Sun Microsystems 817-3630-11 Running Game Software on SunPCi III Platform, Exit the Setup window

Running Game Software on the

SunPCi III Platform

Note – This procedure applies only if you are using an external VGA monitor with your SunPCi III card. For more information about how to install and configure an external VGA monitor, refer to Chapter 10.

This section is designed to help you fine-tune game performance on the SunPCi III platform. Although the default VGA memory setting of 8 Mbytes on your SunPCi III card should provide enough VGA memory for most games, you can increase the amount of VGA memory for more graphics-intensive games.

Note – Remember that increasing your video memory decreases the amount of available system memory. Refer to “Increasing System Memory” on page 197 for more information.

▼How to Increase Video Memory

To increase the amount of VGA memory available to SunPCi III, perform the following procedure:

1.Start the SunPCi III software.

If SunPCi III software is already running, from the File menu, choose Reset PC, and then click Shutdown x86 OS and reset SunPCi to exit Microsoft Windows.

You will see the Startup window and the RAM check routine.

2.While the RAM check routine is proceeding, press the Delete key on your keyboard.

The Startup routine stops, and the Setup screen opens.

3.Select Advanced Chipset Features.

4.Change the System Shared Memory Size parameter to a larger value.

The default is 8 Mbytes. This parameter accepts values of 8, 16, or 32 Mbytes.

5.Exit the Setup window.

The SunPCi III Startup routine starts over, using the new VGA memory settings.

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