Hi listers

Will there be any performance difference between onboard video and card
 > video, same or equal manufacturer and same amount memory? I realize
 > onboard memory will "borrow" memory. Other than that?
 >
 > What difference will see between video cards with 8MB, 16MB, and 32MB
 > memory, if not play video games?

Herberts' reply to this discussion raises an interesting question about my
system, but first I will put in my 2 cents worth about the original post:
I have an asus sp97v MOBO with  SIS onboard video (4 meg of memory assigned
to video).  It was pretty woefull for gaming so I added a voodoo2 3D card
with 12 meg or thereabouts and it made a huge difference.

Now my question is?
When I added the voodoo card I added it inline to the existing onboard
video. What Herbert suggests seems to imply that the 4 meg of onboard
memory I am using for the onboard video could be slowing things down.
Perhaps I would be better off turning off the onboard video.  running the
monitor only off the  3d card and reclaiming the ram for the system. Is
this even possible with the voodoo2 card?  If the voodoo isnt up to it am I
better off assigning the maximum 4 meg of ram to onboard video or reducing
it to the minimum of 1 meg?
I have total of 96 meg 4 of which is assigned to video at present

thanks in avdance
Leigh Jennings
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