On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:15, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > Video RAM is nearly irrelevant. Anything with 2MB can do > 1024x768/16-bit which is what you want for DVD. For film-source DVDs > you want 72Hz or 96Hz refresh so you need a RAMDAC of 82MHz or 110MHz > respectively. The other consideration for video cards is that it really > must have an implementation of Xvideo for XFree86, hardware color space > conversion, hardware scaling, and it must have enough video memory > bandwidth to convert/scale at 1024x768/16. > > Briefly: you need at least a Matrox Millenium (c. 1995).
> -jwb This might be a silly question, but why then, do they sell video cards now, with at least 8mb standard, with 32mb in a lot, and in my case 64mb? Just wondering. Peter.
