How much video memory does Vista's Aero need, especially on two screens?
|
|
|
|
Opaque window borders |
Transparent window borders |
|
|
Total pixels |
Equivalent
resolution |
Graphics memory threshold (MB) |
Perfor-mance threshold (MB/s) |
Graphics memory threshold (MB) |
Perfor-mance threshold
(MB/s) |
|
Single monitor |
480,000 |
800x 600 |
32 |
55 |
32 |
269 |
|
786,432 |
1024x 768 |
32 |
89 |
32 |
363 |
|
1,310,720 |
1280x1024 |
32 |
146 |
64 |
500 |
|
1,764,000 |
1680x1050 |
64 |
196 |
128 |
60 |
|
1,920,000 |
1600x1200 |
64 |
213 |
128 |
641 |
|
2,280,000 |
1920x1200 |
64 |
255 |
128 |
724 |
|
Dual monitors |
960,000 |
800x 600 |
32 |
83 |
32 |
351 |
|
1,572,864 |
1024x 768 |
64 |
135 |
64 |
477 |
|
2,621,440 |
1280x1024 |
64 |
223 |
128 |
665 |
|
1,764,000 |
1680x1050 |
128 |
299 |
128 |
812 |
|
3,840,000 |
1600x1200 |
128 |
325 |
128 |
860 |
|
4,608,000 |
1920x1200 |
128 |
390 |
256 |
976 |
Source: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/aero_rules.doc