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3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories
Upgrading Hardware
Upgrading Video Memory
How Much Video
Memory Does My
Computer Have?
The amount of video memory that your computer has depends on the particular model that you have. To find out how
much video memory is installed, select the Display icon from the Control Panel and click the Information tab.
Why Increase the
Amount of Video
Memory?
You should upgrade the amount of video memory if you want to increase your display resolution or the number of
displayable colors.
For example, with 1
MB
, you can have up to 65
K
colors with a screen resolution of 800 x 600 (default setting). If you
increase the resolution to 1024 x 768, you will only be able to have 256 colors available, which will result in a flickering
and bad ergonomic display. In this case, 2 MB of video memory is necessary to keep the optimal colors and refresh rate.
How Much Video
Memory Can I Add?
If your computer has 2 MB of video memory on the system board, it cannot be increased (unless you use a separate video
card, such as an AGP video card).
If your computer has an
AGP
video card supplied with 4 MB of video memory, you can upgrade it to 8 MB by installing a
video memory module.
Note
If you install an AGP video card, the video memory on the system board (if any) will no longer be available. The 2 MB
of system board video memory is not added to the total amount of available video memory.
Summary of Contents for Brio 8300
Page 1: ...Online Reference Guide Online Guide Date Spring1998 HP PC ...
Page 8: ...8 ...
Page 9: ...1 About Your Hardware ...
Page 22: ...22 1 About Your Hardware Your HP Enhanced Keyboard ...
Page 23: ...2 About Your BIOS ...
Page 34: ...34 2 About Your BIOS How to Recover if Things Go Wrong ...
Page 35: ...3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories ...
Page 65: ...Appendix AT Commands ...
Page 76: ...76 Appendix AT Commands Modem Response Messages ...
Page 80: ...Glossary 80 ...
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