mac mini graphics memory...

[Cave Man]

I think my point has been missed here - I don't doubt that those performing slef upgrades have seen the jump.

So I'll simply pose the question again: has anyone purchased the base model (120gb HD) on a BTO from Apple with at least 2gb and found 256 VRAM in the system info?

This has been beaten to death. If you have 1 gb you get 128 mb vRAM. If you upgrade to 2 gb or more you get 256 mb vRAM.

 

[pj-]

I think my point has been missed here - I don't doubt that those performing slef upgrades have seen the jump.

So I'll simply pose the question again: has anyone purchased the base model (120gb HD) on a BTO from Apple with at least 2gb and found 256 VRAM in the system info?

How could it not? What would apple be doing that end users aren't? The physical act of installing ram is the same, regardless of who is doing it. Apple would have to make some kind of custom firmware that prevented the vram from automatically going up to 256mb when 2GB+ of ram is present.

 

[walkum13]

If you have 1 gb you get 128 mb vRAM. If you upgrade to 2 gb or more you get 256 mb vRAM.

I think the max is 256 vRam for the mac mini. Even if you put in 4GB of ram the max is 256...is this correct or do you get 512? Is this a hardware limitation or will SL change this?

 

[Cave Man]

256 mb is the limit, likely in firmware because the 9400m can take up to 512 mb.

 

[dmk1974]

I just ordered the low-end Mac Mini that comes with only 1 GB RAM. From what I read here, if I upgrade it to a total of 2 GB RAM, I will then increase my video memory from 128 MB to 256 MB.

I'm not clear though on if I upgrade to 4 GB RAM...will I then get 512 MB video memory or will it remain at 256 MB?

I know the consensus is typically to buy and install as much RAM as you can, but I found on ebay two 1 GB sticks pulled from an iMac for under $10 total shipped and while I would only have 2 GB total instead of 4 GB, it does save me about $65 that I could apply to a larger hard drive (instead of the 120 that is coming with the Mini).

1 GB to 2 GB RAM sounds like a must. But will I really be missing out by not going to 4 GB?

 

[zmttoxics]

I just ordered the low-end Mac Mini that comes with only 1 GB RAM. From what I read here, if I upgrade it to a total of 2 GB RAM, I will then increase my video memory from 128 MB to 256 MB.

I'm not clear though on if I upgrade to 4 GB RAM...will I then get 512 MB video memory or will it remain at 256 MB?

I know the consensus is typically to buy and install as much RAM as you can, but I found on ebay two 1 GB sticks pulled from an iMac for under $10 total shipped and while I would only have 2 GB total instead of 4 GB, it does save me about $65 that I could apply to a larger hard drive (instead of the 120 that is coming with the Mini).

1 GB to 2 GB RAM sounds like a must. But will I really be missing out by not going to 4 GB?

No. 256MB is the highest the for the internal VRAM.

256 mb is the limit, likely in firmware because the 9400m can take up to 512 mb.

 

[dmk1974]

No. 256MB is the highest the for the internal VRAM.

Thanks!