Roy, Most video cards don't share the system RAM, especially those with lots (64/128/258) FAST ram. There are some "integrated chipsets" (like your VIA and mine) that do share system RAM. These are very inferior to the vid cards with their own fast RAM (for graphics). I don't think there is any chipset that shares 128MB video RAM with the system RAM. Mine shares up to 32MB, that's the largest sharing amount I have seen. If you actually have a video card (not integrated into the motherboard), it probably does NOT share RAM with the system. -- Doug
