Re: Video Card..

I think this has gone on long enough. You're right and the MS MVP that 
wrote the article is wrong.

Robert Barnett wrote:
> I think your wrong. No place from anyone from Microsoft have I ever 
> heard them say that video card memory was included in the OS max. Video 
> card memory is not directly accessed by Windows. It is accessed through 
> the video card's GPU and is used for video purposes. The limit on system

> memory is 2GB per application and 2GB for Windows. If Windows was indeed

> accessing 3GB of the 4 I have and the 1GB of video memory I have it 
> would be re****ting 4GB of RAM and not 3. I have never seen anything that

> indicates Windows counts or can use video memory as system memory.
> 
> The web site you provided is not as far as I am concerned a reliable 
> source. Point me to some a page on Microsoft's site that says this. 
> Until then I don't believe it. There have been many many discussions of 
> ram usage on the Adobe user forums and not once was it said that your 
> video card memory is used for system memory or counted as system memory.

> Video card memory is for video card usage.
> 
> Robert

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