-----Original Message----- From: Mads V. Pedersen [SMTP:rhl-list@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:55 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: determine the amout of video ram Your formula is calculating the amount of memory in Mega _bits_ not Mega _Bytes_. You have to divide the number by 8. So you get video RAM needed (in MB) = (width x height x number-of-bits) / 8388608 Actually, it would be easier to express the formula as: video RAM needed (in MB) = (width x height x (number-of-bits / 8)) / 1048576 and, this would more acurately express what is actually happening, because it's the number of bits / 8, to make bytes, that is significant. Putting it in the constant at the end is confusing. ---- Robert P. Nix internet: nix.robert@xxxxxxxx Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different."
