Video RAM and AGP mem Available

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Hi guys!

My video card is an ATI Radeon 3200HD.

Can somebody tell how do I know how much video ram and agp do I have? :shame:

Thanks in advance!!!

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hwinfo --gfxcard run as root on a command line would give you some particular info on your video card and how it’s configured in the system.

This is a quick and dirty way to check AGP mem, but it works: dmesg|grep -i agp

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Thanks silentstone!

Now, how do I know how much video ram is recognized by the OS?

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Video memory…try lspci (as root user) like this: lspci -v |grep -C 10 VGA
The listing that includes “VGA” is usually your graphics card, and somewhere in the listing is video memory, location and amount. Usually.

Hmm, more relevant info could be in (assuming you’re running X) Xorg.0.log. So, I’d try: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep -C3 -i memory

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Thanks a lot!!!

Now I have no idea how to increase the video card shared memory, I bet it can be done through the BIOS settings but I don’t see it anywhere :(.

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  • 5u4r3z wrote, On 03/04/2009 02:36 AM:

> Now I have no idea how to increase the video card shared memory, I bet
> it can be done through the BIOS settings but I don’t see it anywhere :(.

I doubt we can help you here. Do you have a manual for the mainboard?

Uwe

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Sorry for the delay. I’ve been very busy.

I don’t have the manual, I’ll look for it. I’ll post back.

Thanks…