Intel 2804040 user manual Video Memory Setup

2804040 User’s Manual System Configuration

3.4 <Video Memory Setup>

Based on Intel® 945G chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 950, the board supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 3.0, which would allow the video memory be triggered up to 224MB.

To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA 950 Driver with supported OS.

BIOS Setup:

On-Chip Video Memory Size: This option combines three items below for setup.

On-Chip Frame Buffer Size:

This item can let you select video memory which been allocated for legacy VGA and SVGA graphics support and compatibility. The available option is 1MB and 128MB.

Fixed Memory Size:

This item can let you select a static amount of page-locked graphics memory which will be allocated during driver initialization. Once you select the memory amount, it will be no longer available for system memory.

DVMT Memory Size:

This item can let you select a maximum size of dynamic amount usage of video memory, the system would configure the video memory depends on your application, this item is strongly recommend to be selected as MAX DVMT.

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