Toshiba A60 and ATI MOBILITY

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MadMage wrote:
|| hello to everyone...
||
|| i'm planning to buy a toshiba a60-332, because it has all stuff i
|| want and it's cheap...
||
|| reading the characteristics i find "graphics: ati mobility radeon up
|| to 64MB DDR"
||
|| what does it means "up to"? it seems it can have up to 64 MB of gfx
|| memory, like expansions and so on... but i cannot find a page that
|| says EXACTLY how much memory i'll have when i'll buy the laptop
||
|| can it be a shared memory?
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|| "Un Maestro insegue semplicemente la sua visione di Eccellenza in
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|| Anonimo

Shared momery from the system ram maybe?

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Maxx wrote:
> MadMage wrote:
> || hello to everyone...
> ||
> || i'm planning to buy a toshiba a60-332, because it has all stuff i
> || want and it's cheap...
> ||
> || reading the characteristics i find "graphics: ati mobility radeon up
> || to 64MB DDR"
> ||
> || what does it means "up to"? it seems it can have up to 64 MB of gfx
> || memory, like expansions and so on... but i cannot find a page that
> || says EXACTLY how much memory i'll have when i'll buy the laptop
> ||
> || can it be a shared memory?
> || --
> || ]\/[ad]\/[age (www.mindreamz.net)
> || "Un Maestro insegue semplicemente la sua visione di Eccellenza in
> || qualunque cosa sta facendo e lascia agli altri decidere se sta
> || lavorando o giocando. A lui sembra sempre di fare entrambe." -
> || Anonimo
>
> Shared momery from the system ram maybe?
>
>

Since it mentions DDR, I think it is onboard video RAM. Depending on
the model or purchase options on the order page, it might be supplied as
16M, 32M, 64M.

Q