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Old 07-06-2009, 09:07 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by dark_reverie View Post
a graphics card with its own memory bank will not drag your computer down as much. Say you're running Vista. Everyone knows that Vista sucks and bogs down your computer because of all the graphics and stuff. If you have a video card that meets the memory requirements for it, then the video card would be able to handle vista without using your computer's memory. a quick example of how this works: a program needs 512mb of memory. if your video card has 256mb, then it will use 256mb of your computer's RAM. this causes a slow down. If you have a 512mb card, then it wont borrow from your computer's main supply
You have no idea what you're talking about ...
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