>
> 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

> 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

Leigh

Your onboard video card should be disabled. It serves no function now except
to take up 4Mb of RAM. Now, on the issue of a difference between the onboard
card and the voodoo, I don't think you will be seeing much of a difference
if the voodoo is a PCI card. Yes it will be better for games, but other than
that you won't really notice any difference. If you're motherboard supported
it and you were able to install a good AGP video card as opposed to a PCI,
then you would see a difference.

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