What does aperture size do?

[Plumcuda1]

What is the "correct " setting for aperture size? If it is system specfic my system is below. Thx! BTW mine is @ 128

 

[Matthias99]

That sets the maximum amount of system RAM that your video card is allowed to 'borrow' for use if it runs out of onboard memory. This has been discussed a zillion times here and in the Video forum; please search for way more information than you will ever need on the subject. It makes little performance difference either way; few games come close to using all of your onboard memory, even with "only" 128MB on the card.

I would leave it at the default unless you have a real good reason to change it. This is pretty good advice for all BIOS settings.

 

[caz67]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
That sets the maximum amount of system RAM that your video card is allowed to 'borrow' for use if it runs out of onboard memory. This has been discussed a zillion times here and in the Video forum; please search for way more information than you will ever need on the subject. It makes little performance difference either way; few games come close to using all of your onboard memory, even with "only" 128MB on the card.

I would leave it at the default unless you have a real good reason to change it. This is pretty good advice for all BIOS settings.

The BIOS should be set on either 64m or 128m by default.