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Originally Posted by intrestedviewer

Why does the vid card need its own memory? Why cant it use the computer memory oOo: maybe they should make video card memory upgradable.

It can use the pc memory but since its not attached to the card theres a lag involved in the gfx card sending instructions to it, that and most likely the game will be using a load of memory anyway. Would make for choppy gameplay.

Upgradable gfx cards would be a good idea these days, dont really know how it could be done though since the memory chips are soldered to the board. Then thers the question of mixing slower ram timings on the board and shit, be more hassle than enough id say.