ATI 9550 User Guide - Page 13

Display The Screen bar indicates the amount of graphics memory is allocated to the display's resolution and color depth. The Desktop Pattern bar indicates the amount of memory used by your desktop pattern. To reduce the memory allocated to Display memory: • change the color depth from millions to thousands. • decrease your screen resolution. Textures The Texture bar indicates the number and size of texture maps loaded by 3D applications to add realism to 3D models and environments. The Bitmap bar indicates the memory allocated to non-3D elements like 2D graphics. To reduce the memory allocated to Texture memory, reduce the amount of textures in your 3D graphics. Buffers The Back Buffer bar and the Z-buffer bar are directly related to the size of the 3D window. To reduce the memory allocated to Buffer memory: • reduce the size of the display window containing 3D graphics. • reduce the number of the display windows containing 3D graphics. DVD Adaptive de-interlacing smooths moving images captured from an interlaced source and may improve the quality of DVD movies. 10