The extra memory comes in handy for dealing with textures when rendering 3D scenes. -- Rich On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM, John Niven <senseamp at yahoo.com> wrote: > I have merrily gone along with the idea that more memory on a graphic card is good, but now I find myself asking why? > > I can understand that the size of the ram would effect how many pixels you can drive and how many levels of color, but if you already have a card that can max out your monitors capability, what advantage (if any) would there be to getting an equivalent card with more ram? > > Anyone?