[mythtv-users] Optimal RAM Allocation for Intel

Saul jaglover at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 20:26:19 UTC 2015


On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:37:22 -0700
Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

> On 10/22/2015 7:26 AM, Jim Carlson wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there is an optimal amount of RAM, set in the
> > BIOS, to allocate for GPU use when using the Intel platform GPU and
> > VAAPI. If not an optimal amount, is there a too little or too
> > much/excessive threshold? I have an i3 4330 with the HD 4600
> > graphics and am running MythTV 0.27.5+fixes. Thanks.
> > _______________________________________________
> >  
> 
> All I know is on my ECS Liva I maxed out my video ram at 512MB to
> VAAPI leaving 1.5GB to the system. Working fine.
> _______________________________________________

For plain 2D 512 MB is severe overkill. Too lazy to look up, but I'm
sure Google can answer the question how much RAM is needed for 2D
picture, depending on resolution of course.

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Cheers, Saul


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