[Ham-Computers] On-Board video question

[jeff]

Dave 'Doc' Corio wrote:
>     My Gateway PC, with 2G of RAM has on board video consisting of two Intel
> Q965/Q963 chipsets.
> 
>     My question is, will installing a separate video card, in a PCI Express
> slot, free up RAM now used by the on board video? I know the on board video
> shares some of the PC RAM, but unknown how much.

Go into your BIOS and you will more than likely find the information 
there.  There is usually a setting for how much memory can be shared.

Adding a video card and shutting off onboard video is a good way to 
speed things up in general.  You gain more than RAM.