VRAM ( was Re: sysctl hw.model )

[Eric Gorr]

On Aug 15, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Eric Gorr wrote:

>
> On Aug 15, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Tom Harrington wrote:
>> On 8/15/07, Eric Gorr <mailist at ericgorr.net> wrote:
>>> The only thing I really need to know is whether or not VRAM is being
>>> shared with the 'real' ram like it is on a MacMini or MacBook. If
>>> there is a way to determine this, that would be the best solution  
>>> for
>>> the problem I am attempting to solve.
>>
>> I don't have a mini or MacBook to test on, but I'd guess that Apple's
>> VideoHardwareDemo app at
>> <http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/VideoHardwareInfo/> would
>> demonstrate how to find that.  Among other things it looks up the
>> amount of video RAM-- maybe that'd be zero on those Macs?
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have already checked that previously.
> Unfortunately, it is not zero.

Although, the model does say 'GMA 950' which I believe is referring to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA

While checking against the model name would probably work, it would  
not seem to be any better then checking against the result of 'sysctl  
hw.model'.