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Convert Unneeded VRAM Into A Storage Device

Posted by timothy on from the welcome-to-the-bizarroworld dept.

Pawel Kot writes "Have you ever thought why does your graphics card has so much memory? Do You think you have not enough RAM or awfully slow swap file? Do you need fast ram-disk or diskless machine? Go for it! Take one of these cheap 128MB graphics cards and enjoy the speed. Michal Schulz wrote a good description on how to take the advantage of not used video card memory."

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  1. Wow! Useful AS! by Kragg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool! Finally I have somewhere to store my Quake 3 savegames - on the spare memory of my laptop's 16meg graphics card!

    Or maybe not...

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  2. Next week on Slashdot... by ergo98 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...How to use that "cheap" P4 as a, err, inexpensive coffee warmer.

  3. Re:I can't help but think.... by Istealmymusic · · Score: 4, Funny
    Not only in console mode, but I can't help but think of uses in headless boxes i.e. servers. Thanks to this article, I might have just found a use for the 1 AGP and 7 spare PCI slots on my fileserver...now I just need to find 8 128MB video cards, and I'll have a 1GB VRAM! Combined with three 1GB DDR sticks, one can now finally max out the Pentium architecture's limitation of 4GB addressable RAM.

    Next week: Using the new fangled chipped-and-removable 4MB CMOS ICs (as found in Gigabyte's dual BIOS) to trade files with your friends in lieu of floppy diskettes. Nevermind the price tag.

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  4. Re:Prior Art by twenex · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your Grandma goes to Lan parties???