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09-19-2003, 04:06 AM
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Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
My problem is this: I recently upgraded my A1200 BlizzPPC With a Mediator SX and a Voodoo 3000. I use P96 to get it running on the monitor, which it does no problems, however OS 3.9 only shows 2 meg graphics mem (so I assume its still using the chip ram).
When I use show config it recognises that the Voodoo is attached by showing it as an 8 meg card (due to the memeory window, I assume). But when I use Sysspeed it still only show the graphics ram as 2 meg. But some how I'm managing to run the desktop in 24bit graphics mode. I dunno...I just want to see that I have more graphics mem than 2 megs.
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09-19-2003, 04:12 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
Yeap,that the chip-mem.
AmigaOS never ever showed RTG-mem by itself(but you may find some hacks/patches for that on Aminet). Got P96 running ? WB on a monitor connected to the Voodoo ? Answerboth with "yes" and it is using the mem on the Voodoo :-o ;-)
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09-19-2003, 04:21 AM
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Defender of the Faith
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
You should use availp96 to see how much graphics memory is in use/available.
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09-19-2003, 04:34 AM
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Too much caffeine
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
Cheers fellas, I'll give that a go.
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09-19-2003, 05:04 AM
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Kindred of Babble-on
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
Reading the docs does help.
anyway yes use availp96 . and install it like its said in the doc! 8mb is max in ppc mode .
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09-19-2003, 06:21 AM
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Defender of the Faith
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
Its normal. Mine does that as well. Workbench only shows "chip" RAM. The fact your using the voodoo is a hack so to say. If you notice while you open windows and stuff your chip ram at the top wont go down. Thats a shure way to know all is okay, and the fact your looking at a 24bit screen.
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09-19-2003, 06:24 AM
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Energizer Bunny of Babble
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
It's not a hack, support for graphics cards is there in the OS, it's just not obvious from the title bar.
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03-15-2012, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: Voodoo 3000 only shows 2mb Graphics Ram
It will not match it for features & memory,but there's a Bvision out there which should match it for sheer performance.
BVISION: Permedia 2 250Mhz Ramdac SGRAM 140Mhz+
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