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Re: video card RAM
From:
Jan Lambert <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:14:19 -0700
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In <[log in to unmask]>, on 06/18/99
   at 02:04 AM, [log in to unmask] said:

>Briefly, what is the difference between SDRAM and SGRAM on a
>video card? If I'm buying a new one, should I care?

Both are high performance syncronous RAM, but SG(raphics)RAM  has
some extra graphics specific functions built in. eg. block
masking. If you're putting together a graphics intensive system,
especially a gaming system, pay the extra couple of bucks for the
SGRAM. It will make a difference.

jan lambert
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