Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > Hardware - Troubleshooting and Discussion > Mac Notebooks > 128mb vs 64mb VRAM, any reason besides games?

128mb vs 64mb VRAM, any reason besides games? (Page 2)
Thread Tools
cloudaj
Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 2003
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Aug 6, 2004, 04:58 PM
 
if you go here:

http://www.toshiba-europe.com/storag...odel=MK8026GAX

and click other documents, you can get a data sheet for the toshiba HD. Thought some of you might find it useful. And yeah, looks like it does have a 16 mb cache
     
Lancer409
Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Semi Posting Retirement *ReJoice!*
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Aug 7, 2004, 01:49 PM
 
Would Definitely help resale Value

No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
     
Luca Rescigno
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Aug 7, 2004, 04:02 PM
 
I've heard from a few people that the 16 MB cache is really kind of a gimmick and the Hitachi is slightly faster anyway (but barely enough to really matter). I've also heard the Hitachi is a bit quieter, but again it's probably really minor. I doubt there's enough of a difference either way to get excited about.
     
riotge@r
Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2004
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Aug 8, 2004, 08:23 PM
 
There isn't even much of a difference in games between 64mb and 128mb of video RAM. Video RAM helps with high MB textures, but the PowerBook is simply too slow to run with high textures anyways. You may noticed some incremental gains in Tiger with more video RAM.
MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Ghz
     
 
 
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:53 AM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2017 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.8 © 2000-2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.,