bpeugh Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I was wondering if the amount of shared video RAM will go up from 64MB on the Mac Mini like it does for other mobos if you increase the RAM from 512 to 1GB? Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15251-mac-mini-and-shared-video-ram/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
antic Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The whole situation of available vram is not clear. On the Apple web site they say a minimum of 80 meg is required wich may increase, as and when there is a requirement for it. On the other hand system info states there is a 64meg vram. its worth noting that when XP is installed via Bootcamp you have 256 meg of vram available to the gma 950 graphics chip so there is no reason why more vram shouldn't be available for OSX I also recently tried running the motion 2 trial from final cut studio for which you are supposed to have a CI & QE enabled graphics card, which the gma 950 is. Although it would instal it would not run. I can only asume that this is due to a limited amount of vram available. By the way I have 2 gig installed on my mac mini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15251-mac-mini-and-shared-video-ram/#findComment-97840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 this is merely a thought. /System/Library/SystemProfiler (haven't bothered determining which .reporter) shows shared vram as 256MB in 10.4.5 and earlier, and 64MB in 10.4.6. i've gone back to using the SystemProfiler *.reporter(s) from 10.4.3 for best compatibility and detection of my hardware. perhaps the hardware information detected by the *.reporter(s) actually determine how much OS X is able to see and use? perhaps that is the very reason they changed the way SystemProfiler report vram, to stop programs like Final Cut Pro from being usable on their low end mac minis? don't know, but perhaps you could back up, and try the /System/Library/SystemProfiler folder from 10.4.5 or even 4.3 on your mac mini, and see what would happen. it wouldn't break your machine, and perhaps you'd make a whole lot of mac mini owners happy. mkdir /SystemProfilerbackup cp -R /System/Library/SystemProfiler /SystemProfilerbackup Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15251-mac-mini-and-shared-video-ram/#findComment-97962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The whole situation of available vram is not clear. On the Apple web site they say a minimum of 80 meg is required wich may increase, as and when there is a requirement for it. On the other hand system info states there is a 64meg vram. its worth noting that when XP is installed via Bootcamp you have 256 meg of vram available to the gma 950 graphics chip so there is no reason why more vram shouldn't be available for OSX I also recently tried running the motion 2 trial from final cut studio for which you are supposed to have a CI & QE enabled graphics card, which the gma 950 is. Although it would instal it would not run. I can only asume that this is due to a limited amount of vram available. By the way I have 2 gig installed on my mac mini hmm.. doesnt the mini's gma 950 in os x have 128mb of maximum shared ram? but for the final cut studio not running, its because apple is being a {censored} about it, they just want you to buy more expensive hardware to run final cut studio but im sure the mini CAN actually run it. the ppc mini was able to run fcs 5 perfectly fine and it had no ci. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15251-mac-mini-and-shared-video-ram/#findComment-97993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
antic Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 With regards to final cut pro universal. I have managed to instal and run it by deleting the installation checks. As for trying the system profiler from an earlier version, I'll get back to you when i've tried it out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15251-mac-mini-and-shared-video-ram/#findComment-98408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
antic Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I tried the system profiler from 10.4.3 and it shows there is 256 mg vram available. I also tried running the motion 2 trial again and it still quits after the initial screens so I can only assume that its the gma 950 thats the problem and not the amount of vram available. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15251-mac-mini-and-shared-video-ram/#findComment-100121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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