WhaaaaT? expandable v-ram?

[spwath]

It looks like the imac g3 had 2mb vram, expandable to 6!

[spwath]

I wish my GPU could expand to twice its size! Then i could have 2gb!

[legopc]

what is this crap seriusly im sorry if im being rude here but what are you trying to achieve 

[spwath]

what is this crap seriusly im sorry if im being rude here but what are you trying to achieve 

Well Im just looking and im wondering how there was expandable vram and why there isnt now

[TheTechGenius]

I thought the only way to expand the VRAM, is to buy another GPU with more VRAM?

[LOST TALE]

2mb vram

A great start.

[spwath]

I thought the only way to expand the VRAM, is to buy another GPU with more VRAM?

Apparently not

[Cwazywazy]

I think we have something like this somewhere in our basement:

 

[BrightCandle]

The GPU that came with a 1995 PC I bought contained a GPU that could have its VRAM expanded from 1MB to 2MB with an upgrade kit. Unfortunately the store sold me the wrong kind and it set on fire (and I ended up with an S3 Virge) but its been done in the past.

[TheTechGenius]

I wish you could do this with a GTX 780 Ti. Then I wouldn't have to worry if 4K will work or not. lol. I can't wait for a 6GB+ 780 Ti or 790.

[Leonard]

You could expand that thing to 12Gb it will still be a waste.

[Tr3vor]

 

Notice the socketed chips. Expandable vram was not an uncommon thing back then.  I have this video card btw, but its vram isn't expanded. I want dat 4mb!

[spwath]

I wish it were still a thing

[Tr3vor]

The GPU that came with a 1995 PC I bought contained a GPU that could have its VRAM expanded from 1MB to 2MB with an upgrade kit. Unfortunately the store sold me the wrong kind and it set on fire (and I ended up with an S3 Virge) but its been done in the past.

 

The S3 ViRGE sucks as a 3d card, but its a killer 2d card for all your dos/win9x needs

[Nicolas]

I thought the only way to expand the VRAM, is to buy another GPU with more VRAM?

That's not a way to expand vram....