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Apple Computing Products:
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1600x1200 on a ibook?!
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<blockquote data-quote="mcsenerd" data-source="post: 183934" data-attributes="member: 9677"><p>If you'll take a gander <a href="http://www.computerhope.com/help/video.htm" target="_blank">HERE</a>. You'll see that even for 1600X1200 at 24 Bit color...you only need 6MB of VRAM in 2D resolutions. Of course...we're not talking about games with things like buffering/page flipping/anti-aliasing/etc...But just regular everyday OS activities...yes...you can do 1600X1200 with only 6 MB of VRAM...certainly the iBook even with a split up bank of 32MB of VRAM can handle that.</p><p></p><p>By the way...for what it's worth...</p><p></p><p>1600 X 1200 X 24-bit = 46,080,000 bits</p><p>46,080,000 bits @ 8 bits per byte = 5,760,000 bytes</p><p>5,760,000 bytes @ 1024 bytes per kilobyte = 5,625 Kb</p><p>5,625 Kb @ 1024 Kb per Mb = <strong>5.493... Mb</strong></p><p></p><p>I think the 32 Mb of VRAM in the iBook is pretty sufficient...but once again...we're only talking in 2D resolutions with no fancy tricks...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcsenerd, post: 183934, member: 9677"] If you'll take a gander [URL=http://www.computerhope.com/help/video.htm]HERE[/URL]. You'll see that even for 1600X1200 at 24 Bit color...you only need 6MB of VRAM in 2D resolutions. Of course...we're not talking about games with things like buffering/page flipping/anti-aliasing/etc...But just regular everyday OS activities...yes...you can do 1600X1200 with only 6 MB of VRAM...certainly the iBook even with a split up bank of 32MB of VRAM can handle that. By the way...for what it's worth... 1600 X 1200 X 24-bit = 46,080,000 bits 46,080,000 bits @ 8 bits per byte = 5,760,000 bytes 5,760,000 bytes @ 1024 bytes per kilobyte = 5,625 Kb 5,625 Kb @ 1024 Kb per Mb = [B]5.493... Mb[/B] I think the 32 Mb of VRAM in the iBook is pretty sufficient...but once again...we're only talking in 2D resolutions with no fancy tricks... [/QUOTE]
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