the following.
the more memory, the bigger the game you can run (talking about the requirements)
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Hi,
Basically the more memory the vid card has the quicker in can process changes in display requirements, otherwise it will have to swap out the memory to the hard drive, similar to the swap file on your pc.
So go for the card with more memory.
256 MB of memory is, at the time of writing this, about the minimum for a gamer looking for a new card. When it comes to memory, more is always better, although it does raise the price of the card. 512 MB cards are now common in all price ranges, but there are high-end cards with 1 GB or more of memory onboard.
Arnak
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The more memory also = the higher the resolution the game can be run at as well as frames per second performance.