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Integrated peripherals – IEI Integration WAFER-LX v1.0 User Manual

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WAFER-LX

installed. If no card is installed then the system will

automatically boot using the on-chip graphics

processor.

On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [8MB]

The On-Chip Frame Buffer Size option allows you to allocate a predetermined amount of system

memory to the graphics processor when the system boots up.

1MB

1MB of system memory is allocated to the graphics

processor

8MB

(D

EFAULT

)

8MB of system memory is allocated to the graphics

processor

DVMT Mode [DVMT]

The DVMT Mode option allows you to control Intel's Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT).

The key idea in DVMT is to improve the efficiency of the memory allocated to either system or

Fixed

A fixed amount of memory is allocated as graphics

memory to ensure that the graphics memory will always

be sufficient. Once the memory has been allocated as

graphics memory it cannot be accessed by the system.

DVMT

(D

EFAULT

)

The graphics chip assesses the system and graphics

memory requirement and dynamically allocates

memory either as graphics memory or system memory

according to the predetermined needs.

Both

A fixed amount of memory will be set as graphics

memory but if more graphics memory is required, more

memory will be allocated to meet the graphics memory

needs.

DVMT/FIXED Memory Size [128MB]

The DVMT/FIXED Memory Size option allows you to determine the maximum amount of memory

that may be allocated as fixed graphics memory.

64MB

The maximum amount of fixed memory allocated to

graphics memory is 64MB

128MB

(D

EFAULT

)

The maximum amount of fixed memory allocated to

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