Macbook - Video Card Specs question

DeathToPCs · DeathToPCs #1 (**permalink**)

06-27-2006, 10:15 PM

I got my MacBook 1.83ghz/2gb/100gb hdd a few weeks ago and I was told that the v-ram was 64mbof shared system memory. I installed boot camp and windows XP on it. When I go into windows to install BF2 it says that I have 128mb V-Ram. How is it different in the 2 OS's? Do I have 64mb or 128mb?

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #2 (**permalink**)

06-27-2006, 10:19 PM

Here's a guess... its all shared VRAM anyway, so Mac OS X will take 64 MB and when in Windows it takes 128 MB of your system RAM.

DeathToPCs · DeathToPCs #3 (**permalink**)

06-27-2006, 10:25 PM

ahhhh ok.. but why isnt OSX 128 like windows? Or why isnt windows 64mb like OSX?

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #4 (**permalink**)

06-27-2006, 10:28 PM

Because they're different OS's that operate totally separate and differently from each other?
And before you ask, no you can't set the Mac to read 128 MB VRAM.

DeathToPCs · DeathToPCs #5 (**permalink**)

06-27-2006, 10:30 PM

LOL.. wasnt going to ask that.

just didnt know why they were different. Thanks

D3v1L80Y #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 02, 2004 Location: PA Posts: 12,455 Mac Specs: MacBook	06-27-2006, 10:19 PM Here's a guess... its all shared VRAM anyway, so Mac OS X will take 64 MB and when in Windows it takes 128 MB of your system RAM. __________________________________________________ Posting and YOU\|Forum Community Guidelines\|The Apple Product Cycle\|Forum Courtesy mac: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric MAC: a data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Media Access Control Mac: a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
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D3v1L80Y #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 02, 2004 Location: PA Posts: 12,455 Mac Specs: MacBook	06-27-2006, 10:28 PM Because they're different OS's that operate totally separate and differently from each other? And before you ask, no you can't set the Mac to read 128 MB VRAM. __________________________________________________ Posting and YOU\|Forum Community Guidelines\|The Apple Product Cycle\|Forum Courtesy mac: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric MAC: a data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Media Access Control Mac: a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
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DeathToPCs #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-27-2006, 10:15 PM I got my MacBook 1.83ghz/2gb/100gb hdd a few weeks ago and I was told that the v-ram was 64mbof shared system memory. I installed boot camp and windows XP on it. When I go into windows to install BF2 it says that I have 128mb V-Ram. How is it different in the 2 OS's? Do I have 64mb or 128mb?
	QUOTE Thanks

DeathToPCs #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-27-2006, 10:30 PM LOL.. wasnt going to ask that. just didnt know why they were different. Thanks
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